Meitnerium
Discovered : by P. Armbruster, G. Munzenberg and co-workers in 1982

Isolated in Darmstadt, Germany

Origin : It is named after Lise Meitner, the Austrian physicist who first suggested spontaneous nuclear fission.

Descripton :

A highly radioactive metal, of which only a few atoms have ever been made.

Image :

Abstraction of magnified atomic particles. Click here to see larger version of this image.



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