Darmstadtium

Darmstadtium
Properties
Atomic symbol	Ds
Atomic number	110
Classification	Transactinides
Atomic mass	271 amu
Other Information
Date of discovery	1994
Name of discoverer	S.Hofmann, V.Ninov, F.P.Heßberger, P.Armbruster, H.Folger, G.Münzenberg and H.J.Schött
Name origin	Named after Darmstadt, Germany, location of the discovery.
Uses	None.
Obtained from	Synthetic element produced by fusing two lighter elements in a heavy ion accelerator, for example 62Ni + 208Pb = 269Ds.

Darmstadtium is a synthetic element with a half life of less than one millisecond.