| Meitnerium | |
|---|---|
| Properties | |
| Atomic symbol | Mt |
| Atomic number | 109 |
| Classification | Transactinides |
| Atomic mass | 266 amu |
| Other Information | |
| Date of discovery | 1982 |
| Name of discoverer | Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Munzenber |
| Name origin | Named after Lise Meitner, a Swedish physicist who first split the nucleus of uranium, thus creating what her team dubbed "fission". |
| Uses | None. |
| Obtained from | Synthetically produced by bombarding a 209Bi with 58Fe nuclei. Only a few atoms have ever been produced. |
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109
Mt [268] |
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| *Lanthanides | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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