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Article: Element 106 takes a seat at the table. (seaborgium included in periodic table)(Chemistry)(Brief Article)
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- Science News
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- July 19, 1997
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Seaborgium, the heavy element named after Glenn Seaborg, a winner of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has claimed its rightful place on the periodic table. Chemical experiments performed on a mere seven atoms of seaborgium place it firmly in the group that includes chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten.
On the basis of its atomic number, 106, that's exactly where seaborgium belongs. However, after previous experiments on elements 104 and 105--rutherfordium and hahnium (SN: 9/8/90, p. 150)--researchers weren't sure that seaborgium would fall into place so clearly. "In detail, we saw many differences in the behavior [of rutherfordium, and hahnium]," says Matthias ...