Meitnerium (Mt)

Atomic Number109
Atomic Mass278 u
CategoryUnknown
Electron Config*[Rn] 5f¹⁴ 6d⁷ 7s²
Crystal StructureFace-centered Cubic (predicted)
Discovered ByGSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (1982)

Brief Introduction

Meitnerium (Mt) is a synthetic, radioactive transactinide element. Key details about Meitnerium (Mt) are as follows:

Uses: No practical applications. Used only in scientific research.

Production/Extraction: Produced by bombarding bismuth with iron ions in particle accelerators.

History: Discovered in 1982 by a team at GSI in Germany. Named after Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission.

Health Effects & Safety: Highly radioactive. Extreme rarity means no health data.

Price/Market: Not commercially available. Produced only for research.

Properties: Radioactive, most stable isotope Mt-278 has half-life of about 4.5 seconds, expected to behave chemically similar to iridium.

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