Seaborgium (Sg)

Atomic Number106
Atomic Mass269 u
CategoryTransition metal
Electron Config*[Rn] 5f¹⁴ 6d⁴ 7s²
Crystal StructureBody-centered Cubic (predicted)
Discovered ByLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1974)

Brief Introduction

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

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

Production/Extraction: Produced by bombarding californium with oxygen ions or curium with neon ions in particle accelerators.

History: Discovered in 1974 by Albert Ghiorso and colleagues at UC Berkeley. Named after Glenn T. Seaborg, the only person to have an element named after them while still alive.

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 Sg-271 has half-life of about 2.4 minutes, expected to behave chemically similar to tungsten.

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