Unununium - Uuu 111

Unununium - Uuu, Element 111,  is a synthetic element that is not present in the environment at all, found in Group IIb of the periodic table. For further information click here.

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Discovery

1994 at the GSI in Darmstadt, Germany.


Occurrence

Only a few atoms of element 111 have ever been made through a nuclear reaction involving fusion of an isotope of bismuth, 209Bi, with one of nickel, 64Ni.

                                           209Bi + 64Ni 272Uuu + 1n

Isolation of an observable quantity has never been achieved, and may well never be.

 

Properties

Chemically, element 111 should be in the same group as the elements copper, silver, and gold (Group Ib).

Uses

No known uses.