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Seaborgium
Atomic Number106
Atomic Mass269 u
CategoryTransition Metal
State at Room TempSolid
Year Discovered1974
About Seaborgium
Named after Glenn Seaborg while he was still alive, breaking the tradition of posthumous honors, and he could point to his name on the table for 25 years. Made at Berkeley by colliding oxygen ions with californium. The heaviest element whose chemistry has been directly studied, it behaves like a heavier tungsten and molybdenum.
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