Flerovium

Flerovium

Symbol	Fl
Atomic Number	114
Atomic Mass	290 g.mol -1
Discovered by	Scientists from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA in 1999.

Chemical Properties of Flerovium

What is Flerovium?

• Flerovium with atomic number 114 and symbol Fl.
• It is a radioactive, superheavy synthetic element placed in the group 14 and period 7 of the periodic table.
• The metal is said to be the part of theory naming “island of stability.” The theory depicts that the protons and the neutrons combine to form a stable structure.
• The metal was first discovered by Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Russia in the year 1998.

Uses of Flerovium

• This radioactive metal finds its applications only in the field of research. There are only a few number of atoms of flerovium. Hence it is not used in any of the commercial applications. But this metal is known to be harmful due to its high radioactive nature.

Properties of Flerovium

• Flerovium is produced by bombarding the ions of plutonium -94 are the ions of calcium -20 which is contained in a beam.
• The metal has about five synthetic isotopes with known half-life and the mass numbers ranging between 285 and 289. All of these are said to be unstable in nature, but 289Fl is considered as the most stable isotope of flerovium with a half-life of around 2.6 seconds.
• Flerovium metal can also be formed in the nuclear reactors.
• This element belongs to the p-block elements of the periodic table is considered to be as the heaviest metal in the list of carbon group members. It is also known to be one of the noble metals.