Definitions for rutherfordium
ˌrʌð ərˈfɔr di əm, -ˈfoʊr-ruther·fordi·um

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1. rutherfordium, Rf, unnilquadium, Unq, element 104, atomic number 104noun

   a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized

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1. rutherfordiumnoun

   A transuranic chemical element (symbol Rf) with an atomic number of 104

2. Etymology: Named for Ernest Rutherford

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1. Rutherfordium

   Rutherfordium is a chemical element with the symbol Rf and atomic number 104, named after New Zealand-born British physicist Ernest Rutherford. As a synthetic element, it is not found in nature and can only be made in a particle accelerator. It is radioactive; the most stable known isotope, 267Rf, has a half-life of about 48 minutes. In the periodic table, it is a d-block element and the second of the fourth-row transition elements. It is in period 7 and is a group 4 element. Chemistry experiments have confirmed that rutherfordium behaves as the heavier homolog to hafnium in group 4. The chemical properties of rutherfordium are characterized only partly. They compare well with the other group 4 elements, even though some calculations had indicated that the element might show significantly different properties due to relativistic effects. In the 1960s, small amounts of rutherfordium were produced at Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Soviet Union and at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. Priority of discovery and hence the name of the element was disputed between Soviet and American scientists, and it was not until 1997 that the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) established rutherfordium as the official name of the element.

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1. rutherfordium

   Rutherfordium is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Rf and atomic number 104. It is a radioactive element and is named after physicist Ernest Rutherford. As a synthetic element, it is not found in nature and is typically produced in laboratories. It is a member of the 7th period and belongs to the group 4 elements in the periodic table. It has no known uses outside of scientific research due to its extremely high radioactivity and short half-life.

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1. Rutherfordium

   Rutherfordium is a chemical element with symbol Rf and atomic number 104, named in honor of physicist Ernest Rutherford. It is a synthetic element and radioactive; the most stable known isotope, 267Rf, has a half-life of approximately 1.3 hours. In the periodic table of the elements, it is a d-block element and the first of the period 4 transition elements. It is a member of the 7th period and belongs to the group 4 elements. Chemistry experiments have confirmed that rutherfordium behaves as the heavier homologue to hafnium in group 4. The chemical properties of rutherfordium are characterized only partly. They compare well with the chemistry of the other group 4 elements, even though some calculations had indicated that the element might show significantly different properties due to relativistic effects. In the 1960s, small amounts of rutherfordium were produced in laboratories in the former Soviet Union and in California. The priority of the discovery and therefore the naming of the element was disputed between Soviet and American scientists, and it was not until 1997 that International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry established rutherfordium as the official name for the element.

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   The numerical value of rutherfordium in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of rutherfordium in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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