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- noun A transuranic element of atomic number 104, symbol Ku; also called
rutherfordium , symbol Rf. It is produced in very small quantities by nuclear reactions. In November 1993 the nomenclature committe of the American Chemical Society approved the namerutherfordium for element 104. Russsian investigators who claim to have first discovered element 104, isotope 260 (half-life 0.3 seconds) in 1964 at Dubna proposed the namekurchatovium . However, investigators at Berkely in 1969 produced several isotopes of element 104 but were unable to produce isotope 260; they reported finding isotope 257, with a half-life of 4-5 seconds, isotope 259 with a half-life of 3-4 seconds, and isotope 258 with a shorter half-life.
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- noun chemistry A rejected name for
rutherfordium .
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Named for Igor Kurchatov, with -ium.
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qroqqa commented on the word kurchatovium
(symbol Ku) former Soviet-proposed name for element 104, now called rutherfordium; after physicist Igor Kurchatov
July 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word kurchatovium
Sorry Igor. Better luck next major scientific breakthrough.
July 10, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word kurchatovium
The sad thing is, the IUPAC have now decided that they won't reuse names where one has already been proposed and rejected—so no immortality for Kurchatov, Hahn, or Joliot-Curie.
July 10, 2008