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Synthesis of a new element with atomic number Z = 117.
- Y. T. Oganessian, F. Abdullin, +30 authors P. Wilk
- Physics, Medicine
- Physical review letters
- 9 April 2010
The discovery of a new chemical element with atomic number Z=117 is reported. The isotopes (293)117 and (294)117 were produced in fusion reactions between (48)Ca and (249)Bk. Decay chains involving… Expand
Actinide targets for the synthesis of super-heavy elements
- J. B. Roberto, C. W. Alexander, +5 authors K. Rykaczewski
- Physics
- 1 December 2015
Since 2000, six new super-heavy elements with atomic numbers 113 through 118 have been synthesized in hot fusion reactions of 48Ca beams on actinide targets. These target materials, including 242Pu,… Expand
Production and Decay of the Heaviest Nuclei
- Y. Oganessian, F. Abdullin, +30 authors G. K. Vostokin
- 2012
Yu. Ts. Oganessian,* F. Sh. Abdullin, C. Alexander, J. Binder, R. A. Boll, S. N. Dmitriev, J. Ezold, K. Felker, J.M. Gostic, R.K. Grzywacz, J. H. Hamilton, R. A. Henderson, M.G. Itkis, K. Miernik, D.… Expand
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Preparation of actinide targets for the synthesis of the heaviest elements
- J. Runke, C. E. Düllmann, +16 authors A. Yakushev
- Chemistry
- Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
- 1 February 2014
The heaviest elements are synthesized in heavy-ion induced hot fusion reactions with various actinide targets. Because the actinide material is often available only in very limited amounts, a… Expand
Basic research needs for advanced nuclear energy systems
- J. B. Roberto, T. D. Rubia
- Engineering
- 1 June 2007
This article is reproduced from excerpts from the Report of the Basic Energy Sciences Workshop on Basic Research Needs for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, U.S. Department of Energy, October 2006,… Expand
Review of even element super-heavy nuclei and search for element 120
- S. Hofmann, S. Heinz, +34 authors A. Yeremin
- Physics
- 28 June 2016
Abstract.The reaction
54Cr$ + $248Cm was investigated at the velocity filter SHIP at GSI, Darmstadt, with the intention to study production and decay properties of isotopes of element 120. Three… Expand
On the discovery of new elements (IUPAC/IUPAP Provisional Report)
- S. Hofmann, S. Dmitriev, C. Fahlander, J. Gates, J. B. Roberto, H. Sakai
- Chemistry
- 1 November 2018
Abstract Almost thirty years ago the criteria that are currently used to verify claims for the discovery of a new element were set down by the comprehensive work of a Transfermium Working Group, TWG,… Expand
Discovery of element 117: Super-heavy elements and the “island of stability”*
- J. B. Roberto, K. Rykaczewski
- Chemistry
- 13 August 2018
ABSTRACT Element 117 (tennessine) joined the periodic table in November 2016. Two tennessine isotopes were synthesized by bombarding 249Bk from Oak Ridge National Laboratory with 48Ca ions at the… Expand
Production and Decay of the Heaviest Nuclei 1293, 29417 and 129418
- Y. Oganessian, F. Abdullin, +30 authors G. K. Vostokin
- Physics
- 19 October 2012
Two years after the discovery of element 117, we undertook a second campaign using the (249)Bk+(48)Ca reaction for further investigations of the production and decay properties of the isotopes of… Expand
Basic Research Needs for Advanced Nuclear Systems. Report of the Basic Energy Sciences Workshop on Basic Research Needs for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, July 31-August 3, 2006
- J. B. Roberto, T. D. Rubia, +23 authors K. Talamini
- Engineering
- 1 October 2006
The global utilization of nuclear energy has come a long way from its humble beginnings in the first sustained nuclear reaction at the University of Chicago in 1942. Today, there are over 440 nuclear… Expand