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1 SyntheticElementsSyntheticElements by Alex, Roo, and Meara

2 What is a Synthetic Element?

3 Which Elements are Synthetic? There are currently 28 synthetic elements

4 Technetium Atomic Number: 43 Atomic Mass Number: 98 4.2 million year half-life

5 Some other Synthetic Elements are... Promethium (6 1) Curium (96) Hassium (108)

6 Uses of Plutonium explosive in nuclear weapons fuel in nuclear power plants nuclear batteries

7 Why Make Synthetic Elements? Many have no practical use Made to study properties

8 Naming the Elements: Places CaliforniumAmericium

9 Naming the Elements: Famous Scientists EinsteiniumCuriumSeaborgium Element names are often controversial

10 Island of Stability theoretic super heavy atoms longer half-lives

11 Nuclear Bombardment -atoms ionized + accelarated

12 Equation 209 Bi + 54 Cr  262 Bh + n

13 Bibliography Works Cited "Albert Einstein." Hairstyles Pictures | Hairstyles Gallery - Haircut Styles. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.. "California Outline Maps and Map Links." 50 States - Capitals, Maps, Geography, State Symbols, State Facts, Songs, History, Famous People from NETSTATE.COM. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2011.. "Glenn Theodore Seaborg | Chemical Heritage Foundation." Homepage of the Chemical Heritage Foundation | Chemical Heritage Foundation. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.. Kulkarni, Mayuri. "Synthetic Elements." Buzzle Web Portal: Intelligent Life on the Web. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.. "Plutonium Facts - Periodic Table of the Elements." Chemistry - Periodic Table, Chemistry Projects, and Chemistry Homework Help. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.. "Synthetic Elements — Infoplease.com." Infoplease: Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Free Online Reference, Research & Homework Help. — Infoplease.com. Web. 25 Oct. 2011. "The University Of Texas."www.lib.utexas.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2011.. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.. Yarris, Lynn. "Seaborgium Name for Element 106 Disputed." Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Web. 25 Oct. 2011..


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