• Question: what does nobelium mean?

    Asked by anon-200712 to Rosemary, Oliver, Leigh, Jordan, Hannah, David on 14 Mar 2019.
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      Jordan Kirby answered on 14 Mar 2019:

      Hi Emma,

      Nobelium is an element found on the periodic table atomic number 102. Its a member ofthe Transuranium elements (which means they come after uranium in the table) and are all incredibly unstable! They usually radioactively decay into more stable elements.
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      Fun fact: It was also named after Alfred Nobel the creator of dynamite or as you probably better know him as the creator of the Nobel Prize! 🙂

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