Bohrium (Bh)
"The Phantom Flash: a super-heavyweight champion that appears in a blinding burst of energy, too powerful to maintain its form, vanishing back into the quantum shadows!"
A memorable persona to anchor Bh in your mind.
37.1
Grams per cm³
N/A
Celsius (°C)
N/A
Radius (pm)
Daily Life Link
As elusive as catching a glimpse of a shooting star, but even faster and more difficult to pin down!
Discovery & History
Year Discovered
1981
Discovered By
GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Origin of Name
"Bohrium is named for the Danish atomic physicist Niels Bohr"
Technical Properties
Atomic Mass
[270] u
Standard State
solid
Boiling Point
N/A
Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f146d57s2
1st Ionization Energy
N/A
Electron Affinity
N/A
Oxidation States
"A theoretically metallic solid, but so fleeting it's only ever been detected by its radioactive decay products."
Did You Know?
Born in a Lab: Bohrium is a truly synthetic element, meaning scientists create it in powerful particle accelerators; it doesn't naturally exist anywhere on Earth!
Number 107: This super-heavy element proudly holds atomic number 107, packing a whopping 107 protons in its nucleus.
Named After a Legend: Its name honors the brilliant Danish physicist Niels Bohr, a pioneer in understanding atomic structure and quantum theory.
A Blink and You'll Miss It: Bohrium has an incredibly short lifespan! Its most stable known isotope, Bh-270, lasts only about 61 seconds, while others vanish in mere milliseconds.