Nobelium

Nobelium is a synthetic, radioactive, transuranic chemical element that has a symbol of No and an atomic number of 102.

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History

The discovery of element 102 was a complicated process and was claimed by groups from Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union. The first full report of its detection only came in 1966 from the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research at Dubna (in then the Soviet Union at the time). After its discovery, it was named after Alfred Nobel.

Chemistry

While Nobelium's chemistry is not well known, it does form a few chlorides, but it still has no uses.

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