Hassium
Proposed Name
| Atomic Number: |
108 |
| Atomic Symbol: |
Hs |
| Atomic Weight: |
265 |
| Electron Configuration: |
[Rn]7s25f146d6 |
History
(origin is Latin "Hassias" meaning "Hess", the German state.) Discovered by Peter Armbruster, Gottfried Munzenber and co-workers at GSI in Darmstadt, Germany in 1984.
Sources: CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics and the American Chemical Society.
Last Updated: 12/19/97, CST Information Services Team