Meitnerium

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Meitnerium
Properties
Atomic symbol Mt
Atomic number 109
Classification Transactinides
Atomic mass 266 amu
Other Information
Date of discovery 1982
Name of discoverer Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Munzenber
Name origin Named after Lise Meitner, a Swedish physicist who first split the nucleus of uranium, thus creating what her team dubbed "fission".
Uses None.
Obtained from Synthetically produced by bombarding a 209Bi with 58Fe nuclei. Only a few atoms have ever been produced.