Rutherfordium

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Rutherfordium

Properties
Atomic symbol	Rf
Atomic number	104
Classification	Transactinides
Atomic mass	261 amu
Other Information
Date of discovery	1969
Name of discoverer	A. Ghiorso, Nurmia, Harris, K.A.Y. Eskola, and P.L. Eskola
Name origin	Named in honor of Lord Ernest Rutherford, a New Zealand physicist and chemist.
Uses	Research purposes only.
Obtained from	Only a few thousand atoms have ever been obtained by bombarding ²⁴⁹Cf with ¹²C and ¹³C ions.

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