Nobelium

Nobelium
Properties
Atomic symbol	No
Atomic number	102
Classification	Metallic
Atomic mass	259 amu
Other Information
Date of discovery	1958
Name of discoverer	A.Ghiorso, T.Sikkeland, J.R. Walton and G.T. seaborg
Name origin	Named after the Swedish chemist, Alfred Nobel.
Uses	Research purposes only.

Nobelium is a synthetic element, it has an atomic number of 102 and its symbol beingNo. It was first identified by physicists in 1966 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Russia. This was not the first time that this element had been created, with scientists at Nobel Institute in Sweden producing the element in 1957, however there was not enough evidence to fully verify that they had successfully created it. They did however give the element the name Nobelium.