Einsteinium (Es) Element Properties
Atomic Mass 254
Atomic Number 99
Name Origins Named after Albert Einstein.
Year Discovered 1952
Discovery Credits Discovered in the debris of the 1952 thermonuclear explosion in the Pacific by G. R. Choppin, S. G. Thompson, A. Ghlorso, and B. G. Harvey.
Remarks Radioactive, silvery metal which does not occur naturally. attacked by oxygen, steam, and acids, but not alkalis.
References Emsley, J., 1991; THE ELEMENTS : Sec. Ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 251 p.
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