Nobelium
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Nobelium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol No and atomic number 102. It is named after Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite and benefactor of science. A radioactive metal, it is the ten
The element was named after Alfred Nobel
Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie
Lawrencium
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Lawrencium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Lr and atomic number 103. It is named after Ernest Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron, a device used to discover many artificial radioactive
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…The Dubna team later stated in 1970 and again in 1987 that these results were not conclusive. In 1961, Berkeley scientists claimed the discovery of lawrencium in the reaction of californium with boron and carbon ions. They claimed the production of the isotope 257Lr, and also claimed to have synthesized an…
Albert Ghiorso updating the periodic table in April 1961, writing the symbol "Lw" in as element 103. Codiscoverers Latimer, Sikkeland, and Larsh (left to right) look on.
The element was named after Ernest Lawrence.