Department of Chemistry

 
Hs Hassium     Atomic number : 108 

    Relative atomic mass (12C = 12.0000) :  264.129 (Hs-265) 

    P H Y S I C A L     D A T A
Group 8 transition metal

 

Density / kg m-3 :  41 000 (est.)

 
Melting point / K :  n.a. 

 

Boiling point / K :  n.a.

 

    D I S C O V E R Y
Hassium was first made in 1984 by Peter Armbruster, Gottfried Münzenberg and their co-workers at Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.

 

    G E O L O G I C A L     D A T A
Abundances

 

Sun (relative to H = 1 × 1012) : n.a.

 

Earth's crust / p.p.m. : nil

 

  

 

Seawater / p.p.m. : nil

    B I O L O G I C A L     D A T A
Level in humans

 

nil

 

  

 

Daily dietary intake : nil

 

Total mass of element

in average (70 kg) person :
nil


 



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