Chemical Element: hassium
(Modern Latin: chemical element; from a Latin word Hassias meaning “Hess”, the German state of Hessen; radioactive metal)
Chemical-Element Information
Symbol: HsAtomic number: 108
Year discovered: 1984
Discovered by: Peter Armbruster, Gottfried Münzenberg and co-workers
- Discovered at Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany.
- Named for the German state of Hessen, where the major cities of Frankfurt, Wiesbaden (capital of Hessen), Kassel, and Darmstadt are located.
- Hassium was formerly called unniloctium, symbol Uno, which in Latin represents the number “108”.
Name in other languages:
French: hassium
German: Hassium
Italian: hassio
Spanish: hassio
Information about other elements may be seen at this Chemical Elements List.
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