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Rutherfordium: the essentials

Brief description: rutherfordium is a synthetic element that is not present in the environment at all. It has no uses.

Table: basic information about and classifications of rutherfordium.
Name: Rutherfordium Symbol: Rf Atomic number: 104 Atomic weight: [ 267 ] Standard state: presumably a solid at 298 K CAS Registry ID: 53850-36-5	Group in periodic table: 4 Group name: (none) Period in periodic table: 7 Block in periodic table: d-block Colour: unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance Classification: Metallic

Isolation

Isolation: only very small amounts of of element 104, rutherfordium, have ever been made. The first samples were made through nuclear reactions involving fusion of an isotope of plutonium, ²⁴²Pu, with one of neon, ²²Ne.

²²Ne + ²⁴²Pu → ²⁶⁰₁₀₄Rf + 4 ¹n

Isolation of an observable quantity of rutherfordium has never been achieved.

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Rutherfordium
- Essential data: names, symbol, atomic number, and atomic weight; block, period, and group in periodic table; description; standard state; registry number; and isolation
- History: meaning of name; discovery; and history of the element
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Rutherfordium around us
- Uses
- Geology: Abundance of elements in the universe; the sun; meteorites; Earth's crust; oceans; and streams
- Biology: Abundance in humans; biological role; and health hazards)
Rutherfordium compounds
- Compounds: halides, oxides, sulfides, hydrides, and complexes; lattice energies; and reduction potentials
- Electronegativities: Pauling; Sanderson; Allred Rochow; Mulliken-Jaffe; and Allen
- Bond enthalpies of diatomic species
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Element properties
- Physics properties: Boiling point; melting point; density; molar volume; thermal conductivity; and electrical resistivity; bulk modulus; critical temperature; superconductivity temperature; hardness (mineralogical, Brinell, and Vickers); linear expansion coefficient; Poisson's ratio; reflectivity; refractive index; rigidity modulus; Young's modulus; velocity of sound
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- Reactions of rutherfordium: reactions of rutherfordium with air; water; halogens; acids; and bases
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- Thermochemistry: enthalpies of atomization, fusion, and vaporization; thermodynamic properties
Atom properties
- Electron shell properties: Electronic configuration; term symbol; electron affinity; ionization energies; and atomic spectra
- Atom sizes: atomic radius; Shannon and Pauling ionic radii; covalent radius; metallic radius; element bond length; and Van der Waals radius
- Atomic orbital properties: effective nuclear charge; electron binding energies; and valence orbital radii maxima
Nuclear properties
- Isotopes: isotope abundances; radioactive isotopes; isotope masses; nuclear spins; and nuclear magnetic moment
- NMR properties: frequencies; isotopes; magnetogyric ratios; quadrupole moments; receptivities; and relative sensitivities

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