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Discoveries at the Edge of the Periodic Table: First ever measurements of Einsteinium

Berkeley Lab scientists Jennifer Wacker (from left), Leticia Arnedo -Sanchez, Korey Carter, Katherine Shield work with radioactive samples under fume hoods in the chemistry lab of Rebecca Abergel. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab)

Experiments scientists on this highly radioactive element reveal some unexpected properties. Since element 99 — einsteinium — was discovered in 1952 at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) from the debris of the first hydrogen bomb, scientists have performed very few experiments with it because it is so hard to create and is exceptionally radioactive...

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