Left: Wilhelm Röntgen, discoverer of x-rays and inspiration for the name of roentgenium (right). We’re back at the bottom of the periodic table, and we have another synthetic element named after an eminent scientist, roentgenium! Element 111 was created in 1991 in Darmstadt, Germany by Sigurd Hoffman and his team. They bombarded bismuth with nickelContinue reading “Day 35: Roentgenium”
Each day for the rest of 2020 I'll write a bit about a random element of the periodic table.
An Element A Day 