Chemical Symbol Rf (+ Cool facts: Color, Uses and more...) 2022

Every chemical element has its own symbol to represent them. But what is the Rf element?

The answer is Rutherfordium, whose symbol is Rf, and there's a lot of cool facts about it that most people don't know. Let me walk you through...

Rutherfordium Overview

Chemical Symbol

Rf (Rutherfordium)

Uses

It has no significant commercial applications.

State at 20 °C

solid

Description

Synthetic radioactive metal.

Name Origin

Named in honor of Ernest Rutherford

Sources

Made by bombarding californium-249 with beams of carbon-12 and 13, which produced an isotope with half lives of 4+ and 3 sec.

Atomic Number

104

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Atomic Mass

261,1089

Discovery

Discovered By: A. Ghiorso, et al

Year: 1969

Location: United States

Learn more about the atomic mass.

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