seaborgium

[ see-bawr-gee-uhm, see-bawr- ]

nounChemistry, Physics.
  1. a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.

Origin of seaborgium

1
First recorded in 1965–70; officially assigned to element 106 in 1997; named after U.S. chemist Glenn T. Seaborg; see -ium

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British Dictionary definitions for seaborgium

seaborgium

/ (ˈsiːbɔːɡɪəm) /


noun
  1. a synthetic transuranic element, synthesized and identified in 1974. Symbol: Sg; atomic no: 106

Origin of seaborgium

1
C20: named after Glenn Seaborg

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Scientific definitions for seaborgium

seaborgium

[ sē-bôrgē-əm ]


Sg
  1. A synthetic, radioactive element that is produced by bombarding californium with oxygen ions or bombarding lead with chromium ions. Its most long-lived isotopes have mass numbers 259, 261, 263, 265, and 266 with half-lives of 0.9, 0.23, 0.8, 16, and 20 seconds, respectively. Atomic number 106. See Periodic Table.

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