Darmstadtium (Ds)
"The Darmstadt Defender, a hero named for the city that became a world center for discovering new elements."
A memorable persona to anchor Ds in your mind.
34.8
Grams per cm³
N/A
Celsius (°C)
N/A
Radius (pm)
Daily Life Link
Darmstadtium has no everyday connection, used only in research.
Discovery & History
Year Discovered
1994
Discovered By
GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Origin of Name
"Darmstadtium is named after Darmstadt, Germany, where the element was first produced."
Technical Properties
Atomic Mass
[281] u
Standard State
solid (expected)
Boiling Point
N/A
Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f146d97s1
1st Ionization Energy
N/A
Electron Affinity
N/A
Oxidation States
"Darmstadtium is a synthetic, highly radioactive element."
Did You Know?
It is named after the city of Darmstadt, Germany, where it was discovered at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research.
The discovery was made by an international team of scientists led by Sigurd Hofmann.
It is predicted to be a very dense solid metal, possibly with a noble, silvery appearance.
Its most stable isotope has a half-life of about 12.7 seconds.