Fermium (Fm) Fun Facts
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The true essence of Fermium (Fm) on the molecular frontier.
Fermium is a synthetic, highly radioactive metal.
Fermium has no everyday connection, discovered in H-bomb debris.
Fermium is the heaviest element that can be formed by neutron bombardment.
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Did You Know?
Like Einsteinium, it was first discovered in the fallout from the 'Ivy Mike' hydrogen bomb test in 1952.
It is named in honor of Enrico Fermi, one of the pioneers of the atomic age and nuclear physics.
Fermium is the heaviest element that can be created by bombarding lighter elements with neutrons in a nuclear reactor; all heavier elements must be made in particle accelerators.
Its most stable isotope has a half-life of about 100 days.
So little fermium has ever been produced that its chemical properties are not well known.