Synthetic Chemical Element
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A Synthetic Chemical Element is a Chemical Element that is can only created artificially.
- AKA: Synthetic Element.
- Example(s)
- Counter-Example(s):
- Natural Chemical Elements, e.g.:
- See: Nuclear Reactor, Chemical Element, Earth, Plutonium, Atomic Bomb.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_element Retrieved:2017-7-9.
- In chemistry, a synthetic element is a chemical element that does not occur naturally on Earth, and can only be created artificially. So far, 24 synthetic elements have been created (those with atomic numbers 95–118). All are unstable, decaying with half-lives ranging from 15.6 million years to a few hundred microseconds.
Seven other elements were first created artificially and thus considered synthetic, but later discovered to exist naturally (in trace quantities) as well; among them plutonium — first synthesized in 1940 — the one best known to laypeople, because of its use in atomic bombs and nuclear reactors.
- In chemistry, a synthetic element is a chemical element that does not occur naturally on Earth, and can only be created artificially. So far, 24 synthetic elements have been created (those with atomic numbers 95–118). All are unstable, decaying with half-lives ranging from 15.6 million years to a few hundred microseconds.