The Short and Sad Life of Helvetium – an Element that Never Was

Chemical Education

Authors

  • Edwin C. Constable

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2019.507

Keywords:

Anglo-helvetium, Astatine, Element 85, Helvetium, Periodic table

Abstract

The highways and by-ways of chemical history are littered with discarded claims for the identification of new elements. This is the story of one, or possibly two, such elements.

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Published

2019-07-26

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Columns, Conference Reports

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