Flerovium
Flerovio (Fl, Z=114)
- Date
- 1998 · confidence high
- Place
- Dubna, Russia (JINR)
- Credited to
- Yuri Oganessian and the JINR-Livermore collaboration
- People
- 👤 Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian1933–
- Field
- Matter & energy
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What was discovered
First success of hot fusion with calcium-48 on plutonium-244; named after Georgy Flyorov, founder of the laboratory.
Recognised by the IUPAC in 2011.
What it led to
- Opening of the predicted 'island of stability'
- Ca-48 method that produced elements 114-118
- Debate over whether Fl is a noble gas or a volatile metal
Built on
- U-400 cyclotron
- Prediction of the island of stability
Made possible
- Livermorium2000
- DGFRS separator
- Intense Ca-48 beams