Livermorium
Livermorio (Lv, Z=116)
- Date
- 2000 · 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
One atom of Lv-292 obtained in July 2000 by fusing calcium-48 with curium-248; named after the Livermore laboratory.
A prior fraud at Berkeley (1999, Ninov) had falsely claimed elements 118 and 116.
What it led to
- An American laboratory's name on a Russian element
- Consolidation of the Dubna-Livermore collaboration
- Polonium homologue
Built on
- Flerovium1998
- Ca-48 method
Made possible
- High-purity curium targets