Nobelium
Nobelio (No, Z=102)
- Date
- 1966 · confidence medium
- Place
- Dubna, Russia (JINR)
- Credited to
- Georgy Flyorov and the JINR team (named after the Nobel Institute in Stockholm)
- People
- 👤 Glenn T. Seaborg1912–1999
- Field
- Matter & energy
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What was discovered
Announced in 1957 in Stockholm, claimed by Berkeley in 1958, but the IUPAC recognised Dubna (1966) as the reliable discoverer in 1992; the name nobelium was kept.
Triple claim: Stockholm, Berkeley and Dubna.
What it led to
- Start of the 'transfermium wars'
- Confirmation of the stable +2 oxidation state
- Creation of the IUPAC/IUPAP Transfermium Working Group
Built on
- Dubna U-300 cyclotron
- Curium as a target
Made possible
- Studies of the aqueous chemistry of the late actinides