Density
Not well established
Melting Point
Not well established
Boiling Point
Not well established
State
Predicted to be a gas
Discovery
Discovered by Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (Germany) in 1996.
Interesting Facts
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Named after Nicolaus Copernicus, who proposed the heliocentric model.
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It is the heaviest element in Group 12 (zinc group).
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Its chemistry is difficult to study due to its rapid decay.
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