Density
Not well established
Melting Point
Not well established
Boiling Point
Not well established
Discovery
Discovered by Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Russia) & Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (USA) in 1969.
Interesting Facts
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Named after Ernest Rutherford, a pioneer of nuclear physics.
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First discovered in Russia but confirmed in the US.
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Highly unstable, existing only for seconds.
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