A
chemical element in the
periodic table,
Lawrencium has the symbol
Lr and
atomic number 103. Discovered in
1961 by Albert Ghiorso, Torbjorn Sikkeland, Almon Larsh and Robert M. Latimer, it is a
synthetic element that does not occur in nature. The origin of the name, preferred by the
American Chemical Society[?], is in reference to
Ernest Lawrence, inventor of the
cyclotron.
Lawrencium was discovered on February 14, 1961 in Berkeley, California.
External Link:
Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry Division: Periodic Table - Lawrencium
- http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/103.html
See:
Periodic Table