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Known Properties |
Name, Symbol, Number | Ununquadium, Uuq, 114 |
Chemical series | Presumably true metals[?] |
Group, Period, Block | 14[?], 7 , p |
Appearance | Unknown, probably a metallic and silvery white or grey colour |
Atomic weight | [289] amu |
Electron configuration | [Rn] 5f14 6d10 7s27p2 (a guess based upon lead) |
e- 's per energy level | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 4 |
State of matter | presumably a solid |
Ununquadium is the temporary name of a
chemical element in the
periodic table that has the temporary symbol Uuq and has the atomic number 114.
In January 1999, Ununquadium was reported informally by scientists at Dubna (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research) in Russia. They apparently used isotopes that came from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA. Their discovery of the element still waits confirmation.
Ununquadium does not occur naturally, but if enough was created and put in one place it would create a radiation hazard.