104

Radioactive

Rf

Rutherfordium

(261)

Transition Metal
Solid

Discovery

Flerow, Iwan or Ghiorso, Albert (1964)

Etymology

Meaning

In honour of E. Rutherford

Electron configuration

Electron configuration

Crystal structure

Crystal structure

Hexagonal close-packed

Physical Properties

Phase

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

Solid