Discovery of rutherfordium

Rutherfordium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Rf and atomic number 104. It is named after physicist Ernest Rutherford. As a synthetic element, it is not found in nature and can only be made in a particle accelerator.

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Which happened first?

• Discovery of rutherfordium happened 3 years after Discovery of lawrencium
• Discovery of rutherfordium happened 6 years before Discovery of dubnium
• Discovery of rutherfordium happened 6 years after Discovery of nobelium
• Discovery of rutherfordium happened 9 years after Discovery of mendelevium
• Discovery of rutherfordium happened 10 years before Discovery of seaborgium

Timeline

1. Discovery of mendelevium1955
2. Discovery of nobelium1958
3. Discovery of lawrenciumFebruary 14, 1961
4. Discovery of rutherfordium (this page)1964
5. Discovery of dubniumFebruary 18, 1970
6. Discovery of seaborgiumJuly 1974

Related

• Discovery of hydrogen1766
• Discovery of oxygen1774
• Discovery of PlutoFebruary 18, 1930
• Discovery of carbon1789
• Discovery of aluminium1825
• Discovery of heliumAugust 18, 1868
• Discovery of nitrogen1772
• Discovery of sulfur1777