Which artificial element has been provisionally named seaborgium by American researchers in honour of Nobel Laureate Glenn T Seaborg?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. Element 106.
- Element 106 has been provisionally named seaborgium by American researchers in honor of Nobel laureate Glenn T. Seaborg.
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Seaborgium was initially known by its provisional name, Element 106, before it was officially named in honor of Glenn T. Seaborg.
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The element was first synthesized in 1974 by a team of American scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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As a radioactive and synthetic element, seaborgium does not occur naturally and can only be produced in a laboratory through nuclear reactions.
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It belongs to Group 6 of the periodic table, alongside chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten.
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Glenn T. Seaborg, the namesake of the element, was a renowned American chemist whose pioneering work in the synthesis of transuranium elements earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951.
Other Options:
Element 103: Lawrencium
- Lawrencium is named in honor of Ernest O. Lawrence, a pioneering physicist and Nobel laureate, known for inventing the cyclotron. It is not associated with Glenn T. Seaborg.
Element 90: Thorium
- Thorium is a naturally occurring radioactive element and one of the actinides. It was discovered in 1828 and is not related to Glenn Seaborg or his work.
Element 97: Berkelium
- Berkelium is a synthetic element named after the city of Berkeley, California, where it was first synthesized at the University of California. While Glenn Seaborg was involved in its discovery, the name itself is not directly in his honor.