The Short and Sad Life of Helvetium – an Element that Never Was

Chemical Education

Authors

  • Edwin C. Constable

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2019.507

Keywords:

Anglo-helvetium, Astatine, Element 85, Helvetium, Periodic table

Abstract

The highways and by-ways of chemical history are littered with discarded claims for the identification of new elements. This is the story of one, or possibly two, such elements.
CHIMIA Vol. 73 No. 06(2019): Dimensionality in Chemistry

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2019-07-26

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Vol. 73 No. 6 (2019): Dimensionality in Chemistry

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E. C. Constable, Chimia 2019, 73, 507, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2019.507.