The browser you are using is not supported by this website. All versions of Internet Explorer are no longer supported, either by us or Microsoft (read more here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-ie-support).

Please use a modern browser to fully experience our website, such as the newest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari etc.

Pico

Luis Sarmiento Pico

Senior lecturer

Pico

First Study on Nihonium (Nh, Element 113) Chemistry at TASCA

Author

  • A. Yakushev
  • L. Lens
  • Ch. E. Düllmann
  • M. Block
  • H. Brand
  • T. Calverley
  • M. Dasgupta
  • A. Di Nitto
  • M. Götz
  • S. Götz
  • H. Haba
  • L. Harkness-Brennan
  • R-D. Herzberg
  • F. P. Heßberger
  • D. Hinde
  • A. Hübner
  • E. Jäger
  • D. Judson
  • J. Khuyagbaatar
  • B. Kindler
  • Y. Komori
  • J. Konki
  • J.V. Kratz
  • J. Krier
  • N. Kurz
  • M. Laatiaoui
  • B. Lommel
  • Christian Lorenz
  • M. Maiti
  • A.K. Mistry
  • Ch. Mokry
  • Y. Nagame
  • P. Papadakis
  • A. Såmark-Roth
  • D. Rudolph
  • J. Runke
  • L.G. Sarmiento
  • T.K. Sato
  • M. Schädel
  • P. Scharrer
  • B. Schausten
  • J. Steiner
  • P. Thörle-Pospiech
  • A. Toyoshima
  • N. Trautmann
  • J. Uusitalo
  • A. Ward
  • M. Wegrzecki
  • V. Yakusheva
Show all

Summary, in English

Nihonium (Nh, element 113) and flerovium (Fl, element 114) are the first superheavy elements in which the 7p shell is occupied. High volatility and inertness were predicted for Fl due to the strong relativistic stabilization of the closed 7p1/2 sub-shell, which originates from a large spin-orbit splitting between the 7p1/2 and 7p3/2 orbitals. One unpaired electron in the outermost 7p1/2 sub-shell in Nh is expected to give rise to a higher chemical reactivity. Theoretical predictions of Nh reactivity are discussed, along with results of the first experimental attempts to study Nh chemistry in the gas phase. The experimental observations verify a higher chemical reactivity of Nh atoms compared to its neighbor Fl and call for the development of advanced setups. First tests of a newly developed detection device miniCOMPACT with highly reactive Fr isotopes assure that effective chemical studies of Nh are within reach.

Department/s

  • Nuclear physics

Publishing year

2021-11-30

Language

English

Publication/Series

Frontiers in Chemistry

Volume

9

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Frontiers Media S. A.

Topic

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Subatomic Physics

Keywords

  • superheavy elements
  • Nihonium, Nh, element 113
  • production
  • gas-phase chemistry

Status

Published

Project

  • Nuclear Structure at the Limits: Isotope-selective Spectroscopy
  • Characterization of New Superheavy Elements

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2296-2646