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Pavel Golubev

Pavel Golubev

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Pavel Golubev

On the adsorption and reactivity of element 114, flerovium

Author

  • A. Yakushev
  • L. Lens
  • Ch.E. Düllmann
  • J. Khuyagbaatar
  • E. Jäger
  • J. Krier
  • J. Runke
  • H.M. Albers
  • M. Asai
  • M. Block
  • J. Despotopulos
  • A. Di Nitto
  • K. Eberhardt
  • U. Forsberg
  • P. Golubev
  • M. Götz
  • S. Götz
  • H. Haba
  • L. Harkness-Brennan
  • R.-D. Herzberg
  • F.P. Heßberger
  • D. Hinde
  • A. Hübner
  • D. Judson
  • B. Kindler
  • Y. Komori
  • J. Konki
  • J.V. Kratz
  • N. Kurz
  • M. Laatiaoui
  • S. Lahiri
  • B. Lommel
  • M. Maiti
  • A.K. Mistry
  • Ch. Mokry
  • K.J. Moody
  • Y. Nagame
  • J.P. Omtvedt
  • P. Papadakis
  • V. Pershina
  • D. Rudolph
  • L.G. Sarmiento
  • T.K. Sato
  • M. Schädel
  • P. Scharrer
  • B. Schausten
  • D.A. Shaughnessy
  • J. Steiner
  • P. Thörle-Pospiech
  • A. Toyoshima
  • N. Trautmann
  • K. Tsukada
  • J. Uusitalo
  • K.-O. Voss
  • A. Ward
  • M. Wegrzecki
  • N. Wiehl
  • E. Williams
  • V. Yakusheva
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Summary, in English

Flerovium (Fl, element 114) is the heaviest element chemically studied so far. To date, its interaction with gold was investigated in two gas-solid chromatography experiments, which reported two different types of interaction, however, each based on the level of a few registered atoms only. Whereas noble-gas-like properties were suggested from the first experiment, the second one pointed at a volatile-metal-like character. Here, we present further experimental data on adsorption studies of Fl on silicon oxide and gold surfaces, accounting for the inhomogeneous nature of the surface, as it was used in the experiment and analyzed as part of the reported studies. We confirm that Fl is highly volatile and the least reactive member of group 14. Our experimental observations suggest that Fl exhibits lower reactivity towards Au than the volatile metal Hg, but higher reactivity than the noble gas Rn.

Department/s

  • Nuclear physics

Publishing year

2022-08-25

Language

English

Publication/Series

Frontiers in Chemistry

Volume

10

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Frontiers Media S. A.

Topic

  • Subatomic Physics
  • Inorganic Chemistry

Keywords

  • nuclear chemistry
  • radiochemistry
  • superheavy elements
  • element 114
  • adsorption
  • recoil separators

Status

Published

Project

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

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2296-2646