fermium

fermium
    n 1: a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by
         bombarding plutonium with neutrons [syn: {fermium}, {Fm},
         {atomic number 100}]
    

fermium \fermium\ n.
   the transuranic element of atomic number 100; symbol Fm. The
   atomic weight of the most stable isotope, having a half-life
   of about 80 days, is 257. The first isotope, Fm255 was
   discovered in 1952 in the debris of a thermonuclear
   explosion. Other istopes have been produced in nuclear
   reactors and by decay of other transuranic elements. --Handb.
   Ch. Phys. 61.

   Syn: Fm.
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fermium
Symbol: Fm
Atomic number: 100
Atomic weight: (253)
Radioactive metallic transuranic element, belongs to the actinoids. Ten
known isotopes, most stable is Fm-257 with a half-life of 10 days. First
identified by Albert Ghiorso and associates in the debris of the first
hydrogen-bomb explosion in 1952.