Vendella Jia Hidalgo

Dallia Mendrez
12-St.Margarette Named after ERNEST LAWRENCE, inventor of
cyclotron, a device that was used to discover many
Discovered in 1961 by artificial radioactive elements.
ALBERT GHIORSO,
TORBJORN
SIKKELAND, ALMON
LARSH AND ROBERT
LATIMER

PROPERTIES OF
LAWRENCIUM
Lawrencium has an atomic
number of 103, as it has 103
protons in it’s nucleus. This
element is very large and has
atomic mass of 262 amu.
Because there were only a few
atoms ever made of this
element, many of its
properties are not known. It is
believed to be a solid at room
temperature with a high
melting point. Boiling point
and density are unknown.
Harmful
CHARACTERISTICS Effects
Lawrencium is a synthetic,highly radioactive metal Lawrencium is
harmful due to
that has only been produced in miniscule amounts.
its radioactivity
Lawrencium is a trivalent ion in aqueous solution.
Lawrencium metal has not been prepared
All of its isotopes are short-lived. Its longest lived
isotopes is 262Lr with a half-life of 216 minutes
Lawrencium is part of the ACTINIDE METALS, a group of elements that are found in
the second row of the inner transition metals. Actinides have similar characteristics,
including being man-made, radioactive, and having the ability to undergo nuclear
reactions. Lawrencium is radioactive which means that the nucleus is unstable and
decays over time. Also lawrencium is not found in nature. When an element is made
within a lab, it is often called an ARTIFICIALLY PRODUCED ELEMENT. These elements
are made using cyclotron and bombarding other elements or atoms together,which
is called INDUCED RADIOACTIVITY