Seaborgium

=Seaborgium= By: Abbi

**Atomic Number:** 106

**Protons:** 106

**Electrons:** 106

**Neutrons:** 157

**Average Atomic Mass:** 271

**Discovery:** Seaborgium was created at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory by Albert Ghiorso and E. Kenneth Hulet, who were leading a collaboration at Lawrence Berkeley/Lawrence Livermore.

**Name:** Seaborgium was named 'seaborgium' because the people who were doing the collaboration wanted to honor an American chemist named Glenn T. Seaborg.

**Uses:** There is no real use because it only has a half-life of 0.3 seconds (with Isotope Sg-261).

**Interesting Facts**: Seaborgium's boiling and melting points are both unknown. It can also be called Rutherfordium (Rf) and Unnilhexium (Unh).

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 * Sources**
 * Photo: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Electron_shell_106_seaborgium.png
 * Video: http://chemitube.blogspot.com/2011/11/seaborgium-periodic-table-of-videos.html
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaborgium
 * http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_uses_of_seaborgium
 * http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/sg.html