History

(origin is Latin "Hassias" meaning "Hess", the German state.) Discovered by Peter Armbruster, Gottfried Munzenber and co-workers at GSI in Darmstadt, Germany in 1984.[1]

Properties

General
Name : hassium
Symbol : Hs
Atomic Number : 108
Chemical Series : Transition Metal
Block, Period : 8, 7
Appearance : unknown
Atomic Properties
Atomic Weight : 269
Covalent Radius (pm) : n/a
Physical Properties
Matter : presumably a solid (radioactive) (synthetic)
Density (kg/m^3) : n/a
Hardness : n/a
Melting Point (K) : n/a
Boiling Point (K) : n/a
Evaporation Heat (kJ/mol) : n/a
Fusion Heat (kJ/mol) : n/a
Specific Heat (J/(kg*K) ) : n/a
Miscellaneous
Electrical Conductivity (10^6/m ohm) : n/a
Thermal Conductivity (W/(m*K) ) : n/a

Notes

[1] From Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry Division Website

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