Quick Facts
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Symbol | Bh |
| Atomic Number | 107 |
| Atomic Mass | [270] u |
| Category | Transition Metal |
| Period | 7 |
| Group | 7 |
| Block | d |
| Electron Configuration | [Rn] 5f¹⁴ 6d⁵ 7s² |
History and Discovery
Discovered by: Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenberg Year of Discovery: 1981 Location: GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
Etymology
Named after Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and Nobel laureate.
Interesting Facts
- Named after Niels Bohr
- First element discovered at GSI Darmstadt
- Predicted to resemble rhenium
- Most stable isotope has about 61-second half-life
- Only about 100 atoms have ever been produced