| Origin of Name |
After
Ernest Orlando Lawrence, physicist and inventor of the
cyclotron |
| Date and Place of Discovery |
On February 14, 1961 at
the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory (known called Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboartory) at the University of California at Berkeley |
| Discovered by |
Albert Ghiorso,
Torbjørn Sikkeland,
Almon Larsh and
Robert M. Latimer |
| Common Compounds |
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| Interesting facts |
- If enough of it could be
produced, it would be a radiation hazard.
- Very little is known about this
element, except they think it behaves similarly to other
actinides.
|
| Common Uses |
There are no known uses outside of
laboratory research. |
