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IN THE LAB
Atomic Number: 100
Atomic Weight: (257)
Melting Point: not known
Boiling Point: not known
Specific Gravity: not known
Valences: not known
Fermium was discovered in 1953 by Ghiorso and co-workers. Fermium has only been produced in the laboratory, and the most stable form of this radioactive metal has a half-life of 80 days. It is named after Enrico Fermi, a physicist who made many great contributions to the study of radioactivity.
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