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element 106

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Noun1.element 106 - a transuranic element
atomic number 106, seaborgium, Sg
chemical element, element - any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter


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In 1993, Hoffman and other scientists confirmed the reality of element 106.
BERKELEY RESEARCHERS RECEIVE MEDAL OF SCIENCE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The whole thing is absurd," says Albert Ghiorso, a physicist at Lawrence Berkeley and a codiscoverer of element 106.
Elemental upset by Science News
Now, a team of physicists has discovered two new isotopes of element 106, seaborgium (SN: 3/19/94, p.
Aiming for superheavy elements by Science News
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