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| Atomic Number: | 112
| Atomic Symbol: | Cn
| | Atomic Weight: | 285 | Electron Configuration: | [Rn] 5f14 6d10 7s2 | | Shells: | 2,8,18,32,32,18,2 | Filling Orbital: |
| | Melting Point: | Unknown
| Boiling Point: | Unknown | | Description: | Radioactive metal. |
HistoryCopernicium was first made by research scientists at the Heavy Ion Research
Laboratory in Darmstadt, Germany in 1996. Scientists bombarded lead nuclei with zinc nuclei in a heavy
ion accelerator. The element is named after astronomer and mathematician
Nicolaus Copernicus.
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