Darmstadtium was first created in 1994 by the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research near Darmstadt, Germany. It was named after the city of Darmstadt, where it was discovered.
Name: Darmstadtium
Symbol: Ds
Atomic number: 110
Atomic weight: 281.16
State: solid presumably
Group, period, block: 10, 7, d
Color: unknown
Classification: unknown but probably a transition metal
Electron configuration: 7s2 5f14 6d8
2,8,18,32,32,17,1
Physical properties
Density: 34.8 g/cm-3
Melting point: no data
Boiling point: no data
Atomic properties
Oxidation states: 6, 4, 2, 0
Electronegativity: no data
Ionization energies: 1st: 955.2 kJ·mol-1
Covalent radius: 128 pm
Van der Waals radius: no data
- Ds
Electron Configuration
Isotopes
Darmstadtium is an artificial element, and thus a standard atomic mass cannot be given. Like all artificial elements, it has no stable isotopes. The first isotope to be synthesized was 269Ds in 1994. There are 7 or 8 known radioisotopes and 2 or 3 known isomers. The longest-lived isotope is 281Ds with a half-life of 9.6 seconds.