PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Angelica Mae Tongol

(Student's Name)
LAWRENCIUM Mrs. Remy Mallari
(Subject Teacher)
A synthetic chemical element with the symbol Lr
and atomic number 103.

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This presentation is for Preliminary Exam.

LAWRENCIUM
(Lr) Atomic Numer 103

01 LAWRENCIUM (Lr)

02 HISTORY OF LAWRENCIUM

03 ALL ABOUT THE LAWRENCIUM

 The Element of

LAWRENCIUM
THE PERIODIC TABLE

THE

LAWRENCIUM
 Actinide Elements Electron Configuration : [Rn]5f¹⁴6d¹7s²

Atomic Number
Name of Element

Symbol

THE

LAWRENCIUM Atomic Weight

LAWRENCIUM
Lawrencium is the second transferium element
with the most stable isotope 262 Lr having a half-
life of 216 minutes. It's chemical data are limited to
its atomic number, its haf life and isotopes. Atomic
weight of known its 11 isotopes range from 252 to
262.
 LAWRENCIUM HISTORY
Understanding the origin of this element

Lawrencium was discovered by four American scientists, Robert M. Latimer, Almon E. Larsh, Torbjørn
Sikkeland and Albert Ghiorso in 1961 at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in California. The scientists
bombarded 3 mg of californium containing four different isotopes of californium with boron ions in a linear
accelerator. From this, several isotopes of lawrencium were obtained.

However, the scientists were unable to identify the exact mass of the isotope. Later, studies suggested
that the lawrencium isotope produced during 1961 experiment was lawrencium-258.

It is named after Ernest O. Lawrence, the inventor of the cyclotron, the research instrument with which
several new elements havve been first produced.
ALL ABOUT LAWRENCIUM
Lr | Atomic Number 103
 Color
Unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance.

Classification ; Metallic

Occurance
Lawrencium does not occur naturally

Applications
The transferium elements have neither application nor economic role.

Lawrencium in the environment

The transferium elements do not exist in nature and they have very
unstable nuclei, so they are quite hard to make and detect.

Health Affects of Lawrencium

Lawrencium doesn’t occur naturally, it has not yet been found in the
earth’s crust and it’s so unstable that any amount formed would
decompose to other elements very quickly. Therefore, there is no reason to
consider its health hazards.
 Environmental Effects of Lawrencium
Due to its short half-life, there’s no reason for considering the effects of lawrencium in the environment

Production
+ Lawrencium is generally produced by nuclear bombardment, but only a very small amount has been produced

so far.
+ Irradiation of californium-249 with boron-11 ions can create lawrencium-256.
+ Irradiation of berkelium-249 with oxygen-18 ions can create lawrencium-260.

Uses of Lawrencium
1. Lawrencium is of not much use due to its radioactive nature.
2. They are purely used for scientific research only.

Properties of Lawrencium
1. Lawrencium is of not much use. They are purely used for scientific research only.
2. Isotopes of Lawrencium are radioactive. Its isotopes have a half-life of eleven hours and it is the longest-

lived super-heavy till date.

3. Among all isotopes of Lawrencium, only 12 isotopes are known with mass numbers 252, 262 and 266.
NAME LAWRENCIUM
Symbol Lr
Atomic Number 103
Atomic Mass (262) g.mol -¹
Group in periodic table 3
Standard state Presumably a solid at 298 K
CAS Registry ID 22537-19-5
Electronegativity According to Pauling unknown
Density unknown
Melting Point unknown
Boiling Point unknown
Vanderwaals Radius unknown
Ionic Radius unknown
Electronic Shell [Rn]5f¹⁴6d¹7s²
Discovered by Albert Ghiorso in 1961
LAWRENCIUM
Name : Angelica Mae Tongol
Strand : ABM 12 - St. Blaise
Teacher : Mrs. Remy Mallari

This presentation is for Preliminary Exam.