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The Element Lawrencium - Basic Physical and Historical Information ...

Discovered : by A. Ghiorso and co-workers in 1961 Isolated in Berkeley, California, USA Origin : The element is named after Ernest Lawrence, the atomic physicist. Description : A man-made element of which only a few atoms have ever been created, by bombarding californium with boron. The half life of the lawrencium atoms was only three minutes - barely time to count them before they were gone !