umlium
Umlium is a chemical element with the symbol Um and atomic number 101. It is a synthetic element that was first produced in 1967 by a team of scientists led by Albert Ghiorso at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Umlium is named after the University of California, Berkeley, where the element was discovered.
Umlium is a transuranic element, meaning it is located in the periodic table beyond uranium. It is
Umlium is primarily used for scientific research purposes. Its properties and behavior are studied to better
The production of umlium involves bombarding a target of neptunium-237 with carbon-12 ions in a particle accelerator.