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Cn Copernicium 112 112 173
Some
scientists State: Solid Transition Metals
Discovery: 1996
This statue stands in think copernicium
front of the Polish could be the only
castle in which
Copernicus lived. gaseous
metal.
This German research institute
is where copernicium was discovered.
Statue of
Nicolaus Copernicus
Heavy Ion Research Centre, Germany
The atoms of this radioactive
element survive only for a few
minutes, before breaking down.
Copernicium is created in particle
accelerators by smashing together atoms
of lead and zinc. Only a few atoms of
this artificial element have ever been
produced. Copernicium is named
after Nicolaus Copernicus,
the Polish astronomer who
theorized that our planet
orbits the Sun. 107
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