Darmstadtium
Contributor:
We express our deep appreciation for the support extended by the German GSI, particularly Frau Katharina Becker, in providing the elemental cube. Yes, that is THE VERY Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung located in Darmstadt (Darmstadtium). In this facility's accelerator the elements bohrium (1981), meitnerium (1982), hassium (1984), darmstadtium (1994), roentgenium (1994) and copernicium (1996) were first created.
The GSI has also confirmed the existence of elements such as nihonium (2012), flerovium (2009), moscovium (2012), livermorium (2010) and tennessine (2012).
For further exploration, we invite you to visit an interactive Periodic Table in Connecticut, featuring additional elemental cubes for GSI-discovered elements and much more. Access the interactive Periodic Table at this link: https://chemistry.uconn.edu/periodic-table/.
This element, Darmstadtium was named after the city in which it was discovered: Darmstadt, Germany. Below is a video explaining how it was made and a live tour of the location it was made at!
About the Display: Picture inside the display is a symbol that represents the city Darmstadt in Germany.
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Symbol: Ds
Atomic Number: 110
Atomic Mass: 281 u
Electron Configuration: [Rn] 5f146d97s1
Year Discovered: 1994
Discovered By: Sigurd Hofmann, Peter Armbruster, and Gottfriend Munzenburg