The element 116, livermorium, symbol Lv,was first made in Dubna, Russia in July
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The element 116, livermorium, symbol Lv,was first made in Dubna, Russia in July 2000. The work was collaboration between science teams at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California led by Yuri Oganessian and Ken Moody. Livermorium is a highly radioactive alpha emitter. JS a researcher with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recently proposed to his supervisor that they begin a research project to use Lv as a source of radiation therapy to destroy deep-seated, cancerous tumors. Should his supervisor agree to fund the JS’s proposed research or tell him to find a different project.
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supervisor do not agree to fund the JS’s proposed research.
In the first instance a single atom of livermorium-292 was detected. It existed for 46.9 ms before undergoing alpha-decay to flerovium-288. In an experiment that lasted a year, two further atoms of livermorium-292 were made. The first existed for 125.5 ms and the second for 55.0 ms.
Due to such very low life, this element is unusable in radiation therapy and also Livermorium is a highly radioactive alpha emitter.
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