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Discovery of Darmstadtium

Germany · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1994

Sigurd Hofmann1994

Darmstadt · Science / Physics

Leads a team that produces element 110, later named darmstadtium, by fusing heavy atomic nuclei at the GSI laboratory.

Names involved

Sigurd Hofmann

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