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Rutherfordium  SEE PERIODIC TABLE
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Atomic Number104

Atomic SymbolRf

Atomic Weight[261 amu]

GroupTransition, 4

Ground State Electron Configuration5f14 6s2 6p6 6d2 6f2

Oxidation States+4

Selected Radioisotopes257Rf, 258Rf, 259Rf

Discovered byResearchers at Joint Nuclear Research Institute, Dubna, Russia, 1964. Also, Ghiorso, Nurma; Harris; K. A. Y. Eskola; P. L. Eskola, 1969

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