The basic properties of the 99th element 'Einsteinium' discovered in the world's first hydrogen bomb experiment are revealed

The 99th element ' Einsteinium ' was artificially generated and its structural and spectroscopic properties were revealed.

Structural and spectroscopic characterization of an einsteinium complex | Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03179-3

Chemists create and capture einsteinium, the elusive 99th element | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/einsteinium-experiments-uncover-chemical-properties.html

Einsteinium is an artificial radioactive element that was accidentally identified in the fallout produced by Operation Ivy , the first hydrogen bomb test in history, and its name was given to Alberto Einstein , who is described as 'the best physicist of the 20th century.' It's named after. Einsteinium is sometimes produced as a by-product of californium with atomic number 98, which is used as a fuel for starting a nuclear reactor, but it is difficult to separate and its half-life is short, which makes research difficult. It was.

A research team at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California collides neutrons and protons with curium at atomic number 96 in a new dedicated reactor to generate about 200 nanograms of ²⁵⁴ Es, an isotope of einsteinium. In addition, to deal with the emission of gamma rays that are harmful to the human body, we created a special protector with a 3D printer to store einsteinium.

Due to its short half-life, the research team generated it under the adverse conditions that einsteinium loses 7.2% of its mass every month and the outbreak of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19). Structurally and spectroscopically analyze the einsteinium produced. We have demonstrated that the bond length and luminescence properties of einsteinium violate the regularity found in actinides (elements with atomic numbers 89-103 ).

The research team, Korey Carter, commented on the experiment, 'it lays the foundation for chemical analysis even with small amounts of elements.' Live Science, a science news site, wrote, 'This experiment will facilitate the production of einsteinium, which may open the way for the production of undiscovered elements from einsteinium.'