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108 Hs* Hassium

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75 Re 186.2	76 Os 190.2	77 Ir 190.2
107 Bh* 262	108 Hs* 265	109 Mt* 266

Atomic Number:	108
Atomic Symbol:	Hs
Atomic Weight:	265
Electron Configuration:	[Rn]7s²5f¹⁴6d⁶

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History

(origin is Latin "Hassias" meaning "Hess", the German state.) Discovered by Peter Armbruster, Gottfried Munzenber and co-workers at GSI in Darmstadt, Germany in 1984.