

Einsteinium was discovered in 1952 by Albert Ghiroso. He and a group of scientists were exploring the debris from the first hydrogen bomb explosion, and found it. They brought it back to their lab in Argonne, Los Alamos, USA, in the university of California at Berkley, USA. Then they named it after the famous scientist, Albert Einstein.


Symbol: ES
Family: actinide
Atomic number: 99
Atomic Mass: 252
unit Number of isotopes: 0 ( has no stable isotopes )
Proton number: 99
Electron number: 99
Neutron number: 153
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