Periodic Table of Elements

Element Lawrencium - Lr

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Overview of Lawrencium

Lawrencium's Name in Other Languages

  • Latin: Lawrentium
  • Czech: Lawrencium
  • Croatian: Lawrencij
  • French: Lawrencium
  • German: Lawrencium - s
  • Italian: Lawrentio
  • Norwegian: Lawrencium
  • Portuguese: Laurêncio
  • Russian: Лоуренсий
  • Spanish: Lawrencio
  • Swedish:

Atomic Structure of Lawrencium

Chemical Properties of Lawrencium

Physical Properties of Lawrencium

Regulatory / Health

  • CAS Number
    • 22537-19-5
  • NFPA 704
    • Health:
    • Fire:
    • Reactivity:
    • Special Hazard: Radioactive<
    • OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL)
      • No limits set by OSHA
    • OSHA PEL Vacated 1989
      • No limits set by OSHA
    • NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limit (REL)
      • No limits set by NIOSH
    • Levels In Humans:
      Note: this data represents naturally occuring levels of elements in the typical human, it DOES NOT represent recommended daily allowances.
      • Blood/mg dm-3: nil
      • Bone/p.p.m: nil
      • Liver/p.p.m: nil
      • Muscle/p.p.m: nil
      • Daily Dietary Intake: nil
      • Total Mass In Avg. 70kg human: nil

    Who / Where / When / How

    • Discoverer: A.Ghiorso, T.Sikkeland, A.E. Larsh, R.M. Latimer
    • Discovery Location: Berkeley California United States
    • Discovery Year: 1961
    • Name Origin:
      Named after Ernest O. Lawrence.
    • Abundance of Lawrencium:
      • Earth's Crust/p.p.m.: nil
      • Seawater/p.p.m.: nil
      • Atmosphere/p.p.m.: nil
      • Sun (Relative to H=1E12): N/A
    • Sources of Lawrencium:
      Produced by bombarding californium-252 with boron nuclei or BK-249 with O-18 nuclei. Few atoms of Lawrencium have ever been produced.
    • Uses of Lawrencium:
      None
    • Additional Notes:

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