First Study on Nihonium (Nh, Element 113) Chemistry at TASCA

A. Yakushev; L. Lens; Ch. E. Düllmann; M. Block; H. Brand; T. Calverley; M. Dasgupta; A. Di Nitto; M. Götz; S. Götz; H. Haba; L. Harkness-Brennan; R-D. Herzberg; F. P. Heßberger; D. Hinde; A. Hübner; E. Jäger; D. Judson; J. Khuyagbaatar; B. Kindler; Y. Komori; J. Konki; J.V. Kratz; J. Krier; N. Kurz; M. Laatiaoui; B. Lommel; Christian Lorenz; M. Maiti; A.K. Mistry; Ch. Mokry; Y. Nagame; P. Papadakis; A. Såmark-Roth; D. Rudolph; J. Runke; L.G. Sarmiento; T.K. Sato; M. Schädel; P. Scharrer; B. Schausten; J. Steiner; P. Thörle-Pospiech; A. Toyoshima; N. Trautmann; J. Uusitalo; A. Ward; M. Wegrzecki; V. Yakusheva

doi:10.3389/fchem.2021.753738

First Study on Nihonium (Nh, Element 113) Chemistry at TASCA

A. Yakushev, L. Lens, Ch. E. Düllmann, M. Block, H. Brand, T. Calverley, M. Dasgupta, A. Di Nitto, M. Götz, S. Götz, H. Haba, L. Harkness-Brennan, R-D. Herzberg, F. P. Heßberger, D. Hinde, A. Hübner, E. Jäger, D. Judson, J. Khuyagbaatar, B. KindlerY. Komori, J. Konki, J.V. Kratz, J. Krier, N. Kurz, M. Laatiaoui, B. Lommel, Christian Lorenz, M. Maiti, A.K. Mistry, Ch. Mokry, Y. Nagame, P. Papadakis, A. Såmark-Roth, D. Rudolph, J. Runke, L.G. Sarmiento, T.K. Sato, M. Schädel, P. Scharrer, B. Schausten, J. Steiner, P. Thörle-Pospiech, A. Toyoshima, N. Trautmann, J. Uusitalo, A. Ward, M. Wegrzecki, V. Yakusheva

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Abstract

Nihonium (Nh, element 113) and flerovium (Fl, element 114) are the first superheavy elements in which the 7p shell is occupied. High volatility and inertness were predicted for Fl due to the strong relativistic stabilization of the closed 7p_1/2 sub-shell, which originates from a large spin-orbit splitting between the 7p_1/2 and 7p_3/2 orbitals. One unpaired electron in the outermost 7p_1/2 sub-shell in Nh is expected to give rise to a higher chemical reactivity. Theoretical predictions of Nh reactivity are discussed, along with results of the first experimental attempts to study Nh chemistry in the gas phase. The experimental observations verify a higher chemical reactivity of Nh atoms compared to its neighbor Fl and call for the development of advanced setups. First tests of a newly developed detection device miniCOMPACT with highly reactive Fr isotopes assure that effective chemical studies of Nh are within reach.

Original language	English
Article number	753738
Number of pages	9
Journal	Frontiers in Chemistry
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2021.753738
Publication status	Published - 2021 Nov 30

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Inorganic Chemistry
Subatomic Physics

Keywords

superheavy elements
Nihonium, Nh, element 113
production
gas-phase chemistry

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Yakushev, A., Lens, L., Düllmann, C. E., Block, M., Brand, H., Calverley, T., Dasgupta, M., Di Nitto, A., Götz, M., Götz, S., Haba, H., Harkness-Brennan, L., Herzberg, R-D., Heßberger, F. P., Hinde, D., Hübner, A., Jäger, E., Judson, D., Khuyagbaatar, J., ... Yakusheva, V. (2021). First Study on Nihonium (Nh, Element 113) Chemistry at TASCA. Frontiers in Chemistry, 9, [753738]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2021.753738

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First Study on Nihonium (Nh, Element 113) Chemistry at TASCA

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On the adsorption and reactivity of element 114, flerovium

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On the adsorption and reactivity of element 114, flerovium

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Spectroscopy along flerovium decay chains: Discovery of ²⁸⁰Ds and an excited state in ²⁸²Cn