On the adsorption and reactivity of element 114, flerovium

A. Yakushev; L. Lens; Ch.E. Düllmann; J. Khuyagbaatar; E. Jäger; J. Krier; J. Runke; H.M. Albers; M. Asai; M. Block; J. Despotopulos; A. Di Nitto; K. Eberhardt; U. Forsberg; P. Golubev; M. Götz; S. Götz; H. Haba; L. Harkness-Brennan; R.-D. Herzberg; F.P. Heßberger; D. Hinde; A. Hübner; D. Judson; B. Kindler; Y. Komori; J. Konki; J.V. Kratz; N. Kurz; M. Laatiaoui; S. Lahiri; B. Lommel; M. Maiti; A.K. Mistry; Ch. Mokry; K.J. Moody; Y. Nagame; J.P. Omtvedt; P. Papadakis; V. Pershina; D. Rudolph; L.G. Sarmiento; T.K. Sato; M. Schädel; P. Scharrer; B. Schausten; D.A. Shaughnessy; J. Steiner; P. Thörle-Pospiech; A. Toyoshima; N. Trautmann; K. Tsukada; J. Uusitalo; K.-O. Voss; A. Ward; M. Wegrzecki; N. Wiehl; E. Williams; V. Yakusheva

doi:10.3389/fchem.2022.976635

On the adsorption and reactivity of element 114, flerovium

A. Yakushev, L. Lens, Ch.E. Düllmann, J. Khuyagbaatar, E. Jäger, J. Krier, J. Runke, H.M. Albers, M. Asai, M. Block, J. Despotopulos, A. Di Nitto, K. Eberhardt, U. Forsberg, P. Golubev, M. Götz, S. Götz, H. Haba, L. Harkness-Brennan, R.-D. HerzbergF.P. Heßberger, D. Hinde, A. Hübner, D. Judson, B. Kindler, Y. Komori, J. Konki, J.V. Kratz, N. Kurz, M. Laatiaoui, S. Lahiri, B. Lommel, M. Maiti, A.K. Mistry, Ch. Mokry, K.J. Moody, Y. Nagame, J.P. Omtvedt, P. Papadakis, V. Pershina, D. Rudolph, L.G. Sarmiento, T.K. Sato, M. Schädel, P. Scharrer, B. Schausten, D.A. Shaughnessy, J. Steiner, P. Thörle-Pospiech, A. Toyoshima, N. Trautmann, K. Tsukada, J. Uusitalo, K.-O. Voss, A. Ward, M. Wegrzecki, N. Wiehl, E. Williams, V. Yakusheva

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Flerovium (Fl, element 114) is the heaviest element chemically studied so far. To date, its interaction with gold was investigated in two gas-solid chromatography experiments, which reported two different types of interaction, however, each based on the level of a few registered atoms only. Whereas noble-gas-like properties were suggested from the first experiment, the second one pointed at a volatile-metal-like character. Here, we present further experimental data on adsorption studies of Fl on silicon oxide and gold surfaces, accounting for the inhomogeneous nature of the surface, as it was used in the experiment and analyzed as part of the reported studies. We confirm that Fl is highly volatile and the least reactive member of group 14. Our experimental observations suggest that Fl exhibits lower reactivity towards Au than the volatile metal Hg, but higher reactivity than the noble gas Rn.

Original language	English
Article number	976635
Number of pages	11
Journal	Frontiers in Chemistry
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2022.976635
Publication status	Published - 2022 Aug 25

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Inorganic Chemistry

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nuclear chemistry
radiochemistry
superheavy elements
element 114
adsorption
recoil separators

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Yakushev, A., Lens, L., Düllmann, C. E., Khuyagbaatar, J., Jäger, E., Krier, J., Runke, J., Albers, H. M., Asai, M., Block, M., Despotopulos, J., Di Nitto, A., Eberhardt, K., Forsberg, U., Golubev, P., Götz, M., Götz, S., Haba, H., Harkness-Brennan, L., ... Yakusheva, V. (2022). On the adsorption and reactivity of element 114, flerovium. Frontiers in Chemistry, 10, [976635]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2022.976635

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