Talk:Bohrium

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Contents 1 half-life not long enough for chemical and some physical properties to make sense 2 Nielsbohrium 3 TWG 4 Oxidation state 7?

[edit] half-life not long enough for chemical and some physical properties to make sense

I've deleted the following entries from the elementbox. Not only could I not find evidence for them in the cited sources, but it seems dubious that something with a half-life of 22 seconds could form crystals, molecules, etc, enough to measure these.

appearance : unknown, probably silvery
white or metallic gray

phase : presumably a solid

crystalstruct : hexagonic

oxistates : 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, −1, −2, −3

Kingdon 04:27, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nielsbohrium

I (as a Russian) suspect Russians/Germans suggested the name Nielsbohrium to the element not only "to signify", but because Rissians drop most Latin endings in most Latin-based names, and totally change some, so "Boron" in Russian is undestinguishable from "Bohr" (ru:Бор). Latin "-um" in the element names is usually not dropped but transformed, usually to "-iy". Two unrelated elements called "Bor" and "Boriy" would be very confusing. 64.131.250.74 02:53, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Troublesome, this. But then again the Russians may try something special for Bohrium, after all there is a special sign ю which is very suitable for the prps. Said: Rursus ☻ 11:19, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TWG

The article refers to the "TWG". This needs an explanation. --Slashme (talk) 07:30, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Oxidation state 7?

The further text gives support for state V. I think oxidation state shouldn't be confused with group number ... L8R. Said: Rursus ☻ 06:56, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Oxidation state was 7; the sårce speax ab8t BhO₃Cl, not BhOCl₃. I fixed the formula error accordingly. Said: Rursus ☻ 11:15, 25 May 2008 (UTC)