⚛️🎂Like all superheavy elements, #Roentgenium exists only for a short time. But why? And why is it still so valuable to create it?
Two forces try but ultimately fail to keep the nucleus together. Observing this gives us the opportunity to discover more about the #periodictable.
Today we celebrate the #discovery of Roentgenium on 8 December, 1994 at GSI/FAIR in #Darmstadt🎉