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My atomic number is 100 and my atomic weight is 257. I am a solid metal. I have ten known isotopes. My group is the rare earth-metal, Actinoid. I have 157 neutrons. My natural abundance is 0%.

My Electrons
My atomic number is 100. My atomic weight is 257. my electron shells consist of the configuration of 2,8,18,32,30,8,2. My common oxidation number is 3.

My Properties
I'm an artificial metal. I'm studied with tracer amounts.
My Home
(Body, Planet, Universe)
I am a manmade element found in residues of the thermonuclear explosion in 1952. The explosion took place in the Pacifica Ocean.
I am Element!


My Compounds
(My Friends!)
My friends are halogens, mostly, and hydrogen and oxygen. My chlorides are fmcl2.

I was discovered in 1952 by Ghiorso and co-workers. I am the eighth discovered transuranium element of the actinide series. Im names after the scientest Enrico Fermi.


My Jobs
I'm produced only in minute quantities in particular accelerators.