🔹 Basic Information

• Element Name: Hassium
• Discovered By: Scientists at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Germany
• Year of Discovery: 1984
• Category: Transition Metal / Synthetic Element
• Group: 8 (in the d-block)
• State at Room Temperature: Presumed Solid 🧊

Hassium is a man-made superheavy element produced in laboratories by smashing lighter atoms together. It does not exist naturally.

🔸 Chemical Properties

• Chemical Symbol: Hs
• Atomic Number: 108
• Atomic Mass: About 269 u (most stable isotope)
• Valency: Predicted +8 (similar to osmium)
• Electronic Configuration: [Rn] 5f¹⁴ 6d⁶ 7s² (predicted)

Hassium is expected to behave like other group 8 elements, such as osmium, but its chemistry is still mostly theoretical due to its short half-life.

📘 Basic Things to Know

Hassium is named after the German state of Hesse, where the research lab that discovered it is located. It’s a very heavy and unstable element with only a few atoms ever made.

🤔 Interesting Facts

• One of the heaviest elements created in labs
• Its most stable isotope, Hassium-269, has a half-life of about 16 seconds — very short! ⏳
• Too unstable for practical uses — it decays quickly into lighter elements
• Helps scientists study the properties of superheavy atoms and the limits of the periodic table
• Part of the transactinide elements, which go beyond uranium on the periodic table

🔧 Common Uses

⚠️ Hassium has no practical applications due to its extreme radioactivity and short life.

✔️ Scientific Research:
Used to explore nuclear physics, atomic behavior, and element stability at the limits of the periodic table

📚 Conclusion

Hassium is a synthetic superheavy element that helps scientists push the boundaries of chemistry and physics. Though it’s too unstable for everyday use, it plays a crucial role in understanding the structure of matter and atomic science. For students, Hassium shows the exciting frontier of element discovery! 🌌🔬