How many elements did Seaborg discover?
5
8
10
12
Answer
Ten, including plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium and lawrencium, all named to honor scientists or locales. He led a team that first synthesized these elements — with atomic numbers 94 through 103—by bombarding other elements with charged particles in a cyclotron or linear particle accelerator.
Unlocking the Atomic Secrets: The Glenn T. Seaborg Challenge
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