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Livermorium (Lv) is a synthetic superheavy element with atomic number 116, placing it in group 16 (the chalcogens) of the periodic table, below polonium. Scientists first synthesized it in 2000 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia, through a collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in the US. They bombarded curium-248 with calcium-48 ions. IUPAC officially named it livermorium in 2012 to honor LLNL's contributions to superheavy element research. It's extremely radioactive and doesn't occur naturally—only a handful of atoms have ever been produced. Known isotopes (like Lv-293) have half-lives of mere milliseconds (around 60 ms for the longest-lived). Due to its instability, no practical uses exist, and its chemical properties are mostly predicted (likely similar to polonium, perhaps behaving as a metal). Recent breakthrough: In 2024, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory successfully produced livermorium atoms using a new method: fusing titanium-50 with plutonium-244. This validates a technique needed to attempt synthesizing even heavier elements, like element 120, potentially bringing us closer to the theorized "island of stability" where superheavies might last longer.
