Title:  Hassium 
CAS Registry Number:  54037-57-9 
Additional Names:  Element 108;  unniloctium 
Literature References:  Hs, Uno; at. no. 108.  Group VIII (8).  No stable nuclides.  Prepn of isotope 265108 (T½ ~1.8 msec, a-decay, rel. at. mass 265.1306) by 208Pb (58Fe,n):  G. Münzenberg et al., Z. Phys. A317, 235 (1984); of isotopes 263108 (T½ ~1.9 sec) by 209Bi (55Mn,n) and 264108 by 207Pb (58Fe,n) or 208Pb(58Fe,2n):  Y. T. Oganessian et al., ibid. A319, 215 (1984); of isotope 264108 (T½ ~76 msec, a-decay) by 207Pb(58Fe,n):  G. Münzenberg et al., ibid. A324, 489 (1986).  Review of synthesis:  eidem, ibid. A328, 49-59 (1987); G. N. Flerov, G. M. Ter-Akopian, Prog. Particle Nucl. Phys. 19, 197-239 (1987); G. T. Seaborg in Transuranium Elements:  A Half Century, L. R. Morss, J. Fuger, Eds. (Am. Chem. Soc., Washington DC, 1992) p 40-41.   |