Atomic Properties of Lv
- Atomic Number of Lv
- 116
- Atomic Mass of Lv
- 293.0000 u
- Electron Configuration
- [Rn] 5f14 6d10 7s2 7p4
- Electronegativity
- —
- Block
- p-block
- Group
- 16
- Period
- 7
Livermorium is named after Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and it wears a hoodie with the lab’s logo like a favorite band shirt.
As a superheavy cousin of polonium and tellurium, Lv exists only as a faint, momentary signal at the far edge of the table. Its chemistry is still mostly prediction, but its name anchors it firmly to a place where a lot of nuclear research history lives.
Livermorium is proud to be a symbol of long-term collaborations between labs and countries. “You don’t discover things this heavy without sharing the load,” it says.
It appears, decays, and leaves the detectors blinking — a brief high-five from the frontier before the next experiment begins.