Chemical Elements History and Information Nobelium

About the chemical element Nobelium, its symbol, atomic number and weight, who discovered it and when.

The Atomic Elements and Their Uses

(Element) (Symbol) (Atomic number) (Atomic weight)

Nobelium No 102 (259)

Discovered by Albert Ghiorso, Glenn Seaborg, Torbjorn Sikkeland, and John Walton of the U.S. in 1957. An artificial element, nobelium has a half-life of about 10 minutes.