nobelium
/nə(ʊ)ˈbiːlɪəm
/ /nə(ʊ)ˈbɛlɪəm/noun [mass noun]
The chemical element of atomic number 102, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. Nobelium does not occur naturally and was first produced by bombarding curium with carbon nuclei. (Symbol: No) The German proposal of ‘meitnerium ‘for 109 was allowed to stand, as were the names proposed for elements 101, 102, and 103 - ‘mendelevium, ‘‘nobelium, ‘and ‘lawrencium,‘respectively....
- A group in Stockholm believed they had made it in 1957, and proposed the patriotic name nobelium, after the Swede Alfred Nobel.
- Due to its extremely short half-life, there's no reason for considering the effects of nobelium in the environment.
Origin
1950s: modern Latin, from the name Nobel, Alfred Bernhard + -ium.