Element 116 · Post-Transition Metal
Livermorium
Element Facts
SYMBOL
Lv
ATOMIC NO.
116
ATOMIC WEIGHT
293
CATEGORY
Post-Transition Metal
PERIOD
Period 7
GROUP
Group 16
History
Livermorium was first synthesised in 2000 at JINR Dubna in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), California, by bombarding curium-248 with calcium-48 ions. Named in 2012 after Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory — itself named after the city of Livermore, California — recognising the US–Russian collaboration. About 40 atoms have been produced to date.
Uses Today
Livermorium has no practical applications. It is studied to test predictions about the “island of stability” and to understand the chemical behaviour of superheavy group-16 elements (below polonium in the periodic table).
Why We Don't Buy It
Why QuickStop Metals doesn’t buy Livermorium:
Livermorium’s most stable isotope has a half-life of approximately 53 milliseconds — just over five hundredths of a second. It exists only momentarily as individual atoms in particle accelerators. No commercial application or scrap trade is possible.
Value & Pricing
No commercial market. Cannot be produced in any measurable quantity. Synthesis requires the unique JINR–LLNL collaboration infrastructure.