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2 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fermium n : a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons [syn: {Fm}, {atomic number 100}] From Elements database 20001107 [elements]: fermium Symbol: Fm Atomic number: 100 Atomic weight: (253) Radioactive metallic transuranic element, belongs to the actinoids Ten known isotopes, most stable is Fm-257 with a half-life of 10 days. First identified by Albert Ghiorso and associates in the debris of the first hydrogen-bomb explosion in 1952.
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