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Hassium Hs
Where is hassium used--or where does it impact your everyday life?
Hassium is a synthetic element--made in very small quantities
Its name is Latin "Hassias" meaning "Hess," from the German state. Discovered by Peter Armbruster, Gottfried Munzenber and co-workers at GSI in Darmstadt, Germany in 1984.
The flask with the symbol for hassium was photographed at the Corning Glass Museum in Corning, New York, USA which was part of a Periodic Table--the back of the whole table is shown below
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