Question : Name the transuranium element with atomic number 106, created by bombarding californium-249 with oxygen-18 nuclei.
Option 1: Seaborgium
Option 2: Dubnium
Option 3: Hassium
Option 4: Copernicium
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Correct Answer: Seaborgium
Solution : The correct option is Seaborgium .
The transuranium element with atomic number 106, created by bombarding californium-249 with oxygen-18 nuclei, is seaborgium (Sg). Seaborgium was first synthesised in 1974 by a team of scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, and it was named in honour of the American chemist Glenn T. Seaborg.
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