Fermium
"Fermium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Fermium. A man-made radioactive actinide with atomic symbol Fm, atomic number 100, and atomic weight 257. Its known isotopes range from 244-254 and 256-258. Its valence can be +2 or +3. Like einsteinium, it was discovered in 1952 in the debris from a thermonuclear explosion.
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D005286
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.271.100.275 D01.268.556.266 D01.552.020.394 D01.552.544.266
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