REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

REGION III – CENTRAL LUZON

DIVISION OF NUEVA ECIJA

NEHS - SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

CABANATUAN CITY

INVESTIGATING THE CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF

RUTHERFORDIUM: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF
RF COMPOUNDS.

A Research Paper Presented

At Nueva Ecija High School
Senior High School Department

In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for Research Project

Prepared By:

Alyssa Mae M. Magno

Shyshone Lee Dr. Regencia
Ola Raina S. Velasco
Francine Nicole L. Ingalla
Dianne T. Ocumen
Jim Ivan T. Pascual
INTRODUCTION

Rutherfordium is created by nuclear bombardment, which involves crashing tiny atom

fragments into other atoms. Because of radioactive decay, all synthesized elements are radioactive
and unstable, and they do not last for very long.Rutherfordium is a chemical element that emits a lot
of radiation. Rf 265, his most stable isotope, has a half-life of almost 13 hours. Its known isotopes
number nine. Its major oxidation in +4 and compounds like RfCl62- have been verified. Rutherfordium
is predicted to be damaging to living organisms due to its radioactivity, As it is so unstable, any
amount generated will decay to other elements so quickly that there's no purpose to examine its
effects on human health.

Both the Soviet Union and California claimed to have discovered Rutherfordium in the 1960s,
when it was produced in laboratories there. The IUPAC temporarily designated element 106
Unnilquadium (Unq) in response to the contradicting assertions. In commemoration of Ernest
Rutherford and Igor Kurchatov, the fathers of modern atomic theory and nuclear physics, the Soviet
Union and the United States have proposed the names Kurchatovium (Ku) and Rutherfordium,
respectively. In 1997, the elements 106 and 105, respectively, received the names Rutherfordium and
Dubnium to commemorate the location of the Soviet Joint Institute of Nuclear Research. The
radioactive material rutherfordium, which has an extremely brief half-life, has only been produced in
very small quantities. Although the chemical characteristics of the first transactinide element are not
fully understood, it is predicted that its fundamental properties will be comparable to those of other
period 4 elements like zirconium and hafnium. Rutherfordium has a history you might not be familiar
with, despite how beautiful it might sound. Rutherfordium is artificial and synthetic, and it was created
through bombardment. The substance was first created in 1964 by Russian scientists at Dubna, who
gave it the name Kurchatovium (Ku) in honor of the eminent Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov.
But the Americans took them up on it and gave the element Rutherfordium (Rf), after the father of
nuclear physics Ernest Rutherford. The names of elements must be approved by the International
Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). Element 104 received the name Rutherfordium and
the symbol (Rf) from IUPAC in 1997. The element rutherfordium is radioactive. And as we are all
aware, radiation may be quite dangerous to people. It can have an impact on your cells, nerves, and
even organs. Any contact with a radioactive element is dangerous and poisonous.

OBJECTIVES
1. To determine how the element Rutherfordium was formed.
2. To determine the chemical properties of Rutherfordium.
3. To determine how harmful Rutherfordium is to humans.

CONCLUSION
Rutherfordium's chemical characteristics will be better understood thanks to the successful
synthesis and characterisation of Rf compounds. Rutherfordium behaves differently in various
chemical environments, and the characteristics of Rf compounds, such as their crystal structure,
bonding, and reactivity, can help us comprehend this.
Additionally, research on Rf compounds has potential applications in nuclear science and
technology. Rf compounds, for instance, can serve as targets for the synthesis of superheavy
elements and the creation of neutron-rich isotopes for use in both industrial and medicinal
applications.