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Ununseptium (Uus) is the most-recently synthesized artificial element, and much of the data is hypothetical. As
any artificial element, a standard atomic mass cannot be given. Like all artificial elements, it has no stable
isotopes. The first (and so far only) isotopes to be synthesized were
293
Uus and
294
Uus in 2009. The longer-lived
isotope is
294
Uus with a half-life of 78 ms.
1 Table
1.1 Notes
2 Isotopes and nuclear properties
2.1 Nucleosynthesis
2.1.1 Target-projectile combinations leading to Z=117 compound nuclei
2.1.2 Hot fusion
2.1.2.1
249
Bk (
48
Ca, xn)
297-x
Uus (x=3,4)
2.1.3 Chronology of isotope discovery
2.2 Theoretical calculations
2.2.1 Evaporation residue cross sections
2.2.2 Decay characteristics
3 References
4 External sources
nuclide
symbol
Z(p) N(n)

isotopic mass (u)

half-life decay mode(s)
daughter
isotope(s)
nuclear
spin
293
Uus
117 176 293.20824(89)#
14 (+11, -4) ms
[1]

289
Uup
294
Uus
117 177 294.21046(74)#
78 (+370, -36) ms
[1]

290
Uup
Notes
Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from systematic trends.
Uncertainties are given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits. Uncertainty
values from Ame2003 denote one standard deviation. Values from IUPAC are expanded uncertainties.
Nucleosynthesis
Target-projectile combinations leading to Z=117 compound nuclei
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The below table contains various combinations of targets and projectiles which could be used to form compound
nuclei with atomic number 117.
Target Projectile CN Attempt result
153
Eu
136
Xe
289
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
208
Pb
81
Br
289
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
209
Bi
82
Se
291
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
232
Th
59
Co
291
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
231
Pa
58
Fe
289
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
238
U
55
Mn
293
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
237
Np
54
Cr
291
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
244
Pu
51
V
295
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
243
Am
50
Ti
293
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
248
Cm
45
Sc
293
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
250
Cm
45
Sc
295
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
249
Bk
48
Ca
297
Uus
Successful reaction
249
Cf
41
K
290
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
252
Cf
41
K
293
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
253
Es
40
Ar
293
Uus
Reaction yet to be attempted
Hot fusion
249
Bk (
48
Ca, xn)
297-x
Uus (x=3,4)
Between July 2009 and February 2010, the team at the JINR (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions) ran a
7-month-long experiment to synthesize ununseptium using the reaction above.
[2]
The expected cross-section
was of the order of 2 pb. The expected evaporation residues,
293
Uus and
294
Uus, were predicted to decay via
relatively long decay chains as far as isotopes of dubnium or lawrencium.
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Calculated decay chains from the parent nuclei
293
Uus
and
294
Uus
[3]
Calculated excitation function for the production of the
compound nucleus
297
Uus from the reaction
249
Bk(
48
Ca,xn)
[3]
The team published a scientific paper in April 2010 (first results were presented in January 2010
[4]
) that six
atoms of the neighbouring isotopes
294
Uus (one atom) and
293
Uus (five atoms) were detected. The heavier
isotope decayed by the successive emission of six alpha particles down as far as the new isotope
270
Db which
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underwent apparent spontaneous fission. On the other hand, the lighter odd-even isotope decayed by the
emission of just three alpha particles, as far as
281
Rg, which underwent spontaneous fission. The reaction was
run at two different excitation energies of 35 MeV (dose 2x10
19
) and 39 MeV (dose 2.410
19
). Initial decay
data was published as a preliminary presentation on the JINR website.
[5]
A further experiment in May 2010, looking at the chemistry of one of the decay products, ununtrium, identified
a further two atoms derived from
294
Uus.
Chronology of isotope discovery
Isotope Year discovered Discovery reaction
294
Uus
2009
249
Bk(
48
Ca,3n)
293
Uus
2009
249
Bk(
48
Ca,4n)
Theoretical calculations
Evaporation residue cross sections
The below table contains various targets-projectile combinations for which calculations have provided estimates
for cross section yields from various neutron evaporation channels. The channel with the highest expected yield
is given.
DNS = Di-nuclear system; = cross section
Target Projectile CN Channel (product)
max
Model Ref
209
Bi
82
Se
291
Uus 1n (
290
Uus)
15 fb DNS
[6]
209
Bi
79
Se
288
Uus 1n (
287
Uus)
0.2 pb DNS
[6]
232
Th
59
Co
291
Uus 2n (
289
Uus)
0.1 pb DNS
[6]
238
U
55
Mn
293
Uus 2-3n (
291,290
Uus)
70 fb DNS
[6]
244
Pu
51
V
295
Uus 3n (
292
Uus)
0.6 pb DNS
[6]
248
Cm
45
Sc
293
Uus 4n (
289
Uus)
2.9 pb DNS
[6]
246
Cm
45
Sc
291
Uus 4n (
287
Uus)
1 pb DNS
[6]
249
Bk
48
Ca
297
Uus 3n (
294
Uus)
2.1 pb ; 3 pb DNS
[6][7]
247
Bk
48
Ca
295
Uus 3n (
292
Uus)
0.8, 0.9 pb DNS
[6][7]
Decay characteristics
Theoretical calculations in a quantum tunneling model with mass estimates from a macroscopic-microscopic
model predict the alpha-decay half-lives of isotopes of ununseptium (namely,
289303
Uus) to be around 0.140
ms.
[8][9][10]
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a

b
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3.
^ Recommendations: 31st meeting, PAC for Nuclear Physics (http://www.jinr.ru/img_sections/PAC/NP
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4.
^ Walter Grenier: Recommendations (http://ftp.jinr.ru/SC107/Presentations/Greiner.ppt), a PowerPoint presentation
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h

i
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