The image features an abstract form inspired by images from NIF Target Chamber at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The two colours in the image represent the two elements that collide to form livermorium – calcium and curium.

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Uses

At present, it is only used in research.

History

There were several attempts to make element 116 but all were unsuccessful until 2000 when researchers at the Joint International Nuclear Research (JINR) in Russia, led by Yuri Oganessian, Vladimir Utyonkov, and Kenton Moody observed it. Because the discovery was made using essential target material supplied by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in the USA, it was decided to name it after that facility.