Discovered in: 1981

Discovered by: Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Munzenberg of Germany.

Description: Named for the Danish physicist Niels Bohr, bohrium is a highly radioactive metal. It has never been found naturally and only a small number of atoms have been produced in laboratories. Its chemistry and appearance are not known with any certainty, although the chemistry is believed to be similar to rhenium. Bohrium is too rare to have any commercial or industrial application. The most stable isotope of bohrium has a half-life of a tenth of a second.

Biological Rating: No known benefits for life processes in plants and animals.

Biological Benefits: Bohrium has no biological use.

Percentage Amount in the Human Body: 0 %

Obtained from: Bohrium is obtained by the fusion process of bombarding bismuth with chromium.