It is element number 99 of the periodic table, whose atomic weight is 252, its symbol Es and it is within the series of actinides. His name, as you can see, comes from Einstein (Albert), a brilliant scientist with a high IQ. It is obtained artificially and most of its structure is synthetic, so its concentrations in the common environment are very low and difficult to find.
It was discovered among the chemical remains of a thermonuclear explosion in the Pacific Ocean, which occurred in 1952; the investigators conducted the investigation GR Choppin, A. Ghiorso, BG Harvey and SG Thompson.
Their average lifespan is very short and is only obtained by bombarding stable nuclei with fast particles, which would transform them into other nuclei, calling this process " transmutation "; Although, specifically, it involves the irradiation of a plutonium isotope, creating another isotope to which plutonium and aluminum oxide are added, but before they are irradiated and introduced into a rod, then they are joined in a reactor and, finally, they are separates the Einsteinium from the Californium.
The New Zealand chemist Ernest Rutherford, was the pioneer in the use of transmutation to synthesize actinide chemical elements. It is the densest chemical compound, so it can be seen with the naked eye. To date, at least 4 isotopes of Einsteinium have been known and it is not known what its crystalline structure would be like. Still, its only practical use is in the process of synthesizing the Mendelevium.
