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Element 117, discovered by Laboratory, one step closer to being named. Element 117, first discovered by Lawrence Livermor escientists and international collaborators in 2010, is one step closer to being named.
Einsteinium bromide (EsBr 2) Einsteinium chloride (EsCl 2) Einsteinium fluoride (EsF 3) Einsteinium iodide (EsI 2) Einsteinium oxide (Es 2 O 3) Interesting facts: Ghiorso and Choppin by were analyzing debris from the first hydrogen bomb test of November 1952 during Operation Ivy when they discovered this element. About .01 milligrams of einsteinium was synthesized in 1961 to produce mendelevium. Another 3 milligrams was produced over a four year period at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's High Flux Isotope Reactor in Tennessee.