Copernicium is element 112, a transition metal of the d block, in group 12, period 7. Its ground-state configuration is [Rn] 5f14 6d10 7s2, and it usually shows the oxidation states 0.
It was discovered in 1996.
Name origin: Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer.
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