Nobelium is element 102, an actinoid of the f block, in period 7. Its ground-state configuration is [Rn] 5f14 7s2, and it usually shows the oxidation states 0, 3.
It was discovered in 1958, by Seaborg.
Name origin: Alfred Nobel, chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer.
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