Darmstadtium Pins and Buttons

A headline-worthy Darmstadtium design. Darmstadtium is a chemical element with symbol Ds and atomic number 110. It is an extremely radioactive synthetic element. The most stable known isotope, darmstadtium-281, has a half-life of approximately 10 seconds. Brought to you by Periodic-Tees.com

And this is why we use one and two letter abbreviations for the chemical element names. Can you even spell "darmstadtium"? Of course not. I mis-typed it twice writing this description. The symbol is useful for writing words using periodic table works. For example, you can write NErDs using the symbols for nitrogen, erbium, and that other element, whose name I won't type again. Check out the other stickers if you want to make words of your own. It's also available on a few other products, but the long name limits its uses.

The orbitals are swirling in Storistir to make holiday ornaments! Darmstadtium, element 110, is part of a family that includes Nickel, Palladium, and Platinum. Like most man-made elements, Darmstadtium is radioactive, short-lived, expensive, and has no currently known uses.

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