Roentgenium is named after Wilhelm Röntgen, discoverer of X-rays. It is predicted to be a noble metal, since calculations indicate its atomic radius and ionization potential is similar to that of gold.

08.11.1895 г. – Вилхелм Рьонтген открива в университета на Залцбург Х-лъчи, по-късно известни като рентгенови лъчи. Изображение: www.britannica.com

Wilhelm Röntgen was born on March 27, 1845. A German mechanical engineer and physicist who, on November 8, 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. In 2004 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) named element 111 roentgenium after him.

Wilhelm Röntgen was born on March 27, 1845. A German mechanical engineer and physicist who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. In 2004 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) named element 111 Roentgenium after him.

On November the 8th 1895 physicist Wilhelm Rontgen (1845-1923) experimented with electro-magnetic waves and accidentally discovered x-rays. This opened up several whole new fields of medicine. Rontgen was was the winner if the first Nobel prize for physics, given in 1901.

Wilhelm Röntgen (27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923)

Röntgen determined that a new ray must be the cause and named it x-ray. 6 weeks after his initial experiment, Röntgen took a picture of his wife Anna Bertha’s hand using X-rays.