Nobelium is a synthetic and highly radioactive metal. Only a few atoms have been produced so far. Its half-life is only 58 minutes. Nobelium is normally a divalent ion in aqueous solution.
This element is used only in scientific research, other than that it has no commercial use.
Nobelium has no known biological role. However, it is toxic due to its radioactivity.
Discovered in Sweden in 1957, Nobelium was produced by bombarding curium-244 atoms with carbon-13 ions in a device called a cyclotron. The half-life of the obtained isotope is 10 minutes. A year later, another group of scientists in the USA produced the isotope of nobelium-246 with a half-life of three seconds by bombarding curium-12 atoms with carbon-254 ions.
Nobelium has ten isotopes. The most stable of these is the nobelium-259 isotope. Its half-life is about 58 minutes. It decays to the isotope fermium-255 via alpha decay, to mendelevium-259 via electron capture or spontaneous fission.
Only small quantities of nobelium have been produced so far, and today it has no use outside of basic scientific research.
In the tests and analyzes carried out in our institution, which has a wide range of technological equipment, trained and experienced staff and applies the most modern methods, national and international standards and legal regulations in force are complied with. Among the numerous tests carried out in this context, there are also nobelium (No) testing services within the framework of element analysis.