Discovery of the transfermium elements

In 1985 IUPAP and IUPAC decided to establish a Transfermium Working Group to consider questions of priority in the discovery of elements with nuclear charge number Z>;100. The membership of the Group was determined by the Unions in 1987. The Group met seven times for approximately one week each, three of the meetings being in the Laboratories of chief concern namely those at Berkeley, Darmstadt and Dubna. The work of the Group was carried out in...