Einsteinium
Es
99
254
1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p64d104f14
5s25p65d105f116s26p67s2
Biological significance

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Excess in the body

➤ Disorders of the cyclic blood flow through the blood vessels, dysfunction of the kidneys and muscular skeleton, and the development of arterial hypertension.

Deficiency in the body

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Drugs/dose

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Conventional medicine

➤ Einsteinium isotopes have been used therapeutically in the treatment of certain types of carcinoma.

Unconventional medicine

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Toxic effect/antidote

➤ If the body is intoxicated with Es compounds, therapy will be aimed at improving health and mitigating the effects of radiation damage.

Interesting facts

➤ The element 253Es was named after the famous physicist, father of the theory of relativity Albert Einstein (1879-1955), who won the Nobel Prize in 1921.

➤ After a thermonuclear explosion on the coral island of Elugelab, Einsteinium was isolated in the soil from the islands, the atoms using ionites.

Chemist Marie Irene Curie
about how she discovered Einsteinium

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