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GK QUESTION#3316

Which element has atomic number 87, no known biological role and a longest-lived isotope with a half-life of about 22 minutes?

  1. AMeitnerium
  2. BDubnium
  3. CSeaborgium
  4. DFranciumCorrect answer
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D. Francium

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Francium is element 87, symbol Fr. Its longest-lived isotope, francium-223, has a half-life of about 22 minutes. Francium has no known biological role; a half-life belongs to a particular isotope rather than to every atom of the element.

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