1. A synthetic chemical element with atomic number 114, created by nuclear fusion and named after the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions.
Usage: chemistry; element symbol: Fl; highly unstable with extremely short half-life

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• Flerovium was first synthesized in 1998 by Russian scientists.
• The element flerovium is named after Georgy Flerov, a prominent nuclear physicist.
• Flerovium has an atomic number of 114 and belongs to the p-block of the periodic table.
• Scientists study flerovium to understand the properties of superheavy elements.
• Flerovium decays almost immediately after its creation in particle accelerators.