Appearance and Characteristics
Harmful effects:
Lawrencium is harmful due to its radioactivity.
Characteristics:
Lawrencium is a synthetic, highly radioactive metal that has only been produced in miniscule amounts. Lawrencium is a trivalent ion in aqueous solution. (2a) Lawrencium metal has not been prepared. (2b) All of its isotopes are short-lived. Its longest lived isotopes is 262Lr with a half-life of 216 minutes.
Uses of Lawrencium
Lawrencium is of scientific research interest only.