Creation of Chemical Element Copernicium

Date: February 9, 1996 • Location: Erzhausen, Germany

Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, first created the chemical element copernicium.

The GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research is a federally and state co-funded heavy ion (Schwerion) research center in Darmstadt, Germany. It was founded in 1969 as the Society for Heavy Ion Research, to conduct research on and with heavy-ion accelerators. It is the only major user research center in the State of Hesse.