(Gr. astatos, unstable) Synthesized in 1940 by Corson, MacKenzie and Segre at the University of California by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles. At-210 has the longest half-life of 8.3 hours.
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radioactive, 20 isotopes known, halogen, similar to iodine, possible accumulates in the thyroid like iodine