How were the elements bohrium, hassium, and meitnerium discovered?

Bohrium was first discovered in the year 1976 by a group of scientists in Dubna, Russia. Bohrium was named after Niels Bohr, a Danish physicist. Until the name was finalized, it was known as nielsbohrium.

Hassium was first created by a team of scientists led by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenber at the Heavy Ion Research Laboratory in Darmstadt, Germany in the year 1984. The element is radioactive. Its name is derived from the Latin name for the German state of Hesse.

Meitnerium was first synthesized by research scientists in 1982. The team of scientists led by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenber at the Heavy Ion Research Laboratory in Darmstadt, Germany made the discovery.

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