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Background Information

Atomic Number	103
Atomic Mass	262
Melting Point	1900K
Boiling Point	Unkown
Density	Unknown
Natural Abundance	Since there has not been any Lawrencium yet found naturally the natural abundance is not known.
Uses	There are no uses that are known to this point due to the instability of this artificial element.
Compounds	There are no known compounds involving Lawrencium because only very small amounts of the element has been created.
stability	As you can tell by the short half life of the Lawrencium Isotopes this is not a very stable atom. It has been found that the most stable ion is an aqueous solution of Lr3+.
Decay	Lawrencium Isotopes decay three ways. These ways are spontaneous fission, alpha emission, and electron capture. Alpha decay is when a radioactive isotope removes alpha particles from the nucleus. The atomic mass will go down by four and the atomic number will go down by two. Spontaneous fission is a decay that is exclusive to the heavier atoms. Electron capture occurs when an atoms has an excess of Protons.