Kwa hiyo wanasayansi Wajerumani walipewa nafasi ya kuchagua jina la elementi mpya wakachagua jina hassium kutokana na Hesse, moja ya majimbo 16 ya shirikisho la Ujerumani.
Hakuna habari nyingi kuhusu tabia za Hessi maana inaweza kutengenezwa tu kwenye maabara kwa viwango vya gramu lakini kwa gharama kubwa, na baada ya kutengenezwa haidumu maana atomu zake zinaachana haraka.
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