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Dubnium ( ), is a chemical element with the symbol Db and atomic number 105, named after the town of Dubna in Russia, where it was first produced.

It is a synthetic element ( an element that can be created in a laboratory but is not found in nature ) and radioactive ; the most stable known isotope, dubnium-268, has a half-life of approximately 28 hours.