Since it has no electrons, Administratium is highly inert, though far from noble. Nevertheless, it can be detected chemically because it seems to impede every reaction in which it takes part. According to one of the discoverers of the element, a very small amount of Administratium made one reaction, which normally takes less than a second, take over four days to go to completion.
Administratium has a half-life of approximately four years, at which time it does not actually decay. Instead, it undergoes an internal reorganization in which associates to the neutron, deputy associates to the neutron, and assistant deputy associates all exchange places. Some studies have indicated that the atomic mass actually increases during each reorganization.
Researchers at other laboratories throughout the world have had little difficulty in verifying the existence of Administratium. While Ad(312) has been found primarily by scientists at national laboratories, scientists at other major research centers have encountered a variety of isotopes of Administratium. But the only difference seems to be the atomic mass, since all the known isotopes of Administratium are equally inert, scientists report. For this reason, researchers have all but ruled out any useful application for the element. "If anything useful comes from its discovery," says one scientist, "it's that now we can identify it, eliminate it, and stockpile it where it won't interfere with anything."