Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Atomium yakavakwa senzvimbo huru uye chiratidzo che1958 World Expo yeBrussels (Expo 58)
. Muma1950, kutenda mukufambira mberi kwesayenzi kwakanga kwakakura, uye chimiro chinoratidzira maatomu chakasarudzwa kuumba ikoku. Atomium's mapfumbamwe akafukidzwa nesimbi isina tsvina anoratidzira maatomu mapfumbamwe esimbi muchimiro chemuviri-centred cubic unit cell iyo ingangomiririra semuenzaniso α-iron (ferrite) kristaro, yakakura 165 bhiriyoni nguva.