Sheldon is going to need a new shower curtain.
Posted on 12/02/2016 4:39:37 AM PST by bert
The recently discovered element 117 has been officially named "tennessine" in recognition of Tennessee’s contributions to its discovery, including the efforts of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and its Tennessee collaborators at Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee. "The presence of tennessine on the Periodic Table is an affirmation of our state's standing in the international scientific community, including the facilities ORNL provides to that community as well as the knowledge and expertise of the laboratory's scientists and technicians," ORNL Director Thom Mason said.
(Excerpt) Read more at ornl.gov ...
Lawrence Livermore Laboratories has discovered the heaviest element yet known to science.
The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.
Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete.
Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2- 6 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places.
In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.
This characteristic of morons promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass.
When catalysed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.
Fer shure.
6 atoms in 6 months Not a high yield process. One has to ask so what? and who’s paying for it? (I know the answer to that one)
They should call it RedNeckium.
Keeper.
With a half life of 1 second, it won’t be around very long ...
WhiteLightnium
Thanks for that detail. The quest for heavy element stability continues.
Actually in keeping with the americium, californium, berkelium meme they should call it oakridgium. Where it goes from there (bonsallium, goldinium, ?) is anyone’s guess.
Like!
Outstanding....
they should work more on element 115 that Bob Lazaa worked with at Area 51
The one that makes the anti-gravity drives in the alien spacecraft work.
(I am not joking when I say I really believe him)
Hahaha! That’s fantastic. A keeper.
Oakridgium would be better. Tennessine is too similar to asinine.
Sheldon is going to need a new shower curtain.
My grandson might be effected too
He was wearing his MineCraft Periodic Chart T shirt he bought way too big so it would last a long time
PLUS, it turns people into zombies.
No it doesn’t
I would guess that it would be pronounced “TennesSEEN”, though the printed form does invite the comparison.
“With a half life of 1 second, it won’t be around very long ...”
Actually, one second is fairly long for atoms in this mass range. That give hope that the theorized “island of stability” in even heavier atoms is real.
The new atoms could have useful properties in manipulating the strong and weak nuclear forces, and maybe even gravity.
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