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To: Paladin2

Yeah, funny how they don’t reveal the element names. I’m betting on at least one of the 4 being called “Obamanium”.


8 posted on 01/04/2016 11:25:23 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

http://www.iupac.org/news/news-detail/article/discovery-and-assignment-of-elements-with-atomic-numbers-113-115-117-and-118.html

Element 113 (temporary working name and symbol: ununtrium, Uut)
The RIKEN collaboration team in Japan have fulfilled the criteria for element Z=113 and will be invited to propose a permanent name and symbol.

Elements 115, 117, and 118 (temporary working names and symbols: ununpentium, Uup; ununseptium, Uus; and ununoctium, Uuo)

The collaboration between the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA; and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA have fulfilled the criteria for element Z=115, 117 and will be invited to propose permanent names and symbols.

The collaboration between the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA have fulfilled the criteria for element Z=118 and will be invited to propose a permanent name and symbol.


19 posted on 01/04/2016 11:28:27 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

“New elements can be named after a mythological concept, a mineral, a place or country, a property or a scientist.”


22 posted on 01/04/2016 11:28:51 AM PST by TexasGator
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