New, Superheavy Element To Enter Periodic Table

Reuters via Yahoo News ^ | 11 June 2009 | Reuters

[edpc]

BERLIN (Reuters) – A new, superheavy chemical element numbered 112 will soon be officially included in the periodic table, German researchers said.

A team in the southwest German city of Darmstadt first produced 112 in 1996 by firing charged zinc atoms through a 120-meter-long particle accelerator to hit a lead target.

"The new element is approximately 277 times heavier than hydrogen, making it the heaviest element in the periodic table," the scientists at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research said in a statement late on Wednesday.

[BJClinton]

Thought it would be another “governmentium” repost.

[Seaplaner]

Perhaps the physicists among us can draw a picture for me, as this scientist fails to see why this is a big deal.

They accelerate zinc into lead, and (quite understandably the atomic structure is momentarily disturbed).

But to give it a name (Ununbrium)?

From the article, the product exists for..." only tiny fractions of a second and then decay radioactively into other elements."

What other elements? Zinc and lead?

[Bender2]

Re: A new, superheavy chemical element numbered 112???

Horsey Hockey, ed... I was drinking Bloody Bulls made from a superheavy chemical element numbered 113 just last night--

And boy, oh boy! Does it ever... have a kick!

[GunningForTheBuddha]

Rosieodonnellum?

[Danae]

I have to admit, I lol’ed.

[LS]

Governmentium?

[nonsporting]

Tedkennedium

[Yaelle]

Now Tom Lehrer has to add another verse to his song!

[NonValueAdded]

Last time I looked there were 104 and 103 was a placeholder. Why didn’t I get the memos on 105-111? Did 103 ever make it to the big league?

[RichInOC]

Michaelmoorium?

[NonValueAdded]

Ununbium out of the periodic table! :)

[Kitsunebi]

New, Superheavy Element To Enter Periodic Table

Great, just great... Now governments all across the U.S. will have to update their building code to cover the Periodic Table's new addition. All walls in schools, research labs or private homes will have to be up to code before attaching the new Periodic Table to a wall. I doubt that any buildings will be grandfathered in. :^)

[SunkenCiv]

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[scrabblehack]

http://www.chemicalelements.com

It’s probably a slow news day. They synthesize these things for a few milliseconds and then they say they’ve discovered a new element.

I hope they eventually give it a real name and two letter symbol.

104: Rutherfordium (Rf) Unnilquadium (Unq)
(once called Dubnium)
105: Dubnium (Db), Unnilpentium (Unp), Joliotium (Jl),
Hahnium (Ha)
106: Seaborgium (Sg), Unnilhexium (Unh),
(once called Rutherfordium)
107: Bohrium (Bh), Unnilseptium (Uns), Nielsbohrium (Ns)
108: Hassium (Hs) Unniloctium (Uno),
(once called Hahnium (Hn))
109: Meitnerium (Mt), Unnilennium (Une),
110: Ununnilium (Uun)
111: Unununium (Uuu)
112: Ununbium (Uub)

And why do they use the Greek prefixes for 5 and 9, and then Latin otherwise (well, ok, tri- and octo- work for both)?

OK, they didn’t want to say “Ununsexium” for 116.
But why not “Ununquintium” instead of “Ununpentium?”
Why not “Ununnonium” instead of “Ununennium?”

[The Chid]

Unununium. Unununium.

[MilspecRob]

Limbauedium?

[SunkenCiv]

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[allmost]

"with a half life of only about 240 microseconds."

Thank you for answering my question before I asked it.

[allmost]

You know it's only a matter of time. One of these institutions, in need of funding, is going to discover some friggin picosecond flash particle and name it obamaium.

[SuperLuminal]

"It’s the element that zincs to the bottom of the periodic table?"

{:-) Best post-response bump.