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Over my head, but interesting, nonetheless.....
1 posted on 06/11/2009 1:59:57 PM PDT by edpc
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Oprah off her diet again?


2 posted on 06/11/2009 2:03:05 PM PDT by rvoitier
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IBTHTP


3 posted on 06/11/2009 2:03:19 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Proud member of the Homeland Security Department watch list.)
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Over my head, but interesting, nonetheless.....

I thought the heaviest element in the universe was governmentium.
4 posted on 06/11/2009 2:05:52 PM PDT by plsvn
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Great, now I have to have my periodic table tattoo redone.


5 posted on 06/11/2009 2:06:28 PM PDT by MediaMole
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How soon can we cast bullets and sinkers out of it?


6 posted on 06/11/2009 2:08:16 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Spay or Neuter your liberal today!)
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MO?


7 posted on 06/11/2009 2:12:38 PM PDT by green pastures
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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.

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


8 posted on 06/11/2009 2:13:38 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 143 of our national holiday from reality.)
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I once accidentally dropped a made of that stuff on my foot!


10 posted on 06/11/2009 2:14:09 PM PDT by MNDude
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Cant remember what it is called. Those superheavy elements have lots of “U”s and “N”s in the names, and like many of its cousins near the bottom of the chart it has a short half-life, milliseconds to seconds.

Just another step towards the “Island of Stability”starting at 114.
Can’t wait.


11 posted on 06/11/2009 2:15:23 PM PDT by Mr. Quarterpanel (I am not an actor, but I play one on TV)
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Ping


15 posted on 06/11/2009 2:17:10 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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"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.

It is NOT!

A document was leaked to the public last weekend.
Actually it reveals nothing that we didn’t already suspect. But it does show that besides arsenic, lead, mercury, radon, strontium and plutonium, one more extremely deadly and pervasive element is known to exist.

This startling new discovery has been tentatively named Governmentium (Gv) but kept top secret for 50 years. The new element has no protons or electrons, thus having an atomic number of 0. It does, however, have 1 neutron, 125 deputy neutrons, 75 supervisory neutrons, and 111 team leader neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by a force called morons, that are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since it has no electrons, Governmentium is inert. However, it can be detected as it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact.

According to the discoverers, a minute amount of Governmentium causes one reaction to take over four days to complete when it would normally take less than a second. Governmentium has a normal half-life of approximately three years. It does not decay but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the deputy neutrons, supervisory neutrons, and team leader neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium mass will actually increase over time, since, with each reorganization, some of the morons inevitably become neutrons, forming new isodopes.

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to speculate that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as the "Critical Morass."

16 posted on 06/11/2009 2:17:27 PM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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Governmentium...


18 posted on 06/11/2009 2:20:18 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts....)
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Thought it would be another “governmentium” repost.


21 posted on 06/11/2009 2:27:54 PM PDT by BJClinton (One Big Ass Mistake America)
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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?

22 posted on 06/11/2009 2:37:32 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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Re: A new, superheavy chemical element numbered 112???

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

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

23 posted on 06/11/2009 2:39:06 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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Rosieodonnellum?
24 posted on 06/11/2009 2:40:24 PM PDT by GunningForTheBuddha
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Governmentium?


26 posted on 06/11/2009 3:13:28 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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Tedkennedium


27 posted on 06/11/2009 3:21:29 PM PDT by nonsporting
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Now Tom Lehrer has to add another verse to his song!


28 posted on 06/11/2009 3:24:03 PM PDT by Yaelle
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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?


29 posted on 06/11/2009 3:48:29 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("I've conquered my goddam willpower." Don Marquis)
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