Here are the proposed names for the 4 newest elements on the periodic table

Vox ^ | 8JUN2016 | Brian Resnick

[AdmSmith]

Nihonium, named after Japan (Nippon is a Japanese word for Japan), with an atomic number of 113. Its symbol is Nh.

Moscovium (Mc), element 115, named after the Russian capital city.

Tennessine (Ts), 117, named after — you guessed it — the state of Tennessee. ("Tennessine is in recognition of the contribution of the Tennessee region, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, to superheavy element research," the IUPAC states.)

And finally, 118 is oganesson (Og), which bears the name of Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian, who led several elemental discoveries. Nature reports this is only the second time an element has been named for a living scientist.

[AdmSmith]

New names to remember

[PLMerite]

Tom Lehrer is going to have to rewrite the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYW50F42ss8

[RockyTx]

Physics is dead..
.
.
these so-called ‘’elements’’,
exist for a fraction of a second

no chemical-molecules are possible
no weighable amount

[Fresh Wind]

What about “Obamaium”?

[P.O.E.]

From the Periodic Table of Videos series (about 6 mins)

[Pontiac]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/superheavy-element-117-island-of-stability/

[jacknhoo]

Woohoo, go Tennessee!

[Berlin_Freeper]

Recently I was assigned on-line to peer review a game prototype by a Japanese woman that involved creating compound elements from the periodic table.

I was like.. You got to be kidding me.

I fudged it and no one blamed me.

[Berlin_Freeper]

My game prototype was a rainbow board game of roll the dice and move to win the pot of gold.

The rainbow only had four colors.

[Pollster1]

Next, 120 will be Obamaium (Ob). The densest element of all should be named in memory of the densest man ever to set foot in our White House. Its extremely short half-life will serve as a reminder of how little time elapsed between the passage of Obama’s proposals and their disastrous consequences.

[NorthstarMom]

Sell it at homeschool conferences;-).

[rlmorel]

A toast to Mendeleev! I am still amazed that he was able to piece together such a logically based way of portraying the elements at that time.

[Salgak]

Scientists have ZERO sense of humor.

Which is why they failed to name one of the elements “Elementy McElementface”. . .

(grin)

[Vigilanteman]

I believe they’ve already named that one ‘fecal matter’.

[moovova]

No adamantium or vibranium?

No tip-of-the-hat to Hollywood’s creative elements?

[Jonty30]

Scientists think there is an island of stable elements further up the chart. Possibly stable enough to be useful.

[freedumb2003]

>>What about “Obamaium”?<<

The element that destroys everything it comes in contact with.

Along with that we can have mochellium, which is the ugliest element ever and takes up twice the space of an other.

[freedumb2003]

>>No tip-of-the-hat to Hollywood’s creative elements?<<

Unobtanium.

[Salgak]

Of course, there are the areas of unstable elements as well.

Sarkeesium, Trigglypuffium, etc (grin)