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Here are the proposed names for the 4 newest elements on the periodic table
Vox ^ | 8JUN2016 | Brian Resnick

Posted on 06/09/2016 2:40:41 AM PDT by 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.

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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Some science is provided for by taxes. Not all. Science for science’s sake is generally tax funded, product oriented science is not. At this point the periodic table is “pure” science and mostly government, but if they actually get a tickle of something it’ll probably be taken to the next step by a corporation.


61 posted on 06/09/2016 3:16:13 PM PDT by discostu (Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

heh heh heh heh...


62 posted on 06/09/2016 3:21:06 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: x

Unobtanium... 100%!!!


63 posted on 06/09/2016 3:21:51 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: blam
Check out:

http://www.ptable.com/

Incredibly useful and amusing.

64 posted on 06/09/2016 3:28:54 PM PDT by Mycroft Holmes (The fool is always greater than the proof.)
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To: Chode

That’s just a placeholder name until an official name could be decided.


65 posted on 06/09/2016 4:25:39 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Fresh Wind; Pollster1; Vigilanteman; freedumb2003; dfwgator; SunkenCiv; AdmSmith; Salgak
Fresh Wind: "What about “Obamaium”?"

Well, that's a start.
What we know is that these increasingly heavier elements are increasingly unstable, short-lived & dangerous to humans.
So they obviously should be named:

Isn't that obvious to everyone?
So we'd need to start a petition, probably a constitutional amendment...

;-)

66 posted on 06/10/2016 5:46:46 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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