+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted December 2, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted December 2, 2011 Names proposed for new elements Scientists have put forward their suggested names for the newest additions to the Periodic Table. If the names are accepted, element 114 will become Flerovium (Fl) in honour of the physicist Georgiy Flerov. While element 116 will become Livermorium (Lv), after the Californian laboratory where it was discovered. The table's governing body will officially endorse the names in five month's time, 10 years after the elements were discovered. The newest elements were among a handful of elements put forward for inclusion in the table in recent years. They were accredited in June this year after a three year review by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). The other putative heavy elements, 113, 115, and 118, are still under review. Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL), in collaboration with a team at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Dubna, Russia, discovered the newest editions to the periodic table by smashing calcium ions into the element curium to create element 116, which quickly decays to element 114. The teams also created element 114 separately by replacing curium with a plutonium target. IUPAC will officially accept the proposed names after giving the public time to comment on the discovers' choice. Source: BBC News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebor Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Well Element 115 already has a name so they are set for the future :D - Elerium, and the secret to space travel (apparently) I wonder how many elements have been added to the periodic table since I was in school, some <cough>15<cough> or so years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the better twin Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 They of any use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixilEyes Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 They of any use? Not at the moment. They are very unstable with a short half life. Under one second. http://en.wikipedia....mbered_elements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Element - 115 .... Energizer :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 They're working their way up to a theorized 'island of stability' where a few superheavy stable elements with odd properties could reside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 where's Eeezo? just call it Eeezonium. are any of these superconductors that can take us to Alpha Centaury at 70% lightspeed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbearer Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 There's no Neowinium yet, is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 ^ I'm mixing up some now. If you here an atomic blast, you'll know I'm done ... :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 heh heh good one Hum, good one! "it's unobtainium, it's what pays for the whole party, it's what pays for your science!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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