Element 117: Scientists discover new super-heavy element
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[url]http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/scientists-discover-new-element-meet123/[/url]
[url]http://www.techtimes.com/articles/6434/20140502/element-117-scientists-discover-new-super-heavy.htm[/url]
[quote]Scientists just announced that they have created and observed a new super-heavy element— element 117, which had been temporarily dubbed “ununseptium.” This element was one of the missing pieces of the periodic table of elements, and it could be a bridge to the long sought “island of stability” in super-heavy elements.
The name for this element comes from the fact that it has 117 protons in its nucleus. Elements containing this many protons do not occur naturally on Earth. Rather, as far as we have determined, the only way to create them on our planet is synthetically in a laboratory. Ultimately, this is why such elements are called “super-heavy” elements. This super-heavy classification includes all elements that occur after rutherfordium, which has 104 protons jammed into its center; however, uranium, which has 92 protons, is the heaviest element that can be commonly found in nature. Scientists generally artificially create elements that are heavier than uranium, which is done by adding protons into an atomic nucleus through nuclear fusion reactions.[/quote]
Is this element a spartan?
[QUOTE]and it could be a bridge to the long sought “island of stability” in super-heavy elements.[/QUOTE]
I highly doubt that.
Name it Teslium
[QUOTE=meppers;44717664]Name it Teslium[/QUOTE]
Holeium
Name it after a celebrity.
Name it unobtainium.
Belgium
[QUOTE=ConArtist;44717740]Name it after a celebrity.[/QUOTE]
Saganium
A science celebrity
Name it Keith
Fuck tradition leave it as Element 117, the name's got pizazz
Americanium.
[QUOTE=download;44717801]Saganium
A science celebrity[/QUOTE]
BlackScienceManium
Something that could be loosely related to Halo perhaps? Like Sierrium. Element 117.
[sp]Sierra 117[/sp]
Maybe super heavy elements can last long enough for us to split them and make even bigger bombs.
[editline]3rd May 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=Vodkavia;44717888]I wouldn't be surprised with all this talk of element names; that a certain cryptocurrency could fund the discovery of their own element :v:[/QUOTE]
God no.
[QUOTE=Vodkavia;44717888]I wouldn't be surprised with all this talk of element names; that a certain cryptocurrency could fund the discovery of their own element :v:[/QUOTE]
Bitcoinium - nearly as unstable as the currency!
-snip- nah
-Snip-
Urmomium.
Bob.
I wonder what kind of properties it has, according to the table it's a halogen. I know for a fact it's not anywhere near as reactive as Fluorine, but it could have some interesting properties if it were stable enough to observe for more than a few microseconds. If i could name it, i'd name it Poliakoffium, just so i can see the look on Prof. Poliakoff's face.
[QUOTE=zombini;44718062]I wonder what kind of properties it has, according to the table it's a halogen. I know for a fact it's not anywhere near as reactive as Fluorine, but it could have some interesting properties if it were stable enough to observe for more than a few microseconds. If i could name it, i'd name it Poliakoffium, just so i can see the look on Prof. Poliakoff's face.[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/AJTK3ZL.png?3?9701[/IMG]
It wasn't "discovered", it was simply 'confirmed' to exist. the element was first created in 2010 but only until now a second team of scientists has been able to reproduce the first team's findings.
Nazi zombies incoming.
Hulkmanium.
thisisn'tfunnyanymoreium.
dickbuttium?
Spartanium
[editline]4th May 2014[/editline]
or mjolnirium
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