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posted by janrinok on Saturday December 03 2016, @02:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the runningon-outium-ofine-ideasium dept.

Elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 are now formally named nihonium (Nh), moscovium (Mc), tennessine (Ts), and oganesson (Og)

https://iupac.org/iupac-announces-the-names-of-the-elements-113-115-117-and-118/

In concordance with and following the earlier reports that the claims for discovery of these elements have been fulfilled [...], the discoverers have been invited to propose names. Keeping with tradition, the newly discovered elements have been named after a place or geographical region, or a scientist. The ending of the names also reflects and maintains historical and chemical consistency: "-ium" for elements 113 and 115 and as for all new elements of groups 1 to 16, "-ine" for element 117 and belonging to group 17 and "-on" for element 118 element belonging to group 18.[3] The recommendations will be published in the IUPAC journal Pure and Applied Chemistry* (http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-0501).

[...] The exploration of new elements continues, and scientists are searching for elements beyond the seventh row of the periodic table. IUPAC and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) are establishing a new joint working group which task will be to examine the criteria used to verify claims for the discovery of new elements.

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Saturday December 03 2016, @05:08PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Saturday December 03 2016, @05:08PM (#436558)

    Scientist: We can't, sir. He vanished while exploring a dark corner of Europa when his stable-Tennessine-ion engine failed.

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