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10th June 2016, 12:26 AM #1.
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4 new elements Nh, Mc, Ts and Og
The International Science panel I've been on for the last couple of decades has just named 4 new elements nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson.
See http://iupac.org/…/Press-Release_Naming-Four-New-Elements_8…
It's not often we get 4 new ones announced at the same time.
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10th June 2016, 12:54 AM #2
There's hope for unatanium yet
Sorry, couldn't resist that one
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10th June 2016, 08:00 PM #3Senior Member
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I believe it it the first time they have named new element after a living scientist. Oganesson recognises Yuri Oganessian.
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10th June 2016, 08:17 PM #4.
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Wow, awesome. When was the last time we got a new element? I don't recall this happening since I started studying science.
And how about that Tennessine? Named after the greatest state of the fifty!
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10th June 2016, 09:25 PM #6
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10th June 2016, 10:11 PM #7.
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There have been 1 or 2 every few years - Its the first time we have had 4 at the same time for many years.
More recently;
112 Copernicium Cn 2010
114 Flerovium Fv 2011
116 Livermorium Lv 2011
I co-wrote the official recommendations for the last 2
Loss, Robert D.; Corish, John. "Names and symbols of the elements with atomic numbers 114 and 116 (IUPAC Recommendations 2012 IUPAC; Pure and Applied Chemistry. IUPAC. Retrieved 2 December 2015
Sorry that link doesn't work as you need special access rights.
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12th June 2016, 12:29 AM #10
I guess it would be difficult to label them. Just these tags and nothing in the loop of string .
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12th June 2016, 10:20 PM #11
So is someone updating the atomic table to incorporate the new elements? Just wondering where they would fit
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13th June 2016, 03:53 AM #12
here you go they're in Row 7, in Columns 13, 15, 17 and 18
have some fun exploring Dynamic Periodic Table
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ian
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Oh no! Now there are thousands of kids who'll have to relearn the periodic table song
And some parents ...
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Has Mendeleiev himself been honoured in this process?
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13th June 2016, 10:07 AM #15.
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Element 101 is named after him.
The new names and symbols are not yet official - the names are open for public comment for 5 months and changes may be made if they are found to breech technical issues regarding the naming of elements.
So don't write to IUPAC and tell them you want the names changed to include the name of your cat, your dad or your favourite fictional character (yes we have received these requests in the past)
Minor technical issue, About a dozen elements no longer have a single atomic weight because the atomic weights for these elements are sample dependent. Their atomic weights are now expressed as an interval e.g. Li [6.938, 6.997]
If you want to perform accurate chemical calculations the atomic weight of the element in the sample must be measured.
To make things simpler for the average Joe and school kids, a table is provided known as a representative atomic weight table so the only have to deal with a single number.
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