insane_alien Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 just browsing round the internet and came across this: http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.3869 and http://arxivblog.com/?p=385 They might have found Unbibium-292 in a sample of thorium. and not out of a nuclear reactor either. of course the concentration is vanishingly tiny. i really hope this is for real as it would be a major find and could turn up some interesting new chemistry. any thoughts from the masses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanntrude Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 unbibiium? element 122? seriously? hmmmmm that'd be in the third row of the f-block, right? holy crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Interesting. If it's real then it's suprising that it hasn't been spotted before. Anyway, it shouldn't be difficult for someone to confirm it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPanic Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 The original article (pdf) is found at: http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0804/0804.3869.pdf Of course with a new article, this was also linked on the website that insane_alien posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 so would this be [uuo]6f0 7d2 8s2 then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPanic Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 About the orbitals... is there are theoretical reason why the orbitals cannot have another geometry, other than the S, P, D and F? I could imagine that if we're looking at a superactinide element that there's a fifth geometry for an orbital. But I am unfamiliar with the quantum calculations that predict orbitals, so perhaps there's a theoretical reason why we file this new element in the category of "superactinide", and not a category of its own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 G block elements anyone? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-block Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanntrude Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 a link from that page: LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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