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New element officially added to periodic table

Syntho-sis
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Why did they stop giving elements reasonable names?

Why did they stop giving elements reasonable names?

 

Hi Shadow

 

Ununbium is only a place holder until an officially sanctioned name can be agreed upon. This is a process that historically has been rather contentious. Looking at the trend in naming the previous "6d" elements, it'll likely be named after a rock star status scientist.

 

Bonedaddium does have a nice ring to it.

heavydium for the rap fans out there.

Or How about "Carpedium" -- Seize the new element!

Or How about "Carpedium" -- Seize the new element!

 

Wouldnt' that be CarpeElementumNovus?

  • 2 years later...

Mmm... Can you imagine Briancoxium? I hope I can make my great discovery soon so that I'll be eligible for the naming :)

 

Who decides the names? Is it the IUPAC?

 

Who decides the names? Is it the IUPAC?

 

Yes it is.

 

Croadaxium

Wouldnt' that be CarpeElementumNovus?

 

*COUGH! Tea sprays forth comically from mouth* CarpeElementumNovum, I should hope! Sigh... Next we'll be having "ad domum"... :P

  • 2 weeks later...

Not trying to troll or anything, but *coughcough* did someone seriously use Wikipedia as a source? O.o

I thought this was interesting....

 

It is called "Ununbium" which is Latin for 112

 

http://news.yahoo.co...germany_element

 

neat stuff :)

 

I'm always skeptical of new things being created that don't exist in nature. Some things don't exist because they shouldn't exist.

  • 4 weeks later...

I'm always skeptical of new things being created that don't exist in nature. Some things don't exist because they shouldn't exist.

 

Well, you never know. We thought antimatter didn't occur naturally, until somebody found it naturally occuring above a thunderstorm or something.

I'm always skeptical of new things being created that don't exist in nature. Some things don't exist because they shouldn't exist.

 

Yeah, like cheese.

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