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Copernicium Confirmed As Element 112

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the cp-had-other-meanings dept.

Several sources are reporting that the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has confirmed Copernicium as element 112 on the periodic table of elements with the symbol Cn. "The naming of the new element will be the culmination of a long, fraught journey involving fierce competition, dashed hopes, clever detective work and even a brush with scientific misconduct. With a nucleus containing 112 protons — 20 more than uranium, the heaviest of the naturally occurring elements — it will be the weightiest atom whose existence has been confirmed so far."

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  1. Take that china by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now there will never be a chinesium (although i guess we could re-name lead).

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    1. Re:Take that china by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      try missedthejoke.cn

    2. Re:Take that china by prod-you · · Score: 2, Funny

      Whoosh

    3. Re:Take that china by beav007 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not to mention the lead the Chinese Government sends its own citizens. Usually at high speed...

  2. Later that night... by weaponx86 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uranium was seen at a local club with Copernicium, probably to make her feel better about herself.

  3. Re:But But but by Fluffeh · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about ununbium?

    Can't be worse than Unobtainium *gag*.

    Thankyou Avatar, for the dumbest name of a substance in movie history.

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  4. Finally... by gestalt_n_pepper · · Score: 1, Funny

    My breathless wait is over.

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  5. Re:But But but by Cryacin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Exactly you can find it right between the unaffordium and the baloneyum.

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  6. Re:But But but by grcumb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Exactly you can find it right between the unaffordium and the baloneyum.

    Bloody Yanks - those of us who remember the Queen's English know it's spelled 'bolognium'...

    ... or was that 'bologniminium?'

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