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Two Elements Added To Periodic Table

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 6, 2011 @05:00AM from the still-waiting-for-slashdottium dept.

smitty777 writes "Two new elements have been added to the periodic table of the elements. Elements 114 and 116 are the weightiest known, with atomic weights of 289 and 292 respectively. The discoverers are proposing flerovium and moscovium as names for these two new discoveries. There are also arguments being made to add in three more as well: 113, 115 and 118." We've noted element 114 in the past, but this is more official.

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I'll be most disappointed if.... by Brannoncyll · 2011-06-06 05:10 · Score: 3, Interesting

element 115 is not given the name Elerium, in honour of the fictional element used to power the spacecraft in the XCOM series. Ununpentium is dull and doesn't really roll off the tongue!