Four Newly Discovered Elements Receive Names (theverge.com)

Press2ToContinue quotes a report from The Verge: The proposed names for recently discovered superheavy elements are: Nihonium and symbol Nh, for the element 113; Moscovium and symbol Mc, for the element 115; Tennessine and symbol Ts, for the element 117; Oganesson and symbol Og, for the element 118. This isn't finalized. Not sure I even like some of these, and maybe you feel the same way. Above are the proposed names that will substitute for the current placeholders (e.g., ununpentium, ununseptium). Nilhonium, Moscovium, and Tennesine are all named for places; Oganessen is named for the Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian. But we have until November to lobby for other names. Here's a chance to go down in history and name an element on the periodic table. How about naming one Elementy McElementface?

Comments

Elerium-115

[lcarnevale]

Element 115 should be named Elerium, of course http://www.ufopaedia.org/index...

Scientists have no sense of humor. . .

[Salgak1]

. . . .otherwise, one of the newly named elements would be. . .

"Elementy McElementface"

(grin)

Re:Elements named after locations

[K. S. Kyosuke]

Maybe about the disproportionate share of tiny Swedish villages?

Re:That doesn't matter much

[disposable60]

LEMMIUM! Where's Lemmium? The heaviest element possible.

Re:god no

[quenda]

They'll probably just get reclassified as dwarf elements one day.

Re:Americans will spell it Moscovum

[houghi]

Got it. Alumni it is.

Orangium

[PopeRatzo]

When I'm president, all new elements will be named after me and it will be tremendous. They will be classy, classy elements. Not loser elements like Nihonium.

Re:god no

[Anonymous Coward]

Well,...since the placeholder names start with "unun", how about:

Unty McUntface.

I can't see anything wrong with that.

Re:Slashdotium

[NotInHere]

Yeah, it decays into lower elements like Redditium. One of the forms this happens is the so called slashdot beta decay.