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Four New Elements Finally Get Their Official Names, Added To Periodic Table (universityherald.com)
Scientists have updated the periodic table to add four new elements, namely: Nihonium, Moscovium, Tennessine and Oganesson. The super-heavy elements discovered by scientists from Japan, Russia, and America, complete the seventh row of the table. Their inclusion also marks the first additions since 2011. From an article on University Herald: Now that the new elements have their names, the seventh row of the periodic table is now complete. The approval was done by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). The elements were confirmed back in January. They were assigned temporary names and symbols: ununtrium (Uut), ununpentium (Uup), ununseptium (Uus), and ununoctium (Uuo). It was noted that the teams of Russian, American and Japanese researchers behind the discoveries were given the task of naming the elements that they uncovered. They submitted their proposals in June.
...that HomerSimpsonium was a viable name.
Should have named them Blinkium, Pinkium, Inkium and Clyde.
HomerSimpsonium have been better than the nationalist oriented names they gave shamelessly gave elements that apply to all of humanity. Next they'll be calling it Hitlarium and Castronium.
Amazing decision to not include the names of the four elements in a summary telling us that the four elements were just named.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
HomerSimpsonium have been better than the nationalist oriented names they gave shamelessly gave elements that apply to all of humanity. Next they'll be calling it Hitlarium and Castronium.
They already named one after you.
It's called "uranium", you asshole.
Canonically, element 115 is Elerium...
They should have gone with Lemmium for one of them.
Trolling is a art,
this is just a scheme by physics publishers to sell more periodic table placemats and wall charts as well as to get new words to spell on t-shirts
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
Now that the seventh shell is complete the next man-made element will have to be in a new shell. Does this make it much harder, or impossible, to create element 119?
You misspelled "the racist, uneducated, inbred, wondering why they can't keep a job, religious minority".
so $250 for a new college text book to cover this
To update my shower curtain!
They're nothing compared to ChuckNorium
Polonium...
Nationalist? Well yes if you squint enough but no if you actually try to understand naming: Americium was created in America (USA - during the Manhattan project), Scandium was found in Sweden (Scandinavia), Francium was detected in France etc. Neither Hitler nor Castro were scientists, those that have elements named after them are scientists that have made significant contributions - with Nobelium being the exception.
Sounds like a task for the internet to me...
ElementMcElementFace sounds about right to me
Ah! Ah! Godwinium!
Hey, Windows users, there is no such thing as "forward" slash, there is only slash and backslash.
When I was in school, there were only 103 elements.
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
Discovered by a polo player?
I was hoping for Uridium to get in there. Didn't these scientists have C64s?
I'm disappointed that ElementMcElementyface wasn't an option...
I like the implication that Adamantium was discovered by Adam Ant.
It's rare that elements are named after people, though there are a few examples. Places just seem less controversial. There's a gentleman's agreement that Element 137 should be Feynmanium, and I will be gravely disappointed if he doesn't eventually get that honor. (For those who don't know, "137", referring to the fine structure constant, is to physicists what "42" is to geek culture - chances are good it's the combination to a physicist's briefcase, for example.)
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
...that HomerSimpsonium was a viable name.
It was passed over as it is a single use element...
You can only use it to make Doh!
You have the right to remain sentient. If you give up the right to remain sentient, you will be elected to public office
By a Polish Scientist working in Paris. Marie Curie? You might have heard of her?
**Life is too short to be serious**
When I think of government-involvement with school textbooks, I immediately think of the Texas Board of Education.
I welcome government efforts to reduce the price of textbooks (and thus the price of education.) It's government-involvement with their content that would concern me.
If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
I assume you're prepared to dedicate equal time to whinging about "Platinium" and "Molybdenium", never mind "Ferrium", "Aurium", "Plumbium", "Stannium"...
They forgot Multipassium
ununoctium should have been called octarine.
> Element 137 should be Feynmanium
Indeeded. Feynman had this quote about it:
-- On the numerical value of α, the fine-structure constant, p. 129
Am I the only one that read and was hoping that Og was actually Orgasson?
I've been preaching that for 20 years -- chronic double-digit increases are driven by easy loans.
As with a car, people wince at a $2000 radio upgrade, but an additional $30/month, sign me up!
Thus do large annual increases turn into small increases in your monthly loan.
Add in politicians favoring easy loans so all can get educations, and loan companies who don't care about risks because the government will pick up the pieces of a bubble burst, and you have the perfect storm.
One way to wrench it back down is refuse to guarantee loans to any school who increases cost beyind inflation.
Another way is to deny loan guarantees to any university with more than 50% sinecure positions (jobs directly unrelated to teaching.) Then drop it down by 1% a year until it is 20% or whatever the janitorial staff + HR is.
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
Feynman's quote came 69 years later. I'd say element 137 should be named Sommerfeldium.
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It's supposed to be called Elerium-115. Not Moscovium-115. Damned uncultured scientists...