Periodic table gets new element

[astroron]

The periodic table get a new addition:cool::cool:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8093374.stm

[Robert9]

For a life-time of only a few milli-seconds, beyond saying "it can be done", :atom: it seems hardly worth the effort. But I guess there are those who learn from it.

[leon]

Bugger, now I have to learn another one, I remember very well in science class repeating the entire table of elements one at time. :whistle:

But that was a long time ago, I would probably only know one or two now. :lol:

Leon :thumbsup:

[DavidTrap]

How about "unobtainium" for a relevant name

DT

[MrB]

Hehe, can't remember what movie that was from?
Made me laugh hard when I first heard it.

Edit: Ahhh, found it in the Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium) entry:
In the movie The Core (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Core), one of the characters invented a material to build the hull of the craft that dug to the Earth's core — he explicitly dubbed this material unobtainium (due to its real name having 37 syllables)

[DJDD]

that sounds a bit like astronomy... ;)


(can I be kicked off the forum for saying that?:lol:)

[Robh]

Interesting, Ron.

I'm no expert on the elements but out of curiosity (fishing around in wikipedia), I found out that the exact number of physically possible elements is unknown. The light speed limit on orbiting electrons in very large shells gives a theoretical limit to the atomic number Z of 173.
However, it is likely that the periodic table ends much earlier, around Z=126, soon after the "island of instability". The scientists quest is to determine this endpoint.

Regards, Rob

[astroron]

Rob, I believe you:P:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[BerrieK]

LOL. Or unmaintainium.

Kerrie

[Rhino1980]

How about Ustinkium :-)

[erick]

"How He Lies Because Boys Can Not Open Flowers. Nev's Naughty Margaret Always Sings. Pass Sugar Claude Around.................." Phew! Z = 112! I'll never get there! :sadeyes:

[renormalised]

How about "notlastalongium" or "biggerthanuranium":P:P:D

[Enchilada]

Good news. This new element is named after the astronomer Copernicus. As such, element number 112 will be named Copernicum, with the element symbol of Cp. :thumbsup:

Darn. Yet another element to learn!

Will element Number 113 (a prime number, incidentially) therefore now be named Galileoium, followed by Tychonium, Keplerium and Newtonium?

[seanliddelow]

I hope they name one gailleoum for the IYA:thumbsup:

[Enchilada]

Hey Ron. Why post another related thread when this one you've already started is just fine? :shrug:

"If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things."