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11-06-2009, 01:12 PM
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Periodic table gets new element
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11-06-2009, 01:24 PM
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For a life-time of only a few milli-seconds, beyond saying "it can be done",  it seems hardly worth the effort. But I guess there are those who learn from it.
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11-06-2009, 01:39 PM
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Bugger, now I have to learn another one, I remember very well in science class repeating the entire table of elements one at time. 
But that was a long time ago, I would probably only know one or two now. 
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28-06-2009, 12:06 PM
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Really just a beginner
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How about "unobtainium" for a relevant name
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28-06-2009, 02:35 PM
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How about "unobtainium" for a relevant name
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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 entry:
In the movie 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)
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28-06-2009, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert9
For a life-time of only a few milli-seconds, beyond saying "it can be done", it seems hardly worth the effort. But I guess there are those who learn from it. |
that sounds a bit like astronomy... 
(can I be kicked off the forum for saying that? )
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28-06-2009, 07:59 PM
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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
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28-06-2009, 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 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
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Rob, I believe you  
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29-06-2009, 10:50 AM
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How about "unobtainium" for a relevant name
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LOL. Or unmaintainium.
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29-06-2009, 03:11 PM
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Please insert liquor
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How about Ustinkium :-)
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29-06-2009, 03:23 PM
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"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! 
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01-07-2009, 11:09 PM
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No More Infinities
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15-07-2009, 06:14 PM
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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.
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?
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15-07-2009, 07:57 PM
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I hope they name one gailleoum for the IYA
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17-07-2009, 05:31 PM
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Hey Ron. Why post another related thread when this one you've already started is just fine? 
"If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things."
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