Names proposed for two new chemical elements
DEC 02, 2011
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.025739
BBC : Names have been submitted for two chemical elements that were recently added to the periodic table. Both elements are the product of collaborative work between scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. More than a decade ago, the scientists created element 114 by smashing calcium ions into the element plutonium, and element 116 by smashing calcium into curium. The proposed names for the new elements are, respectively, flerovium, in honor of physicist Georgy Flerov, and livermorium. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, which accredited the two elements in June, is allowing five months for the public to comment on the names before officially endorsing them.
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