Periodic Table: Four New Elements

[Drew Espinosa]

Well, this is now relatively old news, (I seriously need to pay more attention to news on scientific breakthroughs lol ) but on December 30, 2015, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) formally recognized the discovery of elements 113, 115, 117, and 118. Meaning, that the 7th Period of the Periodic Table is now complete.  Official names and symbols will be chosen later this year.

 

Here's an article on the discovery.

 

[JamesSavik]

Trust me on this- they are soooo radioactive, you don't want any.  

[Drew Espinosa]

Trust me on this- they are soooo radioactive, you don't want any.  

It's not like they'll be store-bought Hehe, but it's possible that Element 120 could be stable, or some other element(s) that would be an "island of stability."

[CarlHoliday]

Strange how things work out sometimes. When I was working on Chapter 7 of my new book I had to get into the Periodic Table and there were those four new elements. At the time I remembered reading an article somewhere about one of them being discovered before the other three and how it was given the temporary name Ununoctium. Personally, I think Ununoctium is a really neat name for an element. An even better name would be Lastium with the symbol Ls, since La is already taken.

[glitteryantlers]

I guess this needs an update too :-P

 

I have a cca. 60 years old chemistry textbook, the periodic table is not even a table, half the elements missing. My father managed to fail in chemistry exam nontheless. (And physics and history...)

[Ashi]

Oh my goodness!  Drew you are such a nerd!!!  I love it.  LOL.  And it seems Anty is one too....  Just look at that bathroom....

[glitteryantlers]

 

I hope it's soon on sale because of the updated version :-P