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New Chemical Elements Honor Livermore Lab and Russia's Flerov Lab

[b][color=#0000FF]Гео́ргий Никола́евич Флёров [sub][size=150]114[/size][/sub][size=200]flerovium[/size][/color][/b]

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<<Moscovium is out and livermorium is in as the name of two new super heavy elements that will soon be added to chemistry's periodic table. Along with flerovium, or element 114, livermorium, element 116, is a highly unstable, synthesized Transuranium element.

The two new elements must undergo a five-month public comment period overseen by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry before being added to the table, officials said this week. Once that period is over, livermorium and flerovium will join three other super heavy elements that were added early last month—darmstadtium (Ds), roentgenium (Rg), and copernicium (Cn).

Livermorium, named in honor of California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, will use the symbol Lv, while flerovium will have the symbol Fl. Both elements were synthesized more than 10 years ago at Russia's Joint Institute for Nuclear Research outside Moscow by a joint team of Russian scientists and researchers from the Livermore lab. The instability of the elements made it extremely difficult to confirm their existence, however, making their journey to inclusion on the periodic table a long one.

Livermorium, formerly known as ununhexium, was originally going to be named moscovium in a nod to the Russian capital, but it seems the Livermore contingent won out. Flerovium, once temporarily known as ununquadium, honors both Russian physicist Georgiy Flerov (1913-1990) and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research's Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions where it was synthesized.

"Proposing these names for the elements honors not only the individual contributions of scientists from these laboratories to the fields of nuclear science, heavy-element research, and super-heavy-element research, but also the phenomenal cooperation and collaboration that has occurred between scientists at these two locations," said Bill Goldstein, associate director of Lawrence Livermore National Labs' Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, in a statement.

Other synthesized Transuranium elements that are positioned in the slots for elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 have also been observed, but lack enough evidence to begin the process of inclusion in the period table. For example, scientists have to date only observed six atoms of ununseptium, the temporary name for element 117.>>

<<Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov (Russian: Гео́ргий Никола́евич Флёров, also written as Georgii Nikolayevich Flerov) (March 2, 1913 – November 19, 1990) was a prominent Soviet nuclear physicist. Flyorov was born in Rostov-on-Don and attended the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute and majored in thermal physics and nuclear physics. He is known for writing to Stalin in April 1942 and pointing out the conspicuous silence within the field of nuclear fission in the United States, Great Britain, and Germany.

• "Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
  
  "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
  
  "The dog did nothing in the night-time."
  
  "That was the curious incident," remarked Sherlock Holmes.

Flyorov's urgings led to the eventual development of the USSR's own atomic bomb project. He also claims as his discovery two transition metal elements: seaborgium and bohrium. He founded the Flyorov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Dubna in 1957, and acted as director there until 1989. Also during this period, he chaired the Scientific Council of the USSR Academy of Sciences.>>

[Beyond]

um.... there sure is a lot of um-ing going on around here

[orin stepanek]

When I was in Highschool than Nobelium was the highest number element. http://chemistry.about.com/od/elementfa ... belium.htm wiki shows 118 but some are in temporary status! I guess that means that they are still being reviewed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elements

mg / kg
1 H Hydrogen 1 1 001 !1.00794(7)2 3 4 0.00008988 14.175 20.28 14.304 2.20 1400
2 He Helium 18 1 004 !4.002602(2)2 4 0.0001785 –6 4.22 5.193 – 0.008
3 Li Lithium 1 2 007 !6.941(2)2 3 4 5 0.534 453.85 1615 3.582 0.98 20
4 Be Beryllium 2 2 009 !9.012182(3) 1.85 1560.15 2742 1.825 1.57 2.8
5 B Boron 13 2 011 !10.811(7)2 3 4 2.34 2573.15 4200 1.026 2.04 10
6 C Carbon 14 2 012 !12.0107(8)2 4 2.267 3948.157 4300 0.709 2.55 200
7 N Nitrogen 15 2 014 !14.0067(2)2 4 0.0012506 63.29 77.36 1.04 3.04 19
8 O Oxygen 16 2 016 !15.9994(3)2 4 0.001429 50.5 90.20 0.918 3.44 461000
9 F Fluorine 17 2 019 !18.9984032(5) 0.001696 53.63 85.03 0.824 3.98 585
10 Ne Neon 18 2 020 !20.1797(6)2 3 0.0008999 24.703 27.07 1.03 – 0.005
11 Na Sodium 1 3 023 !22.98976928(2) 0.971 371.15 1156 1.228 0.93 23600
12 Mg Magnesium 2 3 024 !24.3050(6) 1.738 923.15 1363 1.023 1.31 23300
13 Al Aluminium 13 3 027 !26.9815386(8) 2.698 933.4 2792 0.897 1.61 82300
14 Si Silicon 14 3 028 !28.0855(3)4 2.3296 1683.15 3538 0.705 1.9 282000
15 P Phosphorus 15 3 031 !30.973762(2) 1.82 317.25 553 0.769 2.19 1050
16 S Sulfur 16 3 032 !32.065(5)2 4 2.067 388.51 717.8 0.71 2.58 350
17 Cl Chlorine 17 3 035 !35.453(2)2 3 4 0.003214 172.31 239.11 0.479 3.16 145
18 Ar Argon 18 3 040 !39.948(1)2 4 0.0017837 83.96 87.30 0.52 – 3.5
19 K Potassium 1 4 039 !39.0983(1) 0.862 336.5 1032 0.757 0.82 20900
20 Ca Calcium 2 4 041 !40.078(4)2 1.54 1112.15 1757 0.647 1 41500
21 Sc Scandium 3 4 045 !44.955912(6) 2.989 1812.15 3109 0.568 1.36 22
22 Ti Titanium 4 4 048 !47.867(1) 4.54 1933.15 3560 0.523 1.54 5650
23 V Vanadium 5 4 051 !50.9415(1) 6.11 2175.15 3680 0.489 1.63 120
24 Cr Chromium 6 4 052 !51.9961(6) 7.15 2130.15 2944 0.449 1.66 102
25 Mn Manganese 7 4 055 !54.938045(5) 7.44 1519.15 2334 0.479 1.55 950
26 Fe Iron 8 4 056 !55.845(2) 7.874 1808.15 3134 0.449 1.83 56300
27 Co Cobalt 9 4 059 !58.933195(5) 8.86 1768.15 3200 0.421 1.88 25
28 Ni Nickel 10 4 058 !58.6934(4) 8.912 1726.15 3186 0.444 1.91 84
29 Cu Copper 11 4 064 !63.546(3)4 8.96 1357.75 2835 0.385 1.9 60
30 Zn Zinc 12 4 065 !65.38(2) 7.134 692.88 1180 0.388 1.65 70
31 Ga Gallium 13 4 070 !69.723(1) 5.907 302.91 2477 0.371 1.81 19
32 Ge Germanium 14 4 073 !72.64(1) 5.323 1211.45 3106 0.32 2.01 1.5
33 As Arsenic 15 4 075 !74.92160(2) 5.776 1090.157 887 0.329 2.18 1.8
34 Se Selenium 16 4 079 !78.96(3)4 4.809 494.15 958 0.321 2.55 0.05
35 Br Bromine 17 4 080 !79.904(1) 3.122 266.05 332.0 0.474 2.96 2.4
36 Kr Krypton 18 4 084 !83.798(2)2 3 0.003733 115.93 119.93 0.248 3 <0.001
37 Rb Rubidium 1 5 085 !85.4678(3)2 1.532 312.79 961 0.363 0.82 90
38 Sr Strontium 2 5 087 !87.62(1)2 4 2.64 1042.15 1655 0.301 0.95 370
39 Y Yttrium 3 5 089 !88.90585(2) 4.469 1799.15 3609 0.298 1.22 33
40 Zr Zirconium 4 5 091 !91.224(2)2 6.506 2125.15 4682 0.278 1.33 165
41 Nb Niobium 5 5 093 !92.90638(2) 8.57 2741.15 5017 0.265 1.6 20
42 Mo Molybdenum 6 5 096 !95.96(2)2 10.22 2890.15 4912 0.251 2.16 1.2
43 Tc Technetium 7 5 098 ![98]1 11.5 2473.15 5150 – 1.9 <0.001
44 Ru Ruthenium 8 5 101.07(2)2 12.37 2523.15 4423 0.238 2.2 0.001
45 Rh Rhodium 9 5 102.90550(2) 12.41 2239.15 3968 0.243 2.28 0.001
46 Pd Palladium 10 5 106.42(1)2 12.02 1825.15 3236 0.244 2.2 0.015
47 Ag Silver 11 5 107.8682(2)2 10.501 1234.15 2435 0.235 1.93 0.075
48 Cd Cadmium 12 5 112.411(8)2 8.69 594.33 1040 0.232 1.69 0.159
49 In Indium 13 5 114.818(3) 7.31 429.91 2345 0.233 1.78 0.25
50 Sn Tin 14 5 118.710(7)2 7.287 505.21 2875 0.228 1.96 2.3
51 Sb Antimony 15 5 121.760(1)2 6.685 904.05 1860 0.207 2.05 0.2
52 Te Tellurium 16 5 127.60(3)2 6.232 722.8 1261 0.202 2.1 0.001
53 I Iodine 17 5 126.90447(3) 4.93 386.65 457.4 0.214 2.66 0.45
54 Xe Xenon 18 5 131.293(6)2 3 0.005887 161.45 165.03 0.158 2.6 <0.001
55 Cs Caesium 1 6 132.9054519(2) 1.873 301.7 944 0.242 0.79 3
56 Ba Barium 2 6 137.327(7) 3.594 1002.15 2170 0.204 0.89 425
57 La Lanthanum 6 138.90547(7)2 6.145 1193.15 3737 0.195 1.1 39
58 Ce Cerium 6 140.116(1)2 6.77 1071.15 3716 0.192 1.12 66.5
59 Pr Praseodymium 6 140.90765(2) 6.773 1204.15 3793 0.193 1.13 9.2
60 Nd Neodymium 6 144.242(3)2 7.007 1289.15 3347 0.19 1.14 41.5
61 Pm Promethium 6 145 ![145]1 7.26 1204.15 3273 – – <0.001
62 Sm Samarium 6 150.36(2)2 7.52 1345.15 2067 0.197 1.17 7.05
63 Eu Europium 6 151.964(1)2 5.243 1095.15 1802 0.182 1.2 2
64 Gd Gadolinium 6 157.25(3)2 7.895 1585.15 3546 0.236 1.2 6.2
65 Tb Terbium 6 158.92535(2) 8.229 1630.15 3503 0.182 1.2 1.2
66 Dy Dysprosium 6 162.500(1)2 8.55 1680.15 2840 0.17 1.22 5.2
67 Ho Holmium 6 164.93032(2) 8.795 1743.15 2993 0.165 1.23 1.3
68 Er Erbium 6 167.259(3)2 9.066 1795.15 3503 0.168 1.24 3.5
69 Tm Thulium 6 168.93421(2) 9.321 1818.15 2223 0.16 1.25 0.52
70 Yb Ytterbium 6 173.054(5)2 6.965 1097.15 1469 0.155 1.1 3.2
71 Lu Lutetium 3 6 174.9668(1)2 9.84 1936.15 3675 0.154 1.27 0.8
72 Hf Hafnium 4 6 178.49(2) 13.31 2500.15 4876 0.144 1.3 3
73 Ta Tantalum 5 6 180.94788(2) 16.654 3269.15 5731 0.14 1.5 2
74 W Tungsten 6 6 183.84(1) 19.25 3680.15 5828 0.132 2.36 1.3
75 Re Rhenium 7 6 186.207(1) 21.02 3453.15 5869 0.137 1.9 <0.001
76 Os Osmium 8 6 190.23(3)2 22.61 3300.15 5285 0.13 2.2 0.002
77 Ir Iridium 9 6 192.217(3) 22.56 2716.15 4701 0.131 2.2 0.001
78 Pt Platinum 10 6 195.084(9) 21.46 2045.15 4098 0.133 2.28 0.005
79 Au Gold 11 6 196.966569(4) 19.282 1337.73 3129 0.129 2.54 0.004
80 Hg Mercury 12 6 200.59(2) 13.5336 234.43 630 0.14 2 0.085
81 Tl Thallium 13 6 204.3833(2) 11.85 577.15 1746 0.129 1.62 0.85
82 Pb Lead 14 6 207.2(1)2 4 11.342 600.75 2022 0.129 2.33 14
83 Bi Bismuth 15 6 208.98040(1) 9.807 544.67 1837 0.122 2.02 0.009
84 Po Polonium 16 6 210 ![210]1 9.32 527.15 1235 – 2 <0.001
85 At Astatine 17 6 210 ![210]1 7 575.15 610 – 2.2 <0.001
86 Rn Radon 18 6 222 ![222]1 0.00973 202.15 211.3 0.094 – <0.001
87 Fr Francium 1 7 223 ![223]1 1.87 300.15 950 – 0.7 <0.001
88 Ra Radium 2 7 223 ![226]1 5.5 973.15 2010 – 0.9 <0.001
89 Ac Actinium 7 227 ![227]1 10.07 1323.15 3471 0.12 1.1 <0.001
90 Th Thorium 7 232.03806(2)1 2 11.72 2028.15 5061 0.113 1.3 9.6
91 Pa Protactinium 7 231.03588(2)1 15.37 1873.15 4300 – 1.5 <0.001
92 U Uranium 7 238.02891(3)1 18.95 1405.15 4404 0.116 1.38 2.7
93 Np Neptunium 7 237 ![237]1 20.45 913.15 4273 – 1.36 <0.001
94 Pu Plutonium 7 244 ![244]1 19.84 913.15 3501 – 1.28 <0.001
95 Am Americium 7 243 ![243]1 13.69 1267.15 2880 – 1.3 08
96 Cm Curium 7 247 ![247]1 13.51 1340.15 3383 – 1.3 0
97 Bk Berkelium 7 247 ![247]1 14.79 1259.15 983 – 1.3 0
98 Cf Californium 7 251 ![251]1 15.1 1925.15 1173 – 1.3 0
99 Es Einsteinium 7 252 ![252]1 13.5 1133.15 – – 1.3 0
100 Fm Fermium 7 257 ![257]1 – – – – 1.3 0
101 Md Mendelevium 7 258 ![258]1 – – – – 1.3 0
102 No Nobelium 7 259 ![259]1 – – – – 1.3 0
103 Lr Lawrencium 3 7 262 ![262]1 – – – – 1.3 0
104 Rf Rutherfordium 4 7 261 ![261]1 18.1 – – – – 0
105 Db Dubnium 5 7 262 ![262]1 39 – – – – 0
106 Sg Seaborgium 6 7 266 ![266]1 35 – – – – 0
107 Bh Bohrium 7 7 264 ![264]1 37 – – – – 0
108 Hs Hassium 8 7 267 ![267]1 41 – – – – 0
109 Mt Meitnerium 9 7 268 ![268]1 35 – – – – 0
110 Ds Darmstadtium 10 7 271 ![271]1 – – – – – 0
111 Rg Roentgenium 11 7 272 ![272]1 – – – – – 0
112 Cn Copernicium 12 7 285 ![285]1 – – – – – 0
113 Uut Ununtrium 13 7 284 ![284]1 – – – – – 0
114 Uuq Ununquadium 14 7 289 ![289]1 – – – – – 0
115 Uup Ununpentium 15 7 288 ![288]1 – – – – – 0
116 Uuh Ununhexium 16 7 292 ![292]1 – – – – – 0
117 Uus Ununseptium 17 7 295 ![295]1 – – – – – 0
118 Uuo Ununoctium 18 7 294 ![294]1 – – – – – 0

[Chris Peterson]

When I was in Highschool than Nobelium was the highest number element.

I think that's as far as Tom Lehrer got, too.He should come out of retirement and get things caught up.

[TNT]

You forgot Uuu, Unununium, unless that hasn't been confirmed.

[orin stepanek]

When I was in Highschool than Nobelium was the highest number element.

I think that's as far as Tom Lehrer got, too.He should come out of retirement and get things caught up.

I haven't heard that song before He went through those pretty fast! I would have gotten tongue tied.

[orin stepanek]

You forgot Uuu, Unununium, unless that hasn't been confirmed.

According to wiki that is number 111 which is approved as roentgenium! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roentgenium

[Beyond]

When I was in Highschool than Nobelium was the highest number element.

I think that's as far as Tom Lehrer got, too.He should come out of retirement and get things caught up.

I haven't heard that song before He went through those pretty fast! I would have gotten tongue tied.

Tounge tied elementary my dear Orin, elementary.