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There will soon be four new names on the periodic table after scientists decided to use recently discovered elements to pay tribute to Japan, Moscow, Tennessee and a Russian scientist.There will soon be four new names on the periodic table after scientists decided to use recently discovered elements to pay tribute to Japan, Moscow, Tennessee and a Russian scientist.
The names moscovium, nihonium, tennessine and oganesson were recommended on Wednesday by an international scientific group.The names moscovium, nihonium, tennessine and oganesson were recommended on Wednesday by an international scientific group.
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, which rules on chemical element names, presented for public review its proposal based on the names submitted by the element discoverers.The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, which rules on chemical element names, presented for public review its proposal based on the names submitted by the element discoverers.
The four elements, currently known by the Latin for their atomic numbers – ununtrium (113), ununpentium (115), ununseptium (117) and ununoctium (118) – completed the seventh row of the periodic table when the chemistry organisation verified their discoveries at the end of December.The four elements, currently known by the Latin for their atomic numbers – ununtrium (113), ununpentium (115), ununseptium (117) and ununoctium (118) – completed the seventh row of the periodic table when the chemistry organisation verified their discoveries at the end of December.
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Tennessee is the second US state after California to be recognised with an element. Element names can come from places (americium), mythology (titanium), names of scientists (einsteinium) or traits of the element (chlorine – chloros is Greek for greenish-yellow).Tennessee is the second US state after California to be recognised with an element. Element names can come from places (americium), mythology (titanium), names of scientists (einsteinium) or traits of the element (chlorine – chloros is Greek for greenish-yellow).
Joining more familiar element names such as hydrogen, carbon and lead are:Joining more familiar element names such as hydrogen, carbon and lead are:
The public comment period will end on 8 November.The public comment period will end on 8 November.