New Chemical Element In The Periodic Table

[Washington]

"The element 112, discovered at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (Centre for Heavy Ion Research) in Darmstadt, has been officially recognized as a new element by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). IUPAC confirmed the recognition of element 112 in an official letter to the head of the discovering team, Professor Sigurd Hofmann. The letter furthermore asks the discoverers to propose a name for the new element.

Their suggestion will be submitted within the next weeks. In about 6 months, after the proposed name has been thoroughly assessed by IUPAC, the element will receive its official name. The new element is approximately 277 times heavier than hydrogen, making it the heaviest element in the periodic table."

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[Cabal]

Awesome.

*braces self for AV's inevitable Periodic Table nonsense*

 

[[serious]]

cool that it's ready for naming. I'm waiting for 118 to be recognized. New noble gas FTW.

 

[AV1611VET]

They're still a long way from Element 404.

Unobtainium is a humorous term that refers to an extremely rare, costly, or physically impossible material needed to fulfill a given design for a given application. The name is a portmanteau derived from unobtainable + ium (the suffix for a number of elements). Variations include unobtanium and unattainium, with the same meaning. It is sometimes referred to as element 404, after the HTTP 404 Not Found error.

And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

 

[AV1611VET]

*braces self for AV's inevitable Periodic Table nonsense*

What 'nonsense', Cabal?

According to the OP, it's only 277 times heavier than Hydrogen, and [currently] the heaviest element [now] in the Periodic Table.

Yet, Hydrogen, the lightest element, was discovered first?

Isn't that like finding a log in the middle of a forest, then noticing later there's trees around?

 

[Wiccan_Child]

They're still a long way from Element 404.

Wait, how are they related? Even from a comedic point of view, it's a stretch .

 

[Ectezus]

What 'nonsense', Cabal?

According to the OP, it's only 277 times heavier than Hydrogen, and [currently] the heaviest element [now] in the Periodic Table.

Yet, Hydrogen, the lightest element, was discovered first?

Isn't that like finding a log in the middle of a forest, then noticing later there's trees around?

Not when the forest is made almost entirely out of logs, as far as the eye can see.

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. About 75% of the total mass. (Helium is second btw)

AV, analogies only work when you think them through and have some facts.

- Ectezus

 

[AV1611VET]

Not when the forest is made almost entirely out of logs, as far as the eye can see.

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. About 75% of the total mass. (Helium is second btw)

AV, analogies only work when you think them through and have some facts.

- Ectezus

I thought someone would respond by saying it was more abundant.

So why then, were all the other elements discovered before the heaviest of them all (to date) was discovered; including the rare earth elements?

 

[uke2se]

I thought someone would respond by saying it was more abundant.

So why then, were all the other elements discovered before the heaviest of them all (to date) was discovered; including the rare earth elements?

The question is, how do you think elements are discovered?

 

[Wiccan_Child]

I thought someone would respond by saying it was more abundant.

So why then, were all the other elements discovered before the heaviest of them all (to date) was discovered; including the rare earth elements?

Because these heavier elements are even rarer: as you go up the periodic table, the stability of any particular element changes. The radioactive elements, for instance, are prone to decay into lighter elements (by converting protons to neutrons, or by physically ejecting them).

Hydrogen wasn't discovered first because, while abundant, it's most common form on Earth is as part of a molecule (water, organic molecules, etc). The pure gas is quite rare, since it's leeches out of the atmosphere.

Conversely, elements like 112 are very hard to make in nature, and are so unstable that they decay within a tiny fraction of a second: in the rare event that one does form naturally, it won't hang around for us to detect it in nature. We need big complex machines.

Interestingly, there is a so-called 'island of stability', which is the theoretical group of very heavy atoms that are unusually stable. So while elements 100-120 are radioactive and extremely unstable, elements at or around 126 are thought to be quite stable.

But yeah, it's all to do with stability: these new, superheavy atoms are too unstable to exist in nature.

 

[Greatcloud]

Cool, the heavy element now above all others but is it stable ? I Assume it was collected in the same old tried and true way of an element collider. Did anyone check out any interactions with other elements, if its stable. Very interesting.