Element 117?

      Hey everybody, I'm back again with another post on a new science discovery that will soon put a new name on the periodic table of elements. Before you read on, I have a question for you. If you could name an element on the periodic table, what would you name it? Please leave a comment in the comment section down below. Here's the article if you want to read more.

What do you think?

 

      Science has confirmed the existence of a new element in the universe. Back in 2010, a joint collaboration between American and Russian scientists had officially created the atoms for this new element. The problem with this new element is its life span. The element is very unstable and exists for only fractions of a second before decaying. A fun fact about the element's discovery is that the scientists did not even see the actual element, but instead studied the decayed parts of the element and discovered elements 105 and 103, two of the most stable isotopes on the table. The current name for this element is Ununseptium, but the name could change once the element is officially added to the table.

Element 117

 

      I found this article to be interesting and very informative. I like that countries are collaborating to further science, even though we may not all have the best history with each other. I hope that they do keep the name for element 117 because it is a clever name. I believe that this element will also be put on the table, but not before next year.


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