New element 117 wins place on the periodic table Read more:

sciencerecorder.com ^ | Friday, May 02, 2014 | Delila James |

[BenLurkin]

Science students around the world will soon have a new member of the periodic table of elements to memorize: super-heavy element 117, dubbed ununseptium. The element is 40 percent heavier than lead.

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“There are predictions that super-heavy elements should exist which are very long-lived,” Düllmann told Live Science. “It is interesting to find out if half-lives become long again for very heavy elements, especially if very neutron-rich species are made.”

Ordinarily, researchers say, the more protons and neutrons are stuffed into an atomic nucleus, the more unstable the atom becomes. Super-heavy elements made in the laboratory last only microseconds before decaying. Nevertheless, scientists theorize that an ‘island of stability’ exists where super-heavy elements do not decay but become stable. They say such elements could have many practical uses.

[BenLurkin]

Still no unobtanium, yet.

[gorush]

“The Disappearing Spoon” by Sam Kean is a fascinating book about the periodic table. If you enjoy this sort of thing you’ll love this book.

[Gay State Conservative]

Obamium.....acidic,caustic,abrasive,mixes poorly with anything other than expensive French wine...

[BenLurkin]

Can’t really claim to understand it very well. I got lost at the noble gases.

[gorush]

There is a town in Sweden where more elements occur than anywhere else on the planet. There is an element named after this town.

[Vasilli22]

Yeah, science!

[gorush]

Ytterby

[struggle]

Call Bob Lazar - he’ll make you a UFO!

[BenLurkin]

Just don’t call me a taxi.

[Jet Jaguar]

Cool.

[Pikachu_Dad]

So un-un-sept-ium.
What a pitiful name.
That is just 1 1 7

[Fester Chugabrew]

Super-heavy elements made . . .

I thought elements were born, not made.

[BenLurkin]

D#mn.

I saw that and thought it was un-unseptium.

You know, like un-unhappy.

[gorush]

Did you ever wonder why the periodic table is displayed as it is? Actually, it has been displayed in many ways over the years and for many different reasons. The present iteration sorts by properties. All elements in vertical columns share common properties

[mabarker1]

Gv

[doc1019]

I thought for sure it would be the non-existent dark matter ... so sad.

[Veggie Todd]

The element is 40 percent heavier than lead.

Can we make bullets out of it?

[Chode]

oh it's out there all right, it's just unobtainable for sampling... 8^)

[TChad]

Tom Lehrer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGM-wSKFBpo

[skinkinthegrass]

betcha, can't do that three times!.