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Scientists discover new element -- No. 118
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| 10/18/06
| Ian Hoffman
Posted on 10/19/2006 8:39:08 AM PDT by presidio9
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To: Enchante
Don't even get me started on No. 122, "Carterium" will be so dense that it shares the characteristics of a "black hole" I suspect you have too low of numbers for both 120 and 122.
To: presidio9
Tape machines I work on have frames made of Japanesium.
It is a very soft but shiny metal incapable of maintaining the shape of screw threads. It was to be replaced with frames made of unobtainium, but there has been a delay in production.
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10/19/2006 10:31:27 AM PDT
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
To: presidio9
All that just for the fame that goes with "discovering" a new element?
To: presidio9
"a cluster of manmade elements with such a harmonious number of neutrons and protons that their nuclei didn't instantly self destruct."
Sounds like trying to make a column of shaving cream. If only they can pile it high enough, it won't fall over.
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10/19/2006 10:44:24 AM PDT
by
ko_kyi
To: presidio9
When will Wal-Mart stock this stuff?
To: wideawake
Un-un-oct-ium = 1 - 1 - 8 - ium.
But I like your suggestion.
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posted on
10/19/2006 11:22:25 AM PDT
by
Tenniel
(Never explain. Your friends don’t need it, and your enemies won’t believe it anyway. – E. Hubbard)
To: wagglebee
I wonder how much American taxpayer money was wasted on this.I must disagree that this is a wasted effort. If an island of stability is found in an element off the end of the current chart of elements, it could very well have useful properties. Even if not, this type of basic research is one of the reasons we exist as a species IMO. Better than wasting my tax money on bridges to nowhere. I'd be willing to bet good money that less tax money was spent by these researchers than the aforementioned taxpayer financed boondoggle.
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10/19/2006 12:25:29 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(I reject your reality and substitute my own in its place. (http://www.zprc.org/))
To: taxcontrol
Perhaps a new category of "transitives" could be created to categorize these very short lived atoms.Not a bad idea IMO.
I'm still interested in seeing if there are any non-transitives beyond the end of the current PT as now known .
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10/19/2006 12:27:36 PM PDT
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zeugma
(I reject your reality and substitute my own in its place. (http://www.zprc.org/))
To: presidio9
Glad my Chemistry Regents exams are far in my past. One more element to memorize might put me over the edge.
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