'Tennessine' acknowledges state institutions' roles in element's discovery

Oak Ridge National Laboratory ^ | November 30, 2016 | Bill Cabbage

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Actually in keeping with the americium, californium, berkelium meme they should call it oakridgium.

In keeping with its place in the periodic table, they have to use the "-ine" suffix because it's a halogen. Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine, and now tennessine.