The IUPAC has just announced names for elements 113, 115, 117, and 118, which were temporarily named Ununtrium, Ununpentium, Ununseptium, and Ununoctium. The new names are:
- 113: Nihonium (Nh), after Japan
- 115: Moscovium (Mc), after Moscow
- 117: Tennessine (Ts), after Tennessee (specifically Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville)
- 118: Oganesson (Og), after Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian
The names still need final confirmation, but here (ta da!) is the new periodic table:
(Periodic table produced using R. Click to zoom.)
Oh, I never even realised there was another noble gas!
Only a few atoms have been synthesised, which makes chemical properties a matter of guesswork, but Wikipedia suggests that it might be neither non-reactive (“noble”) nor a gas.
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