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4 New Elements Get Names: Sourav Sutradhar 5 Semester Chemistry Honours
4 New Elements Get Names: Sourav Sutradhar 5 Semester Chemistry Honours
The proposed names for elements 113,115,117 and 118 are Nihonium,
Moscovium, Tennesine and Oganesson respectively, the International Union of
Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has announced.
The groups responsible for the discovery of these new elements each put
forward their proposed name and symbol after IUPAC confirmed their
existence in January 2016. The criteria states an element may be named after a
mythological figure or concept, geological place, scientist, elemental property,
or mineral.
Scientists based in Russia and the US who discovered elements 115 and
117 have put forward the names moscovium(Mc) and tennessine(Ts),
respectively. A collaboration between the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research in
Russia and the Oak Ridge and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, US,
elements 115 and 117 were both created in 2010. Both element names take their
cues from geographical regions. Moscovium is named after Moscow, where the Joint
Institute of Nuclear Research is based. Named after Tennesse, tennessine is a tribute
to the region where a large amount of superheavy element research is conducted in
the US.