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Element 112 Has Been Named

07/17/2009 4:33 AM

The periodic table is one element longer now.

Here is the link.

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07/17/2009 5:18 AM

Cool! So can it be detonated like Pu239? And if so, what would its yield be?

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07/17/2009 10:47 PM

The element is produced by a nuclear fusion, when bombarding zinc ions onto a lead target. As the element already decays after a split second, its existence can only be proved with the help of extremely fast and sensitive analysis methods. Twenty-one scientists from Germany, Finland, Russia and Slovakia have been involved in the experiments that led to the discovery of element 112.

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/07/14/welcome-copernicium-our-newest-element/
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07/17/2009 10:28 AM

Cool name, copernicum. I wonder which accelerator developed this element and how they did it? Presumably this is still one of the unstable elements and that we've yet to discover a super heavy stable element cluster.

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07/17/2009 6:49 PM

Damn!! Now I have to relearn the periodic table.
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