Vanderbilt University Professors Joseph Hamilton & A.V. Ramayya have discovered Element 117, tentatively named Tennessine.
That’s awesome and I like the name; I hope it is made permanent.
I note that the next element, oganesson, named for Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian, has the chemical symbol Og.
Couldn’t they have at least suggested the symbol be **Tn **?
Tn is already Tungsten
No, the symbol for Tungsten is “W”.
Wolfram!
The “T’s” are:
Ta=Tantalum
Tb=Terbium
Tc=Technetium
Te=Tellurium
Th=Thorium
Ti=Titanium
Tl=Thallium
Tm=Thulium
So I guess the petition to name 118 Lemmium has failed
Has Tom Lehrer been contacted? I foresee a bit of re-writing for him.
Newslink seems a curious name for an element
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I smite thee.
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