# Nashville Professor Helps Discover New Element. Newslink **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-professor-helps-discover-new-element-newslink/756868 "2016-06-08T21:35:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-professor-helps-discover-new-element-newslink/756868/1 "2016-06-08T21:35:23Z")
Vanderbilt University Professors Joseph Hamilton & A.V. Ramayya have discovered Element 117, tentatively named **Tennessine**. > **[New Scientific Element Named For Tennessee](https://www.newschannel5.com/news/local-news/vanderbilt-professor-helps-discover-new-element)** > > One of four newly-discovered elements has been provisionally named in honor of Tennessee, thanks in part to a Vanderbilt University professor. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-professor-helps-discover-new-element-newslink/756868/2 "2016-06-08T21:41:51Z")
That’s awesome and I like the name; I hope it is made permanent. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-professor-helps-discover-new-element-newslink/756868/3 "2016-06-08T22:41:43Z")
I note that the next element, oganesson, named for Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian, has the chemical symbol Og. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-professor-helps-discover-new-element-newslink/756868/4 "2016-06-08T22:44:01Z")
Couldn’t they have at least suggested the symbol be \*\*Tn \*\*? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-professor-helps-discover-new-element-newslink/756868/5 "2016-06-08T22:52:16Z")
Tn is already Tungsten ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-professor-helps-discover-new-element-newslink/756868/6 "2016-06-08T23:14:30Z")
No, the symbol for Tungsten is “W”. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-professor-helps-discover-new-element-newslink/756868/7 "2016-06-09T01:07:24Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > No, the symbol for Tungsten is “W”. Wolfram! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-professor-helps-discover-new-element-newslink/756868/8 "2016-06-09T01:09:41Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Tn is already Tungsten The “T’s” are: Ta=Tantalum Tb=Terbium Tc=Technetium Te=Tellurium Th=Thorium Ti=Titanium Tl=Thallium Tm=Thulium ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-professor-helps-discover-new-element-newslink/756868/9 "2016-06-09T01:29:04Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I note that the next element, oganesson, named for Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian, has the chemical symbol Og. 😃 So I guess the petition to name 118 Lemmium has failed ☹ ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-professor-helps-discover-new-element-newslink/756868/10 "2016-06-09T15:22:10Z")
Has Tom Lehrer been contacted? I foresee a bit of re-writing for him. ---
**Author:** ![SantaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@SantaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-professor-helps-discover-new-element-newslink/756868/11 "2016-06-09T17:46:26Z")
Newslink seems a curious name for an element \ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-professor-helps-discover-new-element-newslink/756868/12 "2016-06-09T22:38:29Z")
> [@SantaMan](#): > > Newslink seems a curious name for an element > \ I smite thee. {SLAPS **SantaMan** With A Wet Trout}