Why are elements 104-109 on ref. table if wedon't know anything about them?

Subject: Why are elements 104-109 on ref. table if wedon't know anything about them?

Date: Tue May 18 19:46:20 1999
Posted by Mary Hunter
Grade level: 10-12 School: Jamesville-DeWitt High School
City: Manlius State/Province: New York Country: United States
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 927074780.Ch

Message:


I don't understand why they are on there if we don't even know 
what they are and we don't even use them for anything. What are 
they anyway? Do they have specific names,like Ag is silver? Who 
"found" these elements anyway and how did they discover them? 
Did they just stumble over them when trying to figure out 
something else or were they actually focused on looking for that 
specific thing?

Re: Why are elements 104-109 on ref. table if wedon't know anything about them?

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