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I am wondering what the "official" names of elements 101 and beyond are. If I recall, most, if not all, had battles over who would get to name them what. In the answer, I would appreciate it if you would list both the official name, and the other name that the major dissenting party offered. Thank you. You previously referred me to the sites http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/ and http://www.webelements.com/, which do not answer my question. There are names here, but alternate names are mentioned (such as Rutherfordium/Kurchatovium, element 104). Also, part of my question was to explain the history behind the naming. It says that element 107 is Bohrium, but formerly Neilsbohrium. What is the story behind that? And, in an earlier posting on the Mad Scientist network, a researcher says that in naming element 106 "calmer heads prevailed" over whether or not to name it after a living person (Seaborg). Yet, http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/106.html claims that "Neither the Dubna team nor the Berkeley-Livermore Group has proposed a name as of yet for element 106 (unnilhexium)." I am totally confused, if they haven't proposed a name, then where did Seaborgium come from? I am further unclear on the roots of the word Meitnerium. I had located this site prior to sending your organization an question. I sent you that question because this site is clearly outdated. URL http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/112.ht ml states "This element has the atomic number 112 and is currently the heaviest element ever produced by man." However, that is a blatantly untrue statement, as in January 1999, a team of scientists based at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, announced the creation of the world's newest and heaviest element, element 114. It is claimed to be much more stable than other superheavy atoms, and resulted from the bombardment of a neutron-enriched plutonium isotope by a calcium isotope. After seeing this, I was forced to conclude that the pearl1.lanl.gov site was out of date and I turned to you for assistance.
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Re: What are the actual names of the elements 101 and beyond? I am wondering what the
Re: What are the actual names of the elements 101 and beyond?
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