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New elements added to chemistry's periodic table
« on: June 08, 2011, 18:49 »
Two new elements have been added to the periodic table after a three-year review by the governing bodies of chemistry and physics.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13699575
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Re: New elements added to chemistry's periodic table
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2011, 10:24 »
I smell a committee meeting to agree the names, it will take forever! ;D
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Re: New elements added to chemistry's periodic table
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2011, 12:01 »
Indeed it will
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Re: New elements added to chemistry's periodic table
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2011, 14:56 »
Samuelium trips easily off the tongue.   ;D
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Re: New elements added to chemistry's periodic table
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2011, 17:21 »
one day maybe, I am working in a department full of nobel prize winners.... though I don't think my coding is ever gonna get discussion outside of the tool users.
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Re: New elements added to chemistry's periodic table
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2011, 20:38 »
Tom Lehrer will have re-write his song, The Elements.

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Re: New elements added to chemistry's periodic table
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2011, 21:13 »
I think that's been out-of-date for a while.
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Re: New elements added to chemistry's periodic table
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2011, 00:27 »
Perhaps that explains why I failed my chemistry GCE.
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Re: New elements added to chemistry's periodic table
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2011, 10:16 »
;D
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Re: New elements added to chemistry's periodic table
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2011, 14:28 »
Always my favourite subject!   8-)
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