Earlier this year, we’ve heard of news about new elements being added to the Periodic Table. The new elements called element 113 Nihonium (Nh), element 115 Moscovium (Mc), element 117 Tennessine (Ts) and element 118 Oganesson (Og) were reported to be added on the seventh row of the famous table. But it is only until now that the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry as officially announced that these names were approved.
Time to remove the old periodic table that you have in your classrooms. Go buy a new one! You could also visit the IUPAC website to get the latest version of the Periodic Table.
IUPAC announced:
“Following a five-month period of public review, the names earlier proposed by the discoverers have been approved by the IUPAC Bureau. Keeping with tradition, the newly discovered elements have been named after a place or geographical region, or a scientist. The ending of the names also reflects and maintains historical and chemical consistency: ‘-ium’ for elements 113 and 115 and as for all new elements of groups 1 to 16, ‘-ine’ for element 117 and belonging to group 17 and ‘-on’ for element 118 element belonging to group 18.”
Kosuke Morita from Riken science research institute points at the newly-placed Nihonium at the updated periodic table.
Source: The Japan Times
The four new elements were earlier known only as elements 113. 115, 117 and 118. Each had a temporary name and symbol:
113, ununtrium (Uut)
115, ununpentium (Uup)
117, ununseptium (Uus)
118, ununoctium (Uuo)
The researchers who discovered the new elements were then tasked to pick out a name for there elements. Last June, the name suggestions were submitted for IUPAC to approve. Nihonium was named after “Nihon”, the Japanese word for Japan. Moscovium was named after the capital city of Russia, Moscow. Tennessine was named after Tennessee, which is famous for its research in chemistry. While the last one, Oganesson, was named after 83-year-old Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian.
If you were a scientist who just discovered a new element, what would you name it?
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