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Chemical element 112 named 'Copernicium'

IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) accepted the name proposed by the international discovering team around Sigurd Hofmann at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum. The team had suggested "Cp" as the chemical symbol ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Copernicium' proposed as name for newly discovered element 112

In honor of scientist and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the discovering team around Professor Sigurd Hofmann suggested the name "copernicium" with the element symbol "Cp" for the new element 112, discovered ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 5




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Three new elements named, including one for Copernicus

The General Assembly of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), taking place at the Institute of Physics in London, today approved the names of three new elements.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

How to discover a new element

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is not the same as it used to be, the element finding business. We have discovered and named all the elements from hydrogen (element 1) up to element 112 (copernicium)[1], and last week ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Six new isotopes of the superheavy elements discovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has detected six isotopes, never seen before, of the superheavy elements 104 through 114. Starting ...

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created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (29) | comments 7 | with audio podcast


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