Thread: Name the new Element.

Eugenie S. Reich reports:

"Swedish researchers have reported strong evidence for the formation of element 115, some 9 years after Russian researchers first claimed to detect a nucleus with 115 protons."

Although other scientists have published about the fusion reaction that lead to the creation of element ²⁸⁸115,
IUPAC (Barber, R.C. et al, 2011) wrote this two years ago:

"Chemical properties of confirmed heavy elements are important for improving relativistic theories of chemical behavior.
However, by itself, current theory is sufficiently uncertain that it cannot be used to distinguish the properties of Groups 4 and 5 elements in this region with confidence."

Although IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) has yet to confirm and name the element, its provisional name is Ununpentium.

So how would you name it if IUPAC confirmed its existence and asked for your opinion about a possible name?


Sources:
Swedes claim confirmation of element 115 : Nature News Blog
Barber, R.C. et al. (2011), "Discovery of the elements with atomic numbers greater than or equal to 113 (IUPAC Technical Report)", Pure Appl. Chem. 83(7), p. 1489
Spectroscopy of Element 115 Decay Chains

Originally Posted by Cogito Ergo Sum

Eugenie S. Reich reports:

"Swedish researchers have reported strong evidence for the formation of element 115, some 9 years after Russian researchers first claimed to detect a nucleus with 115 protons."

Although other scientists have published about the fusion reaction that lead to the creation of element ²⁸⁸115,
IUPAC (Barber, R.C. et al, 2011) wrote this two years ago:

"Chemical properties of confirmed heavy elements are important for improving relativistic theories of chemical behavior.
However, by itself, current theory is sufficiently uncertain that it cannot be used to distinguish the properties of Groups 4 and 5 elements in this region with confidence."

Although IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) has yet to confirm and name the element, its provisional name is Ununpentium.

So how would you name it if IUPAC confirmed its existence and asked for your opinion about a possible name?


Sources:
Swedes claim confirmation of element 115 : Nature News Blog
Barber, R.C. et al. (2011), "Discovery of the elements with atomic numbers greater than or equal to 113 (IUPAC Technical Report)", Pure Appl. Chem. 83(7), p. 1489


PS: The research has yet to be published in Physics Review Letters.

Smoergedoergeboergium?

Originally Posted by exchemist

Smoergedoergeboergium?

And how are you going to abbreviate that?

Originally Posted by PhDemon

Joking I'd go for Adamantium (Ad) for the X-men (and 80's pop) afficianados, or Darwinium (Du) (it would p*** off the creationists).

More seriously: Paulium (Pl) or Heisenbergium (Hi)

Heisenbergium is a name that I can agree with. Even the abbreviation is friendly.

Dywyddyrium, of course.
Or even Lazar-is-now-proved-to-a-liar-ium.
But I'm loathe to perpetuate the name of any crank... he doesn't deserve the public recognition.

Then again following a recent trend (bees, jellyfish) how about Bazingium?

Originally Posted by PhDemon

I've just been for a walk to the coffee bar and passed a guy wearing a T-shirt with Heisenberg on the front.

I wonder how you buy one of those?

Me: Do you have any Heisenberg T-shirts in medium?
Assistant: Yes, but I don't know where they are.

Or:
Me: Are the Heisenberg Ts on that rack?
Assistant: Yes, but they're unlabeled for size.

Obamium- after all he claims everything else- even got a Nobel for things he is GOING to do

Flubber.

Or maybe Unobtanium.

No, better yet: Leeloo.

Originally Posted by PhDemon

After the nonsense of the last few days:

AETHER! *Gets coat*

IUPAC should not name it the element of God.
Remember the last time when monotheists were jumping in their seats when physicists "found" a Higgs boson at the LHC?

Odium or Zombium or Xecứuthươngium

All from: 115 (number) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Byjovewefounditium.

Howthehelldidthatgetthereium? Ho? (Question mark obligatory).
Surprisium! S!.
Or, along the lines of Terry Pratchett, Iumiumium.

Which has the added advantage of increasing the likelihood of students following a career in chemistry when they hear their forebears talking, especially in the canteen - it just makes a day in lab sound much more appealing.

Originally Posted by PhDemon

Originally Posted by Dywyddyr

Howthehelldidthatgetthereium? Ho? (Question mark obligatory).

Might be confused with Holmium (Ho - no ?) If we're now allowed 3 character atomic symbols how about WTF

Tungstentriflyl?

Originally Posted by Cogito Ergo Sum

Originally Posted by exchemist

Smoergedoergeboergium?

And how are you going to abbreviate that?

Oh, I think "Sv" (for "Sverige"), just to bugger everyone up a bit, as there seems to be a long and honourable tradition of doing this in selecting symbols for elements.

Maybe it should be named after Ytterby, just to add to the confusion (after yttrium, erbium, terbium and ytterbium).

I was going to suggest 'Hydrogen' as the new name - but I found out something interesting instead:

"An earlier name for [hydrogen] in English was Cavendish's inflammable air (1767)."
- which is almost cute.

How about "Itsgoneagainium".

Delirium

How about Belgium?
Abbreviation: Bl.

Originally Posted by Cogito Ergo Sum

How about Belgium?
Abbreviation: Bl.

Belgium is the rudest word in the Universe

Belgium - Hitchhikers

Originally Posted by Strange

B*****m

How dare you!

I have reported you for using highly offensive language.
tbh, I would expect a permaban.
You disgust me.

I like the sound of Iumiumite. I would settle for Iumium.

I vote for Unobtainium.

Originally Posted by Strange

Maybe it should be named after Ytterby, just to add to the confusion (after yttrium, erbium, terbium and ytterbium).

Brilliant!

So let's see, perhaps Tterbium, with symbol By, or Rbium, with symbol Tt. That should give hell to generations of students to come, heh, heh.

Originally Posted by PhDemon

"T'terberium"

But that's just what they call Terbium in Yorkshire when looking at t'periodic table.

Aye, 'appen they do, lad.

Originally Posted by Strange

Originally Posted by Cogito Ergo Sum

How about Belgium?
Abbreviation: Bl.

Belgium is the rudest word in the Universe

Belgium - Hitchhikers