Copernicium (Element 112) Added to the Periodic Table

Posted by Alex in Science & Tech on July 17, 2009 at 2:05 am

Element 112 has been officially added to the Periodic Table as "copernicium," in honor of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

Copernicus deduced that the planets revolved around the Sun, and finally refuted the belief that the Earth was the centre of the Universe.

The team of scientists who discovered the element chose the name to honour the man who "changed our world view". [...]

"After IUPAC officially recognised our discovery, we agreed on proposing the name (because) we would like to honour an outstanding scientist," said Professor Hofmann.

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Element 112 to be Officially Added to the Periodic Table

Posted by Alex in Science & Tech on June 11, 2009 at 1:51 pm

The Periodic Table of Elements is getting a new addition.

Sigurd Hofmann and colleagues at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Germany produced the superheavy 112 back in 1996, and now it’s going to be officially added to the Periodic Table as soon as a name for the element is chosen:

"The new element is approximately 277 times heavier than hydrogen, making it the heaviest element in the periodic table," the scientists at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research said in a statement late on Wednesday.

The zinc and lead nuclei were fused to form the nucleus of the new element, also known as Ununbium, Latin for 112.

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), confirmed the discovery of 112 by the team led by Sigurd Hofmann at the Helmholtz Center. IUPAC has asked for an official name for the element to be submitted.

John Jost, executive director of IUPAC in North Carolina, told Reuters that creating new elements helped researchers to understand how nuclear power plants and atomic bombs function.

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They should hold an Internet poll – the winner will surely be Mootium.

 
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Periodic Table of Video Game Characters

Posted by Queuebot in Movies & SciFi, Toy & Video Games on March 10, 2009 at 7:18 pm

Inspired by a the Periodic Table of Cartoon Characters by Andrew Speers of Old Man Musing, the folks at I Heart Chaos made one of their own. This time, with video game characters:

As far as my criteria for what went where, I tried to give room first to characters who are primarily and originally video game characters, but not always. Batman for example, is first a comic book character, but there were some pretty kickass Batman games, the one for NES in particular. Same with Homer Simpson– he’s primarily a cartoon character, but he’s appeared in more video games than most of the other characters on the table. For Hf, after not even finding a Pokemon or Star Wars character that had an H or an f in their name, I had to resort to Heifer from Rocko’s Modern Life, since there was a Rocko game for the SNES. Stupid Hf.

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Periodic Table-Table

Posted by Queuebot in Arts & Crafts, Everything Else, Home & Garden, Science & Tech on February 3, 2009 at 12:26 pm

Theodore Gray has created a rather uncommon table. He has transformed the Periodic Table of Elements into an actual table, a coffee table to be exact. But this table doesn’t just depict element names and numbers, it also stores samples of each.

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Periodic Table Duvet Cover

Posted by Miss Cellania in Arts & Crafts on February 2, 2009 at 1:07 pm


A duvet cover goes over an ordinary blanket to turn it into a comforter. Forum member cherry_blossom55 made this awesome duvet cover for her boyfriend, who is a chemistry major. It has the entire periodic table of elements on it! She ran each square through a printer to attach the proper element. See lots more pictures of the process at Craftster. Link -via Unique Daily

 
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Table of Condiments

Posted by Stacy in Food & Drinks on January 18, 2009 at 6:56 pm

If you’re anything like me, you can open your fridge and immediately find several condiments you haven’t used in months… maybe even years. I know we have a bottle of soy sauce lurking in ours that’s probably from, oh, 2007. According to the Table of Condiments That Periodically Go Bad, that Kikkoman needs to be tossed immediately. Cheez Wiz, however, has an indefinite shelf life. Scary. If you’re wondering about some of your condiments, check it out – it has a total of 75, so the odds are pretty good that you’ll find your answer.

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