New Possible Element for the Periodic Table!

[The Trendy Wolf]

I've been meaning to post this for a while now, but I never got around to it. (Only about a week old) It has been said the scientists have successfully created element 115, currently named Ununpentium. They successfully created it by smashing two different atoms together.

Click the link for more details :)



http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/28/world/europe/new-chemical-element/index.html

[LouBerry]

Things like this really excited me, and I don't even know why.

Seriously? Ununpentium? Why the Hell can't the Scientist name elements simple things. I mean we went from things like Boron, to things like Darmstadtium.

[CharlieHorse]

stuff like this really has no point. They managed to sustain a new element for a fraction of a second, it is not stable enough to be useful for anything... probably doesn't occur naturally in the universe either. it's just an excuse to say your team of scientists did something.
Of course it's a fantastic discovery, and it's a good accomplishment, but the method, concept, and ideas behind it aren't anything new.
Add it to the table I guess, but it won't have much effect.

[The Trendy Wolf]

Things like this really excited me, and I don't even know why.

Seriously? Ununpentium? Why the Hell can't the Scientist name elements simple things. I mean we went from things like Boron, to things like Darmstadtium.

It's only a temporary name. They will rename it once it is officially added to the periodic table.

[LouBerry]

It's only a temporary name. They will rename it once it is officially added to the periodic table.

I know. But most likely it'll still have a crazy name like the last few. I think they should name elements after cats, or fictional characters. Yep.

[teen.jpg]

STOP. I have enough trouble remembering the ones we have now...

[Cygnus]

It is good that they discovered a new element, but really? Don't you think there is no use for elements THAT unstable at this point?

[The Trendy Wolf]

STOP. I have enough trouble remembering the ones we have now...

Well, maybe this'll help xD

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zUDDiWtFtEM

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Well, maybe this'll help xD

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zUDDiWtFtEM

I REMEMBER WATCHING THAT! Didn't help a bit.

[JAB555]

Stop! Stop! Stop!!!! you just aren't getting this are you? This element probably exists naturally somewhere. Such as stars. Look at A humongous star. 40,000 times the size of our son. They make all the basic elements of life. you think maybe this element could exist naturally not in the star but somewhere in the universe after the star explodes? When the star explodes, elements heavier than iron, gold, uranium, you know, are made and scattered throughout the universe. These are the building blocks of life. Maybe this element exists somewhere in the universe. Just because it doesn't exist on earth doesn't mean it doesn't exist somewhere. And the reason the element isn't quite stable yet is because of the way that scientists are making it. So do you think this element might exist somewhere in the universe? If your answer is no, you better start thinking.

[sqishy]

For those who think that these new elements are useless, these scientists are getting closer to this so-called Island of Stability, where super-heavy elements (ones beyond element 118) might be so stable as to be radioactive but have a half-life of more than a year. Chances are, if they are discovered, that they'll have some interesting chemistry and physical properties that other elements do not have. Wacky theories of today can have practical applications tomorrow.

[Luminous]

Currently learning the periodic table now, am I going to have to start over :(
lol

[Jess]

That's interesting.

I hate chemistry though, I never want to take it again, so I don't think I ever have to look at a stupid periodic table ever again. Or at least memorize it or whatnot.

[Mynick]

And the reason the element isn't quite stable yet is because of the way that scientists are making it.
You lost me there.

Quoting the link 'But you won't find a chunk of element 115 lying around anywhere.
The highest-numbered element on the periodic chart that exists in nature is uranium, which has 92 protons at its core. However, trace amounts of plutonium and neptunium have been found naturally as well.'


Anyways right now it's a fancy find nothing more nothing less.

[JAB555]

Knowing what I know about the universe, I don't exactly know how to explain it simpler than that.

Currently learning the periodic table now, am I going to have to start over :(
lol

Most likely not. If the element is added, then you'll only have to know where it goes in the periodic table. You won't have to relearn it. K?

-merged double post. -Emerald Dream

[Luminous]

Most likely not. If the element is added, then you'll only have to know where it goes in the periodic table. You won't have to relearn it. K?

I know, that's why I added the lol.

[JAB555]

I know, that's why I added the lol.

I figured as such. LOL

[Reserved]

There will always be new elements made. If the laws of physics allowed we could get an element of 1000 protons.
Personally I find neutronium very interesting. It's a substance purely made out of neutrons in a neutron star where forces of gravity are so strong electrons are forced into submission and become neutrons. Neutronium is so dense that a tea spoon of it would be as heavy as several mt Everests.

[The Trendy Wolf]

There will always be new elements made. If the laws of physics allowed we could get an element of 1000 protons.
Personally I find neutronium very interesting. It's a substance purely made out of neutrons in a neutron star where forces of gravity are so strong electrons are forced into submission and become neutrons. Neutronium is so dense that a tea spoon of it would be as heavy as several mt Everests.

I've never heard of that before! I'm going to look it up now. It sounds amazing!

[Reserved]

I've never heard of that before! I'm going to look it up now. It sounds amazing!
Here is one of the more interesting articles
Most matter is empty space. In atoms, a cloud of electrons orbit the nucleus. In neutron stars, they're stomped into it, negative electrons physically crushed into the positive protons to create an endless mass of neutral neutrons. No space, no charge, no elements, chemistry itself crushed out of existence by all-dominating physics.
The resulting neutronium is 40 trillion times denser than lead. If you stood with a spoonful of neutronium, it would fall through the spoon, cut a hole in your foot, and punch through the Earth until it shot through the core and out the other side. Then it would turn around and do it again, and again, and again and again, until it got thermodynamically bored (aka slowed down and stopped by friction). It's a material so solid that merely trying to weigh it shoots your home planet through the heart multiple times. It's as dense as anything can get without giving up on matter entirely and becoming a black hole.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-awesome-stars-you-wont-believe-science-class-left-out/

[JamesSuperBoy]

Well lets hope it is of use and the science behind it works and can be a source of knowledge.

[Human]

stuff like this really has no point. They managed to sustain a new element for a fraction of a second, it is not stable enough to be useful for anything... probably doesn't occur naturally in the universe either. it's just an excuse to say your team of scientists did something.
Of course it's a fantastic discovery, and it's a good accomplishment, but the method, concept, and ideas behind it aren't anything new.
Add it to the table I guess, but it won't have much effect.

Ununpentium has been known since 2003! It does have an effect, such as helping narrow down the island of stability. A long way up the table, further than we know NOW, there is a location where the new super heavy particles become stable again - so we make more than 2 atoms and they stay for longer so we can measure or use them.

[sqishy]

There will always be new elements made. If the laws of physics allowed we could get an element of 1000 protons.
Personally I find neutronium very interesting. It's a substance purely made out of neutrons in a neutron star where forces of gravity are so strong electrons are forced into submission and become neutrons. Neutronium is so dense that a tea spoon of it would be as heavy as several mt Everests.

Neutronium aka neutron stars, yes.

"forces of gravity are so strong electrons are forced into submission". Epic physics needs more epic commentary :D.

[Twilly F. Sniper]

Scientists will always create new elements, until our world dies by one of them.