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Elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 names confirmed as nihonium (Nh), moscovium (Mc), tennessine (Ts), and oganesson (Og)
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) have confirmed the names of elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 as:
- Nihonium and symbol Nh, for element 113
- Moscovium and symbol Mc, for element 115
- Tennessine and symbol Ts, for element 117
- Oganesson and symbol Og, for element 118
This followed a 5-month period of public review after which the names earlier proposed by the discoverers were approved by IUPAC.
WebElements November 30th, 2016
Posted In: Chemical education, Periodic table, Radioactive elements
Speculation on new element names
A panel commentary in Nature Chemistry Commentary speculates upon the names that might be proposed for the four new elements in the periodic table. Worth a read, but we’ll have to wait a while longer yet.
Abstract: “Of all the things humans can bestow names upon, new chemical elements are about the rarest. Our group of periodic table experts attempts to read the tea leaves and predict the names for elements 113, 115, 117 and 118.”
WebElements March 23rd, 2016
Posted In: Nuclear chemistry, Periodic table, Radioactive elements
Tags: Element 113, Element 115, Element 117, Element 118
Can you make your name from the element symbols?
Can you make your name, or any other word(s) come to that, from element symbols? Find out using this MyFunStudio script.
WebElements December 10th, 2015
Posted In: Chemistry, Periodic table
Periodic table cartograms poster
I am delighted to announce that we have a periodic table cartograms poster available for sale at the WebElements shop.
WebElements November 25th, 2015
Posted In: Chemistry, Periodic table
Tags: cartograms
New Periodic Table book by Eric Scerri
It’s great to see a new book about the periodic table and this one is written by Eric Scerri, a world authority on the periodic table! Dr. Eric Scerri is a leading philosopher of science specializing in the history and philosophy of the periodic table. He is also the founder and editor in chief of the international journal Foundations of Chemistry and is a full-time lecturer at UCLA where he regularly teaches classes of 350 chemistry students as well as classes in history and philosophy of science.
WebElements December 14th, 2009
Posted In: Chemistry, Periodic table
Tags: books
Awards for WebElements
It’s always great to be recognised. WebElementsTM has received a number of awards and recognition from external agencies and I am delighted that WebElements is recognised in this way. Some of these awards and other forms of recognition are shown below.
| ScientificAmerican.com has selected the WebElements web site as a winner of the 2002 Sci/Tech Web Awards. | |
| WebElements is rated as one of the MARS Best of Free Reference Web Sites of 2001. |
WebElements December 6th, 2009
Posted In: Chemistry, Periodic table
Chinese periodic table poster
I’m pleased to announce that you can now buy a Chinese periodic table poster at the WebElements shop.
WebElements November 28th, 2009
Posted In: Chemistry, Periodic table
WebElements new version
I have restructured WebElements. The restructuring is all style at the front-end and reorganisation at the back-end, meaning all the errors in data are still there but they are displayed more beautifully and efficiently. Fixing some of those errors is now a priority.
All this should allow me to update content far more easily than has been the case, meaning things should move quicker.
WebElements May 13th, 2008
Posted In: Chemical education, Chemistry, Periodic table
New Periodic table photo poster
I’m delighted to announce that WebElements has collaborated with Theodore Gray to produce a new glossy laminated periodic table poster showing his fantastic photographs of the elements. The style of the poster is such that it pairs nicely with our existing periodic table poster. You can order it now from our online shop
WebElements December 15th, 2006
Posted In: Chemistry, Periodic table
Tags: poster
Cubic nitrogen with single N-N bonds
Everyone knows that elemental nitrogen exists in the atmosphere as dinitrogen, N2. There is a triple bond between the two nitrogen atoms. This is true – but under certain conditions, a fascinating N-N single bonded phase has been characterised.1
In 1985 it was predicted that at high pressure, nitrogen would transform to a solid with a single-bonded crystalline structure called polymeric nitrogen.
WebElements July 4th, 2004
Posted In: Chemistry, Periodic table
Tags: Nitrogen