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Thu Dec 1, 2016, 02:21 PM Dec 2016

Scientists have officially named the four newest elements of the periodic table [View all]

With only 118 elements in the periodic table, it’s a rare day in science when four new elements get bestowed their names. Yet that’s exactly what happened yesterday (Nov. 30) when the official chemistry body announced that it had approved the proposed names for four elements discovered and confirmed over the past decade: Nihonium (Nh), Moscovium (Mc), Tennessine (Ts), and Oganesson (Og) for elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 respectively.

With these four elements named, the seventh row of the iconic periodic table is now complete.

more (with song!)
http://qz.com/850284/four-new-elements-nihonium-moscovium-tennessine-and-oganesson-have-been-officially-added-to-the-periodic-table/

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