What’s in a reputation? In case you are the final assembly of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, then rather a lot. It’s that bunch who’ve finally rubber-stamped the names of elements Darmstadtium (110), Roentgenium (111) and Copernicum (112) at the Periodic table . The trio are so named in honor of Darmstadt (where it was first created), Wilhelm Röntgen (discoverer of X-Rays) and Nicolaus Copernicus (explaining the universe since 1533). All three elements are “super-heavy”, lab-created substances that rapidly degrade down into less interesting materials — Copernicium-285 has a comparatively long half-lifetime of 29 seconds. The ratification went with no hitch, causing a sigh of relief amongst the textbook makers who’ve included the weather inside the table for quite your time. Although we were hoping that element 111 would need to change its name back to the unique, nearly unpronounceable unununium.
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