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117.
Sadly I don't have a link to it. But its temp name is Ununcentium or some such-- whatever Latin is for 117. Anyway pretty cool stuff. I wonder what the upper limits an element can actually get to under current theories.

They should call it Unobtanium.

Seriously, though, that's pretty cool. Yet again, science rocks. 8)

For SCIENCE!

Indeed.

how ome ununoctium was discovered before ununseptium?

They named it 117 in Latin... ugh.

Sionnach Glic wrote:Better suited for the Science forum, I believe.

Indeed.

Tyyr wrote:They named it 117 in Latin... ugh.

Running out of creativity...

Tsukiyumi wrote:Indeed.

Damn it, Tsuki, that was awesome.

Tyyr wrote:They named it 117 in Latin... ugh.

Whoever discovered it must have been the least imaginative guy in history.

That's standard practice - they name all elements by their Latin atomic number as a placeholder until someone comes up with a permanent name for them. Why they don't simply name them "Element 117", "Element 118", etc, I don't know.

Captain Seafort wrote:That's standard practice - they name all elements by their Latin atomic number as a placeholder until someone comes up with a permanent name for them. Why they don't simply name them "Element 117", "Element 118", etc, I don't know.

Because Latin sounds all science-y and elitist.

If an element is discovered in a thousand years maybe it'll get an English name as a place holder. And aye its just a temporary name. It was discovered by a joint US-Russian research team so maybe something along those lines. Let's just hope its not called Peacium or something equally as retarded