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Saturday, June 13, 2009

New Periodic Table Element 112

This is just getting silly now. An chemical element to me should be something that occurs naturally or from natural processes somewhere in the universe, not some construction in a lab that lasts a few milliseconds. After we´d had the likes of Californium and Americanum added to the list I though the race would be over. The BBC reports on how Professor Hoffman has been adding stuff to the table since 1976 and is waiting for accreditation by the IUPAC for recognition of heavy element number 112. To me it´s just playing god and has little scientific benefit.

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