German scientists have succeeded in an atom with 117 protons in the lab. This was the earlier results of Russian scientists confirmed and get the atom, probably a place in the periodic table as the heaviest element.
The researchers published their findings in the scientific journal Physical Review Letters. They managed to get in the lab an atom to create that 117 protons. This confirms previous scientific experiments. The conscious element, that the temporary name ununseptium is wearing, is made by certain isotopes of calcium and berkelium together to make them collide in a particle accelerator. An atom is characterized on the basis of the number of protons that it has.
Previously showed Russian scientists that it is possible for an element with 117 protons. The German research team repeated the attempts to ununseptium, because the IUPAC, which, among other things, the management of the periodic system, two independent confirmations wants to see. Therefore, the element can probably be included in the periodic table in which elements are arranged, though the organization was the discovery of the German team is still investigating. If the IUPAC agreement is ununseptium, whose final name has yet to be determined, in the periodic table of the heaviest element.
Probably will, in time, of a still heavier element added to the periodic table for elements. Scientists claimed earlier that it is possible for an atom with 118 protons, an element that is currently known under the name ununoctium. The existence of this element must, however, still to be confirmed, which ununseptium so after the examination of IUPAC currently the heaviest confirmed element.
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