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Recognizing Tennessee’s contribution, Tennessine could be name of new chemical element

Posted at 11:27 am June 8, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

ORNL Berkelium-249

Berkelium-249, contained in the greenish fluid in the tip of the vial, was crucial to the experiment that discovered element 117. It was made in the research reactor at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (Photo by ORNL)

 

Note: This post was last updated at 11:45 a.m.

Tennessine is among the names proposed for four new elements. If approved, the name would recognize the contributions of Tennessee research centers—Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee—in the discovery of one of four new superheavy elements: 113, 115, 117, and 118.

Tennessine (Ts) is proposed for element 117.

The discovery of the four new elements was announced in January, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory played a role in discovering two of them. The elements have been added to the periodic table, filling the seventh row, or period.

Twenty-two milligrams of a very pure synthetic material produced at ORNL were used in the discovery of two of the new chemical elements. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: berkelium-249, element 113, element 115, element 117, element 118, High Flux Isotope Reactor, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, island of stability, IUPAC, IUPAC Council, Japan, Jim Roberto, JINR, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL, Moscovium, nihonium, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Science, Oganesson, ORNL, periodic table, Radiochemical Engineering Development Center, RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Russia, superheavy elements, Tennessine, Ts, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Tennessee, Vanderbilt University, Yuri Oganessian

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