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New element named 'copernicium'

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NucleusKore
NucleusKore Original post #1
Jul 16, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Source: *news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8153596.stm

Discovered 13 years ago, and officially added to the periodic table just weeks ago, element 112 finally has a name.

It will be called "copernicium", with the symbol Cp, in honour of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

Copernicus deduced that the planets revolved around the Sun, and finally refuted the belief that the Earth was the centre of the Universe.

The team of scientists who discovered the element chose the name to honour the man who "changed our world view".

Read On....
vamsi_krishna
vamsi_krishna #3
Jul 16, 2009 at 10:44 PM
They should have dedicated it for kartos for his contrubtions in god of war. I know that i sound like a rat's ass now..:))
thewisecrab
thewisecrab #4
Jul 16, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Cool..I wonder when our textbooks will be updated about this though :rolleyes:
x3060
x3060 #5
Jul 16, 2009 at 11:25 PM
whats the use of that element???
vivekkanu
vivekkanu #6
Jul 18, 2009 at 8:47 PM
will nw bite my chem. teacher with it..! LOL...!
Ecstasy
Ecstasy #7
Jul 19, 2009 at 2:13 PM
I always wanted to ask this to a science student... "do scientists find these elements or do they make them or something in the lab"?
thewisecrab
thewisecrab #8
Jul 19, 2009 at 2:25 PM
^^
AFAIK, all naturally occuring elements are already discovered (ie. till Uranium in the periodic table).
Beyond that, scientist perform controlled nuclear reactions and create/observe new matter. Most of these artificial compounds exist for less than 1/1000th times a sec. :)