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Title: Tennessine Announced As Provisional Name For Superheavy Element 117

Abstract

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Inorganic Chemistry Division has published a Provisional Recommendation for the names and symbols of the recently discovered superheavy elements 113, 115, 117, and 118. Tennessine (Ts) is proposed for element 117, recognizing the contribution of Tennessee research centers ORNL, Vanderbilt and the University of Tennessee to superheavy element research.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1256886
Resource Type:
Multimedia
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ELEMENT 117; TENNESSINE; PROVISIONAL NAME; TS; CHEMISTRY; PERIODIC TABLE

Citation Formats

Roberto, Jim. Tennessine Announced As Provisional Name For Superheavy Element 117. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Roberto, Jim. Tennessine Announced As Provisional Name For Superheavy Element 117. United States.
Roberto, Jim. Wed . "Tennessine Announced As Provisional Name For Superheavy Element 117". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1256886.
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abstractNote = {The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Inorganic Chemistry Division has published a Provisional Recommendation for the names and symbols of the recently discovered superheavy elements 113, 115, 117, and 118. Tennessine (Ts) is proposed for element 117, recognizing the contribution of Tennessee research centers ORNL, Vanderbilt and the University of Tennessee to superheavy element research.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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