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Title: Tennessine: Discovering a New Element

Abstract

The recently discovered element 117 has been officially named "tennessine" in recognition of Tennessee’s contributions to its discovery, including the efforts of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and its Tennessee collaborators at Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
1341790
Resource Type:
Multimedia
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ORNL; TENNESSINE 117; TS-117; ELEMENT; ISOTOPES; PROTONS; NEUTRONS; SUPERHEAVY ELEMENT; ISLAND OF STABILITY

Citation Formats

. Tennessine: Discovering a New Element. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
. Tennessine: Discovering a New Element. United States.
. Mon . "Tennessine: Discovering a New Element". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1341790.
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Mon Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2017}
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