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  2. Moscovium - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 December 2024. "Element 115" redirects here. For fictional and conspiracy references to element 115, see Materials science in science fiction. Chemical element with atomic number 115 (Mc) Moscovium, 115 Mc Moscovium Pronunciation / m ɒ ˈ s k oʊ v i ə m / (mos- SKOH -vee-əm) Mass number (data not ...

  3. Mendeleev's predicted elements - Wikipedia

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    To give provisional names to his predicted elements, Dmitri Mendeleev used the prefixes eka- / ˈ iː k ə-/, [note 1] dvi- or dwi-, and tri-, from the Sanskrit names of digits 1, 2, and 3, [3] depending upon whether the predicted element was one, two, or three places down from the known element of the same group in his table.

  4. Synthetic element - Wikipedia

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    Einsteinium and fermium were discovered by a team of scientists led by Albert Ghiorso in 1952 while studying the composition of radioactive debris from the detonation of the first hydrogen bomb. [19] The isotopes synthesized were einsteinium-253, with a half-life of 20.5 days, and fermium-255 , with a half-life of about 20 hours.

  5. List of biblical places - Wikipedia

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    The locations, lands, and nations mentioned in the Bible are not all listed here. Some locations might appear twice, each time under a different name. Only places having their own Wikipedia articles are included. See also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article.

  6. List of modern names for biblical place names - Wikipedia

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    While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.

  7. Albert Ghiorso - Wikipedia

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    Ghiorso personally selected some of the names recommended by his group for the new elements. His original name for element 105 (hahnium) was changed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry to dubnium, to recognize the contributions of the laboratory at Dubna, Russia, in the search for trans-fermium elements. His recommendation ...

  8. Livermorium - Wikipedia

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    According to the vice-director of JINR, the Dubna team originally wanted to name element 116 moscovium, after the Moscow Oblast in which Dubna is located, [76] but it was later decided to use this name for element 115 instead. The name livermorium and the symbol Lv were adopted on May 23, [77] 2012.

  9. Pnictogen - Wikipedia

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    Elemental arsenic was discovered in the 13th century by Albertus Magnus. [14] Antimony was well known to the ancients. A 5000-year-old vase made of nearly pure antimony exists in the Louvre. Antimony compounds were used in dyes in the Babylonian times. The antimony mineral stibnite may have been a component of Greek fire. [14]