Japan Team Given Right to Name New Element, 1st in Asia
Tokyo, Dec. 31 (Jiji Press)--A group of Japanese researchers has been awarded the right to name the 113th element as the discoverer, research institute Riken said Thursday.
The element, to be listed on the periodic table, is the first one to be named by an Asian team.
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry granted the naming right to the group led by Riken scientist Kosuke Morita, who is also professor at Kyushu University.
On the periodic table, element 113 will join group 13, which also includes aluminum and boron.
The team in 2003 began an experiment to achieve the complete fusion of zinc, which has 30 protons, and bismuth, with 83 protons, by having their atomic nuclei collide in an accelerator.
(2015/12/31-16:54)
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