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Should we expect to see at some time the element Hillmanium or Hillmanine or Hillmanon.
I would prefer one of those above Halfnium or Halfine or Halfon, even though the last one has a nice ring to it.

Ahne.

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Subject: [TN] NTC Element Quiz Information

 Hi team - We haven't finished the last element for our Element Quiz but I just found this information and thought it would be a good Thursday diversion.

Naming of Elements 113, 115, 117, 118 Has Been Announced:

The most recent paper covering the element naming guidelines is available since early 2016 [22], and its main points are summarized here. In keeping with tradition, newly discovered elements can be named after:
(a) a mythological concept or character (including an astronomical object),
(b) a mineral, or similar substance,
(c) a place, or geographical region,
(d) a property of the element, or
(e) a scientist.

To avoid confusion in the literature, when a name has been used for a particular element, but a different name is ultimately chosen for that element, then the first name cannot be transferred for use for another element. The names of all new elements in general would have an ending that reflects and maintains historical and chemical consistency. This would be in general  -ium  for elements belonging to groups 1-16,  -ine  for elements of group 17 and  -on  for elements of group 18. Finally the names for new chemical elements in English, should allow proper translation into other major languages.

Following the assignment and in accordance with the procedures established by IUPAC for the naming of elements [22], the discoverers at RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science (Japan), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russia), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA) were invited by IUPAC to propose names and symbols for the elements with atomic numbers 113 (RIKEN), 115, 117 (Dubna, Livermore, Oak
Ridge) and 118 (Dubna and Livermore). The outcomes of this process are as
follows:

*Element 113*
The name nihonium and symbol Nh are proposed for element 113. Nihon is one of the two ways to say  Japan  in Japanese, and the name is proposed to make a direct connection to the nation where it was discovered, and also to celebrate the fact that it is the very first element in the history of the periodic table to be discovered in, and to be named after, an Asian country.

NB: The discoverers respectfully note the 1909, never sustained, claim and proposal by Masataka Ogawa for nipponium as element 43 [23, 24] and the name is also a homage to his work.


*Element 115*
It is proposed that the name moscovium and symbol Mc are given to element 115. Moscovium is recommended in recognition of the Moscow region and honoring the ancient Russian land that is home to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, where the discovery experiments were conducted using the Dubna Gas-Filled Recoil Separator in combination with the heavy-ion accelerator capabilities of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, JINR.


*Element 117*
The name tennessine and symbol Ts are proposed for element 117.
Tennessine is recommended in recognition of the contribution of the Tennessee region, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, to superheavy element research, including the production and chemical separation of unique actinide target materials for superheavy element synthesis. Actinoid materials from Oak Ridge have contributed to the discovery and/or confirmation of nine superheavy elements.
NB: We are aware of the fact that Ts is often used as abbreviation for the tosyl chemical group. However, this was not considered to be a valid objection, given the fact that we also use the symbols Ac and Pr for chemical elements, while chemists also use these as abbreviations for the acyl and the propyl groups. Very common items like AcOH and PrOH are usually not taken for the hydroxides of actinium and praseodymium and a possible confusion with the tosyl group seem extremely low. On the other hand, the abbreviation Tn, that might have been a natural suggestion, is impossible given the earlier (1923) CIAAW-IUPAC acceptance of that symbol for thoron (220Rn), and its regular usage since then, see e.g. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity.

*Element 118*
The collaborating teams have proposed oganesson and symbol Og for element 118. Oganesson is proposed in recognition of Prof. Yuri Oganessian
(1933-) for his pioneering contributions to transactinoid elements research. His many achievements include the discovery of superheavy elements and significant advances in the nuclear physics of superheavy nuclei including experimental evidence for the  island of stability .
NB: This is the second time an element has been named after a living person, the first being element 106, seaborgium in 1997 [25], after transuranium pioneer Glenn T Seaborg (1912-1999).

The above information is from the following report:

http://iupac.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/names-and-symbols-of-elements.pdf


Dave Hillman
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