1.5 electron? you mean like exciton with half of its time in dissociation? Average half electron? On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:15 AM, Bev Christian wrote: > Doug, > Looking at the periodic table, for its periodicity, one can see > that likely common oxidation numbers for Livermorium could be -2 > and +6, the latter being more likely, since all the elements in the > Ga/Uut/Lv triangle have or are predicted to have metallic > properties. But Wikipedia says that due to the inert pair effect > that livermorium's most stable oxidation state should be +2. > > Again in Wikipedia, moscovium (removing reference numbers for clarity) > "is a member of group 15, the pnictogens, below nitrogen, > phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, and bismuth. Every previous > pnictogen has five electrons in its valence shell, forming a > valence electron configuration of ns2np3(the 2 and 3 should be > superscripts). In moscovium's case, the trend should be continued > and the valence electron configuration is predicted to be 7s27p3; > therefore, moscovium will behave similarly to its lighter congeners > in many respects. However, notable differences are likely to arise; > a largely contributing effect is the spin–orbit (SO) interaction— > the mutual interaction between the electrons' motion and spin. It > is especially strong for the superheavy elements, because their > electrons move much faster than in lighter atoms, at velocities > comparable to the speed of light. In relation to moscovium atoms, > it lowers the 7s and the 7p electron energy levels (stabilizing the > corresponding electrons), but two of the 7p electron energy levels > are stabilized more than the other four. The stabilization of the > 7s electrons is called the inert pair effect, and the effect > "tearing" the 7p subshell into the more stabilized and the less > stabilized parts is called subshell splitting. Computation chemists > see the split as a change of the second (azimuthal) quantum number > l from 1 to 1⁄2 and 3⁄2 for the more stabilized and less > stabilized parts of the 7p subshell, respectively. For many > theoretical purposes, the valence electron configuration may be > represented to reflect the 7p subshell split as 7s2 7p21/2 7p13/2. > These effects cause moscovium's chemistry to be somewhat different > from that of its lighter congeners. > > The valence electrons of moscovium fall into three subshells: 7s > (two electrons), 7p1/2 (two electrons), and 7p3/2 (one electron). > The first two of these are relativistically stabilized and hence > behave as inert pairs, while the last is relativistically > destabilized and can easily participate in chemistry. (The 6d > electrons are not destabilized enough to participate chemically, > although this may still be possible in the two previous elements > nihonium and flerovium.) Thus, the +1 oxidation state should be > favored, like Tl+, and consistent with this the first ionization > potential of moscovium should be around 5.58 eV, continuing the > trend towards lower ionization potentials down the pnictogens." > > Therefore, IF it exists, Spleenium should have a common oxidation > number of +1.5. I would be curious to know what that half electron > looks like - just a hemisphere, half the size of a normal one or if > we could really see it, some weird shape that just looking at it > would turn my mind to jelly. > > Regards, > Bev > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls > Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 11:54 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] Element Quiz Question > > My esteemed colleague seems to be somewhat inconsistent. He has no > information to create clues, yet disqualifies my answers on > similarly limited information. > > > > My esteemed colleague is referring to another of the Half > Fractional (note the spelling Dean) elements, Spleenium > (Sp-115.5). Spleenium, a p-block transactanide element, was > discovered in the same research effort that identified Livermorium, > between the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United > States, which collaborated with the Joint Institute for Nuclear > Research in Dubna, Russia. The naming of the two materials was > actually the result of unprofessional name calling between the two > research groups. The American team, witnessing the prodigious > vodka consumption of the Russian team, said the Russian’s livers > would have a half life about the same as the first element, and so > called it Livermorium. The Russian team, witnessing the regular > “venting of the spleen” of the excitable American researchers > called the second element Spleenium. When the IUPAC met on May 30, > they ruled that Spleenium was more likely one of the isotopes of > Livermorium, but the Russian team members with the pertinent > alternative data could not be located. It was whispered that the > CIA made a late night visit to that team on May 29th. The IUPAC is > known to have an anti-Russian bias. Since Spleenium only has a > half life of about 59 milliseconds, no one knows what valence state > it would be (sorry Bev). > > > > So Dave, what do I win this week? > > > > > Doug Pauls > Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 9:09 AM, David Hillman < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Here is the Element Quiz Question: >> >> The Question: >> There is nearly no information on this element from which I can >> create >> clues so we are going to see who has an up to date Periodic Table at >> their desk. This element has an atomic weight of 293. What is the >> IUPAC approved name of the element as of May, 2012. >> >> >> The winner of the quiz will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios >> for the week. >> >> >> So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following: >> >> Past Quiz winners/tasks: >> Week 1 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital Week 1 Ron Feyereisen, >> SigmaTron Intl. >> Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics >> Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd. >> Week 3 John Burke >> Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Week 5 No Winner - no >> correct >> responses! >> Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA >> Week 7 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp >> Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce >> Week 8 Leland Woodall >> Week 8 David Bealer, SMT >> Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing >> Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics >> Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing >> Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS >> Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and >> Assembly >> Week 13 No Quiz, Week 14 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB >> Design and Assembly Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA Week 16 John Maxwell >> Week >> 17 Leland Woodall Week 18 Leland Woodall Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing >> Week 20 Robert Kondner Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc. >> Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC Week 23 Juliano >> Ribeiro, DATACOM Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems >> Week 25 >> Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC International >> Week 26 Todd MacFadden, Bose Week 27 Bhanu Sood, NASA Week 28 Leland >> Woodall Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum Week 30 Leland Woodall Week 31 >> Leland Woodall Week 32 Steve Gregory Week 33 Leland Woodall >> >> Week 34 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp >> - You can have the boys fly into Philadelphia. They can help load >> the >> Calibration Certificates into our system and update the Cal date. >> After that maybe they can help audit work instructions. >> >> Week 35 ???? >> - assisted with ???? >> >> >> I hope everyone has a awesome week. >> >> Dave Hillman >> Rockwell Collins >> [log in to unmask] >>