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New discovery: Collisions of neutron stars produce heavy elements of strontium
Astronomers have discovered the collision of two neutron stars in 2017 creating a heavy element of strontium alongside gold, lead and platinum.
Heavy Element
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Heavy elements have rugby-shaped atomic nuclei
The nucleus of a heavy element - nobelium - is completely deformed, and shaped like a rugby ball.
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Discover 5 more isotopes of super heavy elements
Scientists have discovered five more isotopes of the super-heavy element element through observing the continuous radiation of Alpha particles.
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Discover super-heavy new elements
Element 117 is nearly 40% heavier than lead and has been dubbed ununseptium temporarily, its name related to its atomic number.
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Add 'super heavy' element in Mendeleev periodic table
The Mendeleev periodic table will be supplemented with the 112th 'superheavy' element. This is the result of the experimental work after more than a decade of German sci…
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Hunt for super heavy elements 119 and 120
In 2013, those who are interested will be able to watch the fierce horse race between the science knights from the Dubna (Russia-US) centers, GSI (Germany) and RIKEN (Ja…
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The periodic table adds two super heavy elements
The International Association of Basic Chemistry and Applications (IUPAC) has just announced a periodic table of chemical elements (welcoming).
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Dubna: Berkeley's worthy rival
In the race to invent, hunt for the last super heavy elements in the periodic table, the Institute of Nuclear Research (JINR) in the scientific city of Dna, Russia,
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Dubna: Berkeley's worthy rival (2)
In the race to hunt for the last superheavy elements in the periodic table, Russia's Institute of Nuclear Research in Russia, Russia is worthy of being a rival to the Na…
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Achievement of periodic table of elements (I)
The biggest pride of GSI Scientific Research Center (Germany) is the nuclear scientists here, on their UNILAC heavy ion accelerator ...