Friday, November 11, 2011

New Elements Names

Science reports on the new official names for the three new elements:

The official monikers for elements 110, 111, and 112 are coming to a periodic table near you. On 4 November, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics approved the fi nal names of these
three atoms: darmstadtium (Ds)—after Darmstadt, Germany, the site of its discovery— as well as roentgenium (Rg) and copernicium (Cn).

One wonders what use they may be put to.