Introducing the Four Newest Elements on the Periodic Table
(via Chemistry World) Elements that complete seventh row of periodic table will be named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson
The official names for elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 are nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson respectively, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac) has announced.
The news comes after a five month consultation process where the public were called to express their opinions on the four proposed names and their corresponding symbols. The symbols for the new elements will be Nh for nihonium, Mc for moscovium, Ts for tennessine and Og for oganesson.
