Periodic Table gains four new superheavy elements, completing the seventh row

Kosuke Morita of Riken Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science points at periodic table of the elements during a press conference in Wako, Saitama prefecture, near Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. A team of Japanese scientists have met the criteria The elements were verified by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, which, according to … Read more

Standards organization accepts completion of last row of periodic table

Four new super-heavy chemical elements, currently using temporary names, complete the seventh row of the periodic table, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) said on its website. Designated with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and  The periodic table is getting an update. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announced that four … Read more