December 12th, 2011 at 10:43AM

Two new heavy elements get official names and this time they sound delicious!

iheartchaos:

Two new super heavy elements, elements 114 and 116 got official names this week. The new elemental names, as approved by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry are Flerovium (114) and Livermorium (116), named after the laboratories that first synthesized the elements.

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    i propose……choppedlivermorium
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    Livermorium. Wow. That might just beat ‘Einsteinium’ in my book (of ridiculous element names).
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    Flerovium (atomic symbol Fl) honors Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, where superheavy elements, including element...
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