#elemental naming

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Elemental Naming: Oganesson

Its name having been only recently accepted, oganesson was named for the nuclear physicist Yuri Oganessian, who has played a leading role in the discovery of the heaviest elements on the periodic table.

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Elemental Naming: Tennessine

Its name having been only recently accepted, tennessine was named for the US state of Tennessee where the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is located. 

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Elemental Naming: Livermorium

This element’s discovery was first discovered in 2000 and named after the American Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (itself named after the American rancher Robert Livermore) which collaborated with scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.

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Elemental Naming: Moscovium

Its name having been only recently accepted, moscovium was named for the Moscow Oblast where Dubna is located and was named by the Dubna team at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research that helped discover the element.

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Elemental Naming: Flerovium

Flerovium’s discovery was officially confirmed in 1999 by a team in Dubna, Russia and named after the Russian Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions (FLNR), itself named after the Soviet physicist Georgy Flyorov.

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Elemental Naming: Nihonium

The proposed name for element 113, or ununtrium, has not yet officially been accepted, but it likely to be nihonium: named for the common Japanese word for the name of their own country, in honor of the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science in Japan where the element was first created. 

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Elemental Naming: Copernicium

First synthesized in 1996 in Darmstadt, Germany, this element was named for Nicolaus Copernicus. Originally it was proposed that the element’s symbol be Cp, however Cp had previously been the symbol for cassiopeium (cassiopium), now known as lutetium, and the symbol was changed to Cn to avoid confusion.

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