#oganessian

[petimiti67]

C'est cadeau du JINR de #Dubna - Le tableau périodique des Elements de #mendeleev #oganeson #oganessian #Doubna #flerov (à Dubna) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzGgNScCxaZ/?igshid=7u6f0l2nzxaf

[petimiti67]

#Exon2018 session des éléments superlourds #Dubna #Oganessian vers Z = 119 et 120 (à Petrozavodsk) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnqCYcJBwuW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o1rqoiwdmn12

[james-l-hubbell]

OGANESSIAN

[vf-makes-things-to-look-at]

Doodle request via Facebook: “I want to see something sciencey.”

I decided to draw a cartoon of Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian, one of only two people to have an element named after them during their lifetimes (the other being Glenn Seaborg). Oganessian is shown holding an atomic nucleus of oganesson (not to scale), the 118th element on the periodic table, which has been created by colliding atoms of lead and krypton. While Oganessian himself did not synthesize this element, his research has contributed to breakthroughs in nuclear fusion and the discovery of flerovium. I placed him on a New Yorker-style desert island to represent his research into the “island of stability,” a proposed point at which superheavy atomic nuclei may persist with half lives of minutes, days, or even thousands of years, as opposed to oganesson with a half life of about 8.9 milliseconds.

Oganesson was formally named for Yuri Oganessian in November, 2016. I was inspired to make this cartoon after viewing this short video from Periodic Videos on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VMv44bIBdQI

CORRECTION: Ah crap, there's an inaccuracy in my illustration. The krypton-lead method was the misleading result. The real atoms used should have been californium and calcium to produce oganesson and 3 neutrons.