Element 114 is Named Flerovium and Element 116 is Named Livermorium
IUPAC has officially approved the name flerovium, with symbol Fl, for the element of atomic number 114 and the name livermorium, with symbol Lv, for the element of atomic number 116. Priority for the discovery of these elements was assigned, in accordance with the agreed criteria, to the collaboration between the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna, Russia) and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, California, USA). The collaborating team has proposed the names flerovium and livermorium which have now been formally approved by IUPAC.
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Finally…
Are the ones with three letters their actual names or are they still under consideration? Because every time I look at...
Time to update the sticky note periodic table this fall.
My advisor worked as a postdoc at Livermore! She had no hand in the discovery of Lv, but she is really, really smart :)