Thursday, October 10, 2013

Names Where Recently Proposed For Elements 114 and 116

Flerovium (Fl) and Livermorium (Lv) where the two names that where proposed for elements 114 and 116. The name makers of the element wanted to give the people a chance to comment on the names before they where officially put into the periodic table of elements. The people who named the elements had only named 114 elements up to that point and they have strict rules about the element and if one name is rejected then it cannot be used as a name for another element. Livermorium was named after the city it was found in and Flerovium was named to honor Georgi N. Flerov. People have made other suggestions for other elements so this time they where also given the opportunity to do the same. I do not understand why they have to pick such complicated names they could just say liver or flerov instead of adding the rest. It probably has something to do with the element itself I guess.

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