Names proposed for new elements (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Scientists have put forward their suggested names for the newest additions to the Periodic Table.

If the names are accepted, element 114 will become Flerovium (Fl) in honour of the physicist Georgiy Flerov.

While element 116 will become Livermorium (Lv), after the Californian laboratory where it was discovered.

The table's governing body will officially endorse the names in five month's time, 10 years after the elements were discovered.

The newest elements were among a handful of elements put forward for inclusion in the table in recent years.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16002181

[provis99]

1. livermorium? That's just sad.

why not name the other one kidneyorium, just to keep things consistent?

[Swede]

2. How about goofium or mickeyium?

Pluto got an element.

[Initech]

3. What? No unobtanium??

[Tesha]

4. Not if it can be obtained, even in single-atom quantities! (NT)

It's like trying to visit Major Major in his office.

Tesha