Dr. Jim McDermottEmail: jmcdermott@kaplan.edu

AIM: DrJimTexas

Chemical Names & the Elements

What's in a (Chemical's) Name? : http://periodic.lanl.gov/naming.html. •         Why some names are more contentious than

others? •         Who does, and who should have the final say

in approving names? •         What names you might have chosen for

elements 110-112, and why? •         Why it might matter for everyone around the

world to use a common name for the elements?

History of the Elements alchemy---philosophers stone turns lead into gold

Today with nuclear technology we can transmute lead into gold

The periodic table has been very useful in predicting elements before they are found

Nuclear isotopes ---more neutrons Search for the super heavy elements and the issue of nuclear

stability as the nucleus size increases

Many scientists think if we can get high enough we will find stable elements again—Dr. Glen Seaborg island of stability

NIF ---Nuclear Ignition Facility CERN

Periodic Chart Today Periodic Table history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_periodic_table

Glen Seaborg Island of stability http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/stability-elements.html

Dr. Neil Degrass tyson Island of stability- 13 minutes - great --post in last 7 minutes

http://video.pbs.org/video/1511350366

Periodic table Today 118 elemnts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table

Element 118 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ununoctium