it hav been discovered by a russian
2006-10-20 00:43:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
It's true. Ununoctium was created in a lab by a combined Russian-USA effort. They created only three atoms, and none existed for even a full second, so the element doesn't have observed chemical properties, but it's assumed that they would be similar to radon, because Uuo is also a noble gas.
2006-10-20 00:48:30 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, an inert gas. It was created by colliding two other elements together in a supercollider and lasted for less than a second before breaking down into lesser elements...
It hasn't been named yet as elements are not named until all the tests have been verified... this could take several months...
I believe three or four other elements are still waiting to be named... The last one to receive a name was Californium...
2006-10-20 07:53:53 · answer #2 · answered by Andy FF1,2,CrTr,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a fact, Scientists from USA and Russia have jointly been able to create ununoctium (118), a noble gas below radon in the periodic table by firing different atoms at a cetral nucleus.
They, however, were able to see it for only a millisecond or so, but they are convinced that they saw it. It is a highly radioactive element.
2006-10-23 06:55:33 · answer #3 · answered by Chemical Engineer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well its true but as the u go higher in the element order or atomic number the half life of the elements reduces... elements 112 & 113 (as per my knowlegde) just exist for 5 to 7 sec so u see the more u go futher the less time period of life is there... the elemnt 118 vanishned something in 1000th(not exact) of a sec...
2006-10-23 07:28:22 · answer #4 · answered by ani_luvable 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i think that it is true as i read in a newspaper some days back.
2006-10-23 11:36:27 · answer #5 · answered by pepe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has been discovered, yes
2006-10-20 07:51:29 · answer #6 · answered by lxxcraft 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋