Nuclear
physicist, Kosuke Morita at Japan’s Kyushu University is on the verge of
creating the next new element for the periodic table. Morita and his team have
successfully synthesized a new element to the periodic table, making it number
113. There is now a total of 118 known elements, and the race for number 119 is
on. In nature, there are only 92 protons in a nucleus of an atom, but through
research and experimentation, it has been possible to synthesize atoms with
more in a lab. Element 119 is still a hypothetical element that would be the
seventh alkali metal named ununennium. Morita’s team plans to conduct
experiments using two types of particle accelerators, including the cyclotron
beam and a linear accelerator. To read more information on how his team was
successful in creation on element 113 and future plans for element 119,
read here.
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