New periodic table -> 4 new elements

[JEDI]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/04/world...e-new-elements0259PMStoryLink&linkId=20070708

Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 were added:
Temporarily named ununtrium, (Uut or element 113), ununpentium (Uup, element 115), ununseptium (Uus, element 117), and ununoctium (Uuo, element 118).

All four elements are not found in nature, and were synthetically created in laboratories.

It's the first time the table has been updated since 2011, when elements 114 (Flerovium) and 116 (Livermorium) were added. Devised by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869, the table categorizes chemical elements according to their atomic number.


guess we need a 8th row for the next new element we find/create

 

[jdoggg12]

Can someone ELI5 the (practical) implications of these elements? Since they seem to only exist for tiny, tiny fractions of a second in very extreme/artificial conditions, I'm curious as to what/if could be the real-world benefits to the research of these are.

 

[Humpy]

I'm not okay with the three letter symbols.

 

[JEDI]

I'm not okay with the three letter symbols.

updated my op to say the names and symbols are temp.
real names and symbols are being worked out by committee

 

[Homerboy]

I'm not okay with the three letter symbols.

Agreed. Seems like a cop out

 

[DigDog]

Can someone ELI5 the (practical) implications of these elements? Since they seem to only exist for tiny, tiny fractions of a second in very extreme/artificial conditions, I'm curious as to what/if could be the real-world benefits to the research of these are.

too early to say. we speculate that we may find ways to stabilize synthetic elements, and from there god knows what we can do with them.
insofar, we've only done the research to prove a point.

 

[TheELF]

Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 were added:
Temporarily named ununtrium, (Uut or element 113), ununpentium (Uup, element 115), ununseptium (Uus, element 117), and ununoctium (Uuo, element 118).

Whut?No unobtainium?

@jdoggg12
It's science,the pursuit of knowledge,the more they know the more they will be able to find out.

 

[Rakehellion]

Haven't these existed forever? I remember seeing these on the periodic table when I was in grade school.

 

[Rakehellion]

Can someone ELI5 the (practical) implications of these elements? Since they seem to only exist for tiny, tiny fractions of a second in very extreme/artificial conditions, I'm curious as to what/if could be the real-world benefits to the research of these are.

All that matter is that they exist.