Philosophy
Have we discovered "all" the elements?
No...8
Yes...2
Empirically, we have no idea.
This is a cool interactive periodic table [Chemical & Engineering News]. Click the desired element and a new window will open offering technical, historical, and anecdotal information.
Periodic Table
- Ununseptium...element #117
"Scientists Confirm The Existence Of Element 117" by Alex Knapp May 3rd, 2014 Forbes The official Periodic Table of the Elements is one step closer to adding element 117 to its ranks. That’s thanks to an international team of scientists that was...
- New Elements For The Periodic Table
"Scientists Welcome Two New Elements to the Periodic Table" by Katy Steinmetz June 2011 Time You may have grown up thinking you knew what was what in science, back when Pluto was a planet, the opposite sex had cooties, and the last 10% of every beverage...
- Element 112..."copernicium"?
Not a "done deal" yet...merely a suggestion. "Copernicus nominated for the select club of elemental scientists" The discoverers of element 112, the newest addition to the periodic table, want it named after the 15th century astronomer who had the audacity...
- Elements And Accelerators
The following article is quite interesting in discussing the most important elements used to make an atomic accelerator function. "deconstruction: periodic table" by Kristine Crane July 9th, 2009 Symmetry Look at the periodic table of elements, and...
- Periodic Table...#112 Is Official
Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany is the hot bed for discovering and confirming new elements. On November 9th, 1994 the first atom with atomic number 110 was discovered...later confirmed and named in 2003 as Darmstatdium;...
Philosophy
Elements poll
Have we discovered "all" the elements?
No...8
Yes...2
Empirically, we have no idea.
This is a cool interactive periodic table [Chemical & Engineering News]. Click the desired element and a new window will open offering technical, historical, and anecdotal information.
Periodic Table
- Ununseptium...element #117
"Scientists Confirm The Existence Of Element 117" by Alex Knapp May 3rd, 2014 Forbes The official Periodic Table of the Elements is one step closer to adding element 117 to its ranks. That’s thanks to an international team of scientists that was...
- New Elements For The Periodic Table
"Scientists Welcome Two New Elements to the Periodic Table" by Katy Steinmetz June 2011 Time You may have grown up thinking you knew what was what in science, back when Pluto was a planet, the opposite sex had cooties, and the last 10% of every beverage...
- Element 112..."copernicium"?
Not a "done deal" yet...merely a suggestion. "Copernicus nominated for the select club of elemental scientists" The discoverers of element 112, the newest addition to the periodic table, want it named after the 15th century astronomer who had the audacity...
- Elements And Accelerators
The following article is quite interesting in discussing the most important elements used to make an atomic accelerator function. "deconstruction: periodic table" by Kristine Crane July 9th, 2009 Symmetry Look at the periodic table of elements, and...
- Periodic Table...#112 Is Official
Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany is the hot bed for discovering and confirming new elements. On November 9th, 1994 the first atom with atomic number 110 was discovered...later confirmed and named in 2003 as Darmstatdium;...