tennessine

Definitions

The chemical element (halogen) with atomic number 117.

uncountable

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“One of the newest members of the periodic table will likely have⟳ a familiar sound⟳ to it, even if the spelling might be a bit off: Tennessine.”

“In January 2016 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) announced the discovery of four new elements, so completing the seventh row of the periodic table. They have⟳ since been named as nihonium, Nh, muscovium^([sic]), Mc, tennessine, Ts, and organesson^([sic]), Og. The procedures for naming new elements are clearly laid out by IUPAC.”

“Researchers carefully choose⟳ the makeup of the beam and the target⟳ in hopes of producing a designer atom of the element desired. That’s how the four newest elements were created: nihonium (element 113), moscovium (115), tennessine (117) and oganesson (118) (SN Online: 11/30/16).”

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