Element 114 confirmed
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Phillip Broadwith, RSC
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09-30-09 03:19 AM
Copyright 2009, RSC
US scientists have confirmed the discovery of element number 114, first made over a decade ago by a team in Russia. By smashing a high energy beam of calcium-48 ions into a plutonium-242 target, the US team managed to detect two nuclei of element 114, which is predicted by some to be bordering the so-called 'island of stability' for superheavy atoms. More...
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/September/30090902.asp
