Comments on: Four elements added to periodic table

By: Edward

Edward — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:37:47 +0000

Pzatchok wrote: “I hope they find or make a stable unobtanium someday.”

Maybe they will name one of these new elements unobtanium. They don’t last long enough to be obtainable/usable by today’s engineers; creating them may only be useful to assist us in understanding and updating our Standard Model of particle physics.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:06:24 +0000

Agreed, what use is an element that can’t exist in the “real world”? Is it really an element in the traditional sense?

Maybe it’s time to have 2 periodic tables, one for natural elements that can exist outside of super-colliders and black holes and also persist long enough to do something useful with. And another for all elements possible under any circumstances or environment.

By: Blair Ivey

Blair Ivey — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 09:02:31 +0000

When I was a child learning the periodic table, it seemed to me that an ‘element’ by definition should be stable. Of what use is a substance that can’t be used? These are interesting experiments, but perhaps not useful ones.

By: pzatchok

pzatchok — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 05:59:56 +0000

I hope they find or make a stable unobtanium someday.
At least in the Avatar movie sense.

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 04:26:00 +0000

Lifted a partial quote … ” beyond that it is thought unlikely that anything heavier can be produced ”

Anything that comes out of Washington – ACA, budgets, etc etc. Remember if their lips are moving they are lying.