The two fission fragments can be a variety of elements, it depends on how many protons ended up in one of the fragment atoms and how many protons into the other.
That's why nuclear fission fallout is particularly bad, U236 fissions into many different radioactive nuclei, which then decay either very rapidly (or slowly) into other radioactive nuclei which may then decay again rapidly or not (etc.)
@DrZ14 Fission is always random. Let's say the element with the atomic number 113, ununtrium, is the one that fissions. One possibility is tellurium and promethium (52 + 61 = 113). However, it could also be xenon with praseodymium (54 + 59) or perhaps caesium and cerium (55 + 58). Long story short: it is a random process and there is more than one possibility.
should be named the Lazar element.
worseto1 3 months ago
@TrutherGuy1 No, according to "physicist" Bob Lazar, it's element 115, or unumpentium.
ryanlak1234 7 months ago
But, Will it blend?
pinksock133 8 months ago 23
@pinksock133 nonono it will not blend, instead, you will die if you try XD.
pooppeeyoupants 7 months ago
before this was discovered, they were 117 elements discovered and only element 117 was left, cool huh?
darkunorthodox 8 months ago
so what makes this different or supperior to other fission processes?
shimmerspear 9 months ago
BERK-lium?? I was more sold on ber-KEE-lium.
JMaxfield09 10 months ago
I thought that ununoctium was the latest one.
winder487 10 months ago
does anyone know what the two elements are that it fissions into after 115 and 113?
DrZ14 10 months ago
@DrZ14
The two fission fragments can be a variety of elements, it depends on how many protons ended up in one of the fragment atoms and how many protons into the other.
That's why nuclear fission fallout is particularly bad, U236 fissions into many different radioactive nuclei, which then decay either very rapidly (or slowly) into other radioactive nuclei which may then decay again rapidly or not (etc.)
mdma4life 10 months ago
@DrZ14 Fission is always random. Let's say the element with the atomic number 113, ununtrium, is the one that fissions. One possibility is tellurium and promethium (52 + 61 = 113). However, it could also be xenon with praseodymium (54 + 59) or perhaps caesium and cerium (55 + 58). Long story short: it is a random process and there is more than one possibility.
Prstvlkkrtek 8 months ago
@1:12
dilakshan12345678910 11 months ago
Really good, just a couple questions:
1) Which isotope of element 117 is produced?
2) Which isotope ends up fissioning?
SpaceTime4D 1 year ago
Very cool.
TheDarkSagan 1 year ago
The mysterious "two lighter elements" mentioned @ 1:30 is the justification for this experiment.
55t1 1 year ago
@55t1 Why so? Isn't the idea of the experiment to create and observe element 117?
Chaosblade777 1 year ago
@55t1 no it isn't and 117 didn't actually break into 2 different elements it just went through alpha decay
derickhaywood 1 year ago
This element should be called Mastercheifium.
Floopman15 1 year ago 49
@Floopman15 no ı think it should be called ChuckNorissium and its sembol should be Cn
halocandeniz 1 year ago
Superheavy *and* supercool.!!!
DaithiDublin 1 year ago