I'm a physics major and not too familiar with many chemists. Would an element named after Linus Pauling make sense? Professor Poliakoff suggested an element named after Plank (Plankium). However, Plank is already immortalized by a physical constant; wouldn't that hurt that chance?
ushaushUAHSUahsuhAUSHuahsuAHSUHaushUAHSUahsuHASUHaushuAHSUHas...Why would it cause problems to us, brazilians? COPERNICIUM is extremely easy for us to pronounce, as it has nothing to do with COPA...=P
Oh wow! I did not realize a name had been given to element 112 already. In fact I did not realize names have given to elements 113-118 already also! I looked up the periodic table online and there they are. Just for fun I grabbed the last "World Almanac" that I got from 2008 and those 7 elements sure enough had no name as of the time it was printed.
Nicolaus Copernicus birth ( of 19 February 1473 ), and his death date ( of 24 May 1543) together contain the subliminal word "SEX". The alphabet letter of "S" is the 19th letter of the alphabet, and this 19th letter-number corresponds to the same day of the month that Copernicus was born. The fifth alphabet letter of "E" corresponds to May ( the fifth month ) when Copernicus died. The alphabet letter of "X" is the 24th letter, and this corresponds to the same day of the month of his death.
The alphabetic letters of and the atomic number digits of the two elements that create copernicium, both also create the subliminal word "SEX" ( = copulationcium ). ZINC + LEAD = "SEX" > "S"=Mirror reverse image of Z, "E" in LEAD, "X"=24th letter=("I" 9th)+("N" 14th)+("A" 1st letter). The numeric digits of the two atomic numbers for both ZINC "30" and LEAD "82" ( 30 + 82 = 112 ) = "SEX" > manipulate numeric digits of these digits "3" "8" "2" > "S"=19th letter=(38)/2, "E"=3+2, "X"=24th letter=3X8
This "announcing date of July 16" is another major association between this new name of copernicium and the concept of copulation. July is the seventh month, and notice that in the spelling of seventh there is almost the word sex ("sev"). The word eve as in (copulaters) adam and eve, is present in the word seventh. Also the number sixteen is very close to the phrase "sex teen"as it is during the teenage years that most people have their greatest interest in first learning about copulation.
Another association between this new name of copernicium and with copulation is that Nickolas Copernicus in his astronomy work observed the mating and attraction of the "heavenly body worlds" as they are attracted to each other and also to the sun ( sunshine ). I would greatly appreciate it if anyone would tell me of any other associations that they can think of between this new name of copernicium and with the concept of copulation, as I am greatly interested.
This new name copernicium is not far from the appearance of the word copulation and thus from watching copulation as in pornocium or rather copulationcium. Also copernicium's number 112 relates to copulation. In copulation two one's get together ( of their number one area's ) to make a reproduction multiplying symbol of a 2 in order to multiply. Is this logical 1 + 1 = 2 ?
Has anyone noticed that the new element 112 named copernicium, got this new name close to the date of July 16, 2009 ? Notice that seven times sixteen equals the number 112.
Has anyone noticed that the new element 112 named copernicium, got this new name close to the date of July 16, 2009 ? Notice that even times Sixteen equals the number 112.
Why are they assuming copernicium should be associated with a chemist? I am guessing that the half-life of copernicium is so short that no real chemistry can take place with it. And, I am also guessing that copernicium was created by a particle physicist. It seems like copernicium will forever be outside the reach of chemistry add live in the realm of particle physics. This makes me think it should be named after a physicist.
@amcnea An isotope of corpenicium may last around nine minutes. So we may get a couple of compounds.
Copernicus was probably chosen because he pretty much founded modern science, and giving him an element (which is directly below a PLANET) seemed fitting.
Bohr's atom model is called also "Planetary Model", so if we try we can relate copernicus to chemistry :P
but anyways, why the person should be related to the chemistry? It is an element, nothing to with actual chemistry or physics. You can name stars after a lot of diffrent things, not just astronomers.
I would like to submit the element name: Tombaughium (To), in honor of the discover of the planet Pluto, since they are naming elements in honor of astronomers I think it would be a good one.
If it was up to me, I would name the element after a chemist rather than a physicist. But Copernicium does not sound too bad. At least, he was a very important person, but I would rather name the element after a famous chemist.
they name elements after scientists in general and this year is the year of astronomy. plus there's at least two other elements that is named after physicists. like einsteinium or francium
I am also baffled by why these people are complaining it was not named after a chemist.
It is us nuclear physicists who discover new heavy elements. People always, naturally, assume it is chemists who discover new elements because they associate the elements with high school chemistry. Not so.
But I am most surprised by these chemists. They must know it is nuclear physicists who discover new elements, and as such, have the opportunity to name the element.
What is all that fuss about Kopernik not being a chemist? So what? Poland wasn't "chemist" neither and it was behind chemical element "Polonium"'s name. The similar case with Europium, Americium, Californium, Darmstadium, Francium, Neptunium, Uranium, Plutonium, Palladium, Promethium, Scandium, Titanium etc. What's the problem?
Copper-neice-ium. He's a scientist. Someone who applied the scientific method. Regardless of whether he was a chemist, he was committed to the scientific method - precision, quantifiability, consistency, intersubjectivity, repeatability, universality, progressiveness, independence of cultural milieu, and so on.
Shouldn't we just ponder on the significance and be awed that we've made an artificial element, more than argue over what it's called?
I must say that I love the Professor's hair. I aspire to have hair like that when i am older. Totally agree, Copernicum rolls off the tongue so much more easily
Thats not where Revolution came from. Its just from the word Revolt as in when a (not The) Peasants Revolt occurred. Also the word revolution means to revolve which is essentially what a revolt is (turning of Peasants upon the rulers) but is slightly more political that an object turning,
Why was this featured? Wierd. And why do professors have hair like that? Does the length and height and wiry nature of your grey (or better, white) hair show how intelligent you are?
It belongs to the d-block transition metals. As it is formed under experimental conditions and decays in less than a second, I suppose it is used purely for academic and research honour and glory.
congrats! although I am not really into chemistry, I'm sure this was a historic and fascinating discovery! and what the astronomy professor said about how Nicolaus Copernicus is related to the world of chemistry helped!
again, congrats. hope to see this new element on the textbooks!
5/5, these are the videos that should be featured in youtube.
Thanks for the update video. I'll be able to use this with my students next term. Personally though, I'm much more anxious about the naming of 118. Some truly awful names have been proposed, but I'm hoping 118 will be called Democriton (after Democritus).
The "-ium" suffix if part of the IUPAC protocol for these super-heavy metals. Maybe they should've chosen a name that would've sound better with the -ium suffix...
I too think a more chemistry related name would have been a better choice though I do like Copernicium. I hope you get some nice new free ties Professor ;)
Yay! New Element! But it makes sense it's Copernicium instead of Copernicum, there would be too much CUM jokes for it, we all know it :\ but even though it's a BIT inappropriate, it's GREAT they gave it one!
Nahh he was a scientist, and the element names should be reserved for scientists. Afterall there is actually a lot of overlap between chemistry and physics in the study of the elements.
I think that naming 112 after Copernicus is a step in the right direction. The periodic table has been turned into a plaque where only the greatest scientific minds are allowed to be named in. Instead of recognizing only chemists and physicists, we should be honouring all scientific contributors.
Like she said, he's the Father of Modern Astronomy, and knowing that everything doesn't revolve around us is quite a scientific development, don't you think?
i'm tempted to say "an element by any other name...", but even in my field, naming is important and has serious practical and sentimental implications of the kind that the Professor describes.
this is a bad choice.. i'd like to hear their reasoning but I would deffinately name it after someone/something in chemistry or physics... naming after nikola tesla is a great idea, since he doesn't get enough recognition normally
I don't like it so much, it makes little sense, why not name it after someone like Nikola Tesla if you want to go way off base in naming like this.
Also this whole naming thing feeds into the myth of the lone scientific genius making breakthoughs on their own, when really science is a collaborative process and work done by their contemporaries is important and crucial for these breakthrough discoveries. Copernicus was not the only on the planet thinking that way.
tesla has more to do with chemistry, too. he is a chemist. A Tesla is a measurement of magnetic field. magnetic fields have a lot to do with chemistry. plus tesla is a friggin badass.
actually he was an electrical engineer - he invented practical things that were revolutionary and did not spend his time on theoretical physics - for example the electron was not discovered or verified well after many of Tesla's inventions such as alternating current which he used to light up the worlds fair in 1893 well before Rutherford's experiments
The atomic symbol will cause a lot more problems than the name will. Lots of people will flip down a lookup table early in their chemistry education looking for "Cu" and have enough trouble navigating past "C" and "Co" without having to worry about "Cp" in the way now... I agree that the name should have come out of chemistry. How about "Democritium" for Democritus? Oh, well, too late now. Silly Germans! Why must you be so sexy?
Shouldn't a proposal or a petition be sent to IUPAC so the discoverers of the next transneptunic element (No. 113) are ASKED TO KINDLY CONSIDER NAMING IT "DEMOCRITIUM"?
If you like this proposal, please send me a private message and pass the idea around!
Given the fact that Germans commonly claim Copernicus was a German (the issue is cloudy as there was a lot of movement of people back then and nations not established yet) I'm not sure about the lack of a nationalistic motivation there.
When do we get Polikofium?
cyndassprites 3 months ago
gawd i like these videos
osmadn 5 months ago
Oooh, delcious CP
un2mensch 8 months ago
Whoa, that's a very interesting etymology for "revolutionary."
frankjohnson123 9 months ago
Copernicus was a native of Poland, and his name lierally means "copper nickel" in Latin
JMaxfield09 1 year ago
Cp also once referred to lutetium's former name, cassiopeium (named after the constellation Cassiopeia)
JMaxfield09 1 year ago
tellurium < Tellus (Earth) < Terra Mater, Roman Mother Earth goddess
titanium < Titans of Greek mythology
promethium < Prometheus, Titan who stole fire from the gods
tantalum < Tantalus, a king who offended the gods
niobium < Niobe, daughter of Tantulus, who also offended the gods
JMaxfield09 1 year ago
There's plenty of astronomical derivation in elemental names, which in turn derives from Greek & Roman mythology:
uranium < planet Uranus < Greek god of the sky, father of Titans
neptunium < planet Neptune < Roman god of the sea
plutonium < dwarf planet Pluto < Roman god of underworld
cerium < dwarf planet Ceres < Roman goddess of agriculture
mercury < planet Mercury < Roman messenger of the gods
palladium < asteroid Pallas < Greek goddess Pallas Athena
JMaxfield09 1 year ago
I just read that physicist are the ones that discover elements
donperry1 1 year ago
I'm a physics major and not too familiar with many chemists. Would an element named after Linus Pauling make sense? Professor Poliakoff suggested an element named after Plank (Plankium). However, Plank is already immortalized by a physical constant; wouldn't that hurt that chance?
FlashFizz 1 year ago
ushaushUAHSUahsuhAUSHuahsuAHSUHaushUAHSUahsuHASUHaushuAHSUHas...Why would it cause problems to us, brazilians? COPERNICIUM is extremely easy for us to pronounce, as it has nothing to do with COPA...=P
filipeaa320 1 year ago
Oh wow! I did not realize a name had been given to element 112 already. In fact I did not realize names have given to elements 113-118 already also! I looked up the periodic table online and there they are. Just for fun I grabbed the last "World Almanac" that I got from 2008 and those 7 elements sure enough had no name as of the time it was printed.
4SCARECROWS 1 year ago
they should have named it newtonium (named after newton) or humanium (named after the human species)
miesrah12 2 years ago
Nicolaus Copernicus birth ( of 19 February 1473 ), and his death date ( of 24 May 1543) together contain the subliminal word "SEX". The alphabet letter of "S" is the 19th letter of the alphabet, and this 19th letter-number corresponds to the same day of the month that Copernicus was born. The fifth alphabet letter of "E" corresponds to May ( the fifth month ) when Copernicus died. The alphabet letter of "X" is the 24th letter, and this corresponds to the same day of the month of his death.
trader0108 2 years ago
@trader0108 WHAT?!
KilgothMirna 1 year ago
The alphabetic letters of and the atomic number digits of the two elements that create copernicium, both also create the subliminal word "SEX" ( = copulationcium ). ZINC + LEAD = "SEX" > "S"=Mirror reverse image of Z, "E" in LEAD, "X"=24th letter=("I" 9th)+("N" 14th)+("A" 1st letter). The numeric digits of the two atomic numbers for both ZINC "30" and LEAD "82" ( 30 + 82 = 112 ) = "SEX" > manipulate numeric digits of these digits "3" "8" "2" > "S"=19th letter=(38)/2, "E"=3+2, "X"=24th letter=3X8
trader0108 2 years ago
This "announcing date of July 16" is another major association between this new name of copernicium and the concept of copulation. July is the seventh month, and notice that in the spelling of seventh there is almost the word sex ("sev"). The word eve as in (copulaters) adam and eve, is present in the word seventh. Also the number sixteen is very close to the phrase "sex teen"as it is during the teenage years that most people have their greatest interest in first learning about copulation.
trader0108 2 years ago
Another association between this new name of copernicium and with copulation is that Nickolas Copernicus in his astronomy work observed the mating and attraction of the "heavenly body worlds" as they are attracted to each other and also to the sun ( sunshine ). I would greatly appreciate it if anyone would tell me of any other associations that they can think of between this new name of copernicium and with the concept of copulation, as I am greatly interested.
trader0108 2 years ago
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As the date of this video is July 16, 2009, notice that seven ( July ) times sixteen equals the number 112 = 7 X 16.
trader0108 2 years ago
This new name copernicium is not far from the appearance of the word copulation and thus from watching copulation as in pornocium or rather copulationcium. Also copernicium's number 112 relates to copulation. In copulation two one's get together ( of their number one area's ) to make a reproduction multiplying symbol of a 2 in order to multiply. Is this logical 1 + 1 = 2 ?
trader0108 2 years ago
They should have called it "kirsteyalleicium"
HectorJW2007 2 years ago
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Has anyone noticed that the new element 112 named copernicium, got this new name close to the date of July 16, 2009 ? Notice that seven times sixteen equals the number 112.
trader0108 2 years ago
Has anyone noticed that the new element 112 named copernicium, got this new name close to the date of July 16, 2009 ? Notice that even times Sixteen equals the number 112.
trader0108 2 years ago
They just officially use Cn as Copernicium, 19 Feb 2010
rochelimit55555 2 years ago
Holy-Terrorist:> *=* 5:30 huh >.>
Agentoxedo07 2 years ago
KOPERNIK JEST NASZ- POLAK
Jakub0071 2 years ago
I hope 113 is not named after a person, but after something else...
Drag0nfoxx 2 years ago 2
Why are they assuming copernicium should be associated with a chemist? I am guessing that the half-life of copernicium is so short that no real chemistry can take place with it. And, I am also guessing that copernicium was created by a particle physicist. It seems like copernicium will forever be outside the reach of chemistry add live in the realm of particle physics. This makes me think it should be named after a physicist.
amcnea 2 years ago 2
@amcnea An isotope of corpenicium may last around nine minutes. So we may get a couple of compounds.
Copernicus was probably chosen because he pretty much founded modern science, and giving him an element (which is directly below a PLANET) seemed fitting.
SpaceTime4D 1 year ago
Bohr's atom model is called also "Planetary Model", so if we try we can relate copernicus to chemistry :P
but anyways, why the person should be related to the chemistry? It is an element, nothing to with actual chemistry or physics. You can name stars after a lot of diffrent things, not just astronomers.
kargidesign 2 years ago 4
The Americans call and spell Aluminium as Aluminum. So you can also make Copernicium and Copernicum interchangeable too.
cplai 2 years ago
Hawkingnium props to big steve.
dylanwagon 2 years ago 2
in my opinion they should name an element after Michael Faraday. He was a great chemist who contributed a lot.
hkparker 2 years ago
Pete has an iphone? awesome!!
cheeseareme 2 years ago
I would like to submit the element name: Tombaughium (To), in honor of the discover of the planet Pluto, since they are naming elements in honor of astronomers I think it would be a good one.
monkeyboy4746 2 years ago 4
The symbol should be Cn to avoid the confusion that the Professor talks about in the video.
NASCreations 2 years ago
I have been sent a great tie from the institute in Germany where Copernicium was discovered!
ProfWithTheHair 2 years ago 3
If it was up to me, I would name the element after a chemist rather than a physicist. But Copernicium does not sound too bad. At least, he was a very important person, but I would rather name the element after a famous chemist.
Didrik147 2 years ago
they name elements after scientists in general and this year is the year of astronomy. plus there's at least two other elements that is named after physicists. like einsteinium or francium
akkuyuki 2 years ago
akkuyuki: Actually, Francium is named after where it was found.
liquidoxygen0 2 years ago
mY MAN HAS A FRO. BIG UP PROFESSOR, BRING G YOUR 3D STEREO ISOMERISM STYLE TO MORE PEOPLE. I FANCY THE L FORM MYSELF!
Raybanmonster 2 years ago 2
I am also baffled by why these people are complaining it was not named after a chemist.
It is us nuclear physicists who discover new heavy elements. People always, naturally, assume it is chemists who discover new elements because they associate the elements with high school chemistry. Not so.
But I am most surprised by these chemists. They must know it is nuclear physicists who discover new elements, and as such, have the opportunity to name the element.
DrDaveyAtoms 2 years ago 8
@DrDaveyAtoms Yep, look at many elements. They are named after places: americium, europium, ytterbium, berkelium, etc.
I don't care if #112 was named after an astronomer.
CapPicard 1 year ago
@DrDaveyAtoms wow. I did not know that
donperry1 1 year ago
the guy at 0:21 is sooooo cute. Even the gappy teeth are kinda cute. Can we see more of him, please?
njm1971nyc 2 years ago
What is all that fuss about Kopernik not being a chemist? So what? Poland wasn't "chemist" neither and it was behind chemical element "Polonium"'s name. The similar case with Europium, Americium, Californium, Darmstadium, Francium, Neptunium, Uranium, Plutonium, Palladium, Promethium, Scandium, Titanium etc. What's the problem?
tarchalin 2 years ago
it only matters when you are naming after a person
l0rd0f0blivi0n 2 years ago
This guys hair is great :D
Simon128D 2 years ago
willly
verrall4 2 years ago
...aint got a clue what you guys are on about but it looks like fun...
shenstone 2 years ago
If this element decays in a second, it is not even a stable element and no one can find out its use...so this is useless.
DarthMai 2 years ago
many elements have a a half life of less than a second, but they have uses in modernday technology.
im not sure about the exact half life Cp, but one second as quite long for a hghly radioactive element
l0rd0f0blivi0n 2 years ago
Cp is like Child porn
redice1024 2 years ago
Yeah, and people like you said the exact same thing when electricity was first discovered. You need to have long-term vision!
NASCreations 2 years ago
Is this where all the smart kids hang out? I see you brought Einstein back...woohoo...lol
fashnable 2 years ago
why are these videos so freaking good ?
L0VEgun2 2 years ago 20
@L0VEgun2: Because we love making them, we love chemistry and we make them with you guys in mind.
periodicvideos 2 years ago 21
tis true tis true, well keep up the good work :)
L0VEgun2 2 years ago
I thought specific heat was just lower case c?
2tone2000 2 years ago
Kopernik byla kobieta...
nixone5 2 years ago
Congrats on getting featured, periodicvideos :)
pHzerodotcom 2 years ago
Jesus! I don't believe it, I'd never thought I'd see the day, all these 10 years of waiting for this name!
Good job guys!
tommybobing 2 years ago
lol watch 4:28 for a tongue trick :D
JaksProductions 2 years ago
Copper-neice-ium. He's a scientist. Someone who applied the scientific method. Regardless of whether he was a chemist, he was committed to the scientific method - precision, quantifiability, consistency, intersubjectivity, repeatability, universality, progressiveness, independence of cultural milieu, and so on.
Shouldn't we just ponder on the significance and be awed that we've made an artificial element, more than argue over what it's called?
TetrahedralPete 2 years ago 2
I must say that I love the Professor's hair. I aspire to have hair like that when i am older. Totally agree, Copernicum rolls off the tongue so much more easily
tay1084 2 years ago
LOFL Its called the Heliocentric System or Heliocentric & what about Aristarchus
2nd -3rd cent BC. Who first come up with the idea.
DRzack4 2 years ago
Thats not where Revolution came from. Its just from the word Revolt as in when a (not The) Peasants Revolt occurred. Also the word revolution means to revolve which is essentially what a revolt is (turning of Peasants upon the rulers) but is slightly more political that an object turning,
OriginAndAbsolution 2 years ago
Why was this featured? Wierd. And why do professors have hair like that? Does the length and height and wiry nature of your grey (or better, white) hair show how intelligent you are?
LordInksworth 2 years ago
thank god that's sorted!
Crapulency 2 years ago
I'm sorry, but i don't speak science!!!!
dav5tar09 2 years ago
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alifico 2 years ago
A great son of Poland, but not an obvious choice for naming a new element!
PolakInHolland 2 years ago 3
A great son of Prussia (he was Baltic-Lithuanian man) which at that time (Torune) was occupied by polish degenerates
discouniverse 2 years ago
why didn't they just call it Ophiuchus and confuse everyone . 13th star sign element 2012 192 odd
RaelSpice 2 years ago
If i discover an element im calling it McCartnium
Burgley1 2 years ago
the guy in 0:24 loos just like Paul Scheer, WOW
ak0087 2 years ago
YAY! :D :D
SoronII 2 years ago
They should open a periodic shop. Where everyone can buy periodic stuff xD
Havard07 2 years ago
Like chunks of plutonium? That'd be fun :p
JacobRudduck 2 years ago
more like periodic T-shirts, cups, ties and such ;)
Havard07 2 years ago
more Debbie please!
sussexpenguin 2 years ago
oh... the political intrigues of chemistry.
how exciting.
worcesteradam83 2 years ago
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Gibblatron 2 years ago
Does it belong to Actinide , Lanthanide series? I wonder what this element is used for?
DarthMai 2 years ago
Not much. Its most stable known isotope has a half-life of 30 seconds, so it has only existed briefly in nuclear reactors.
saintaureus 2 years ago
It belongs to the d-block transition metals. As it is formed under experimental conditions and decays in less than a second, I suppose it is used purely for academic and research honour and glory.
phoratio 2 years ago
It sounds like copper ad nickel...
sharperguy 2 years ago
congrats! although I am not really into chemistry, I'm sure this was a historic and fascinating discovery! and what the astronomy professor said about how Nicolaus Copernicus is related to the world of chemistry helped!
again, congrats. hope to see this new element on the textbooks!
5/5, these are the videos that should be featured in youtube.
seanarrative 2 years ago 2
Astronomy girl at the end is great! :)
ScireFlamma 2 years ago 3
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Cp = Child porn.
CATSCEO 2 years ago
Thanks for the update video. I'll be able to use this with my students next term. Personally though, I'm much more anxious about the naming of 118. Some truly awful names have been proposed, but I'm hoping 118 will be called Democriton (after Democritus).
BigNWide 2 years ago
Why don't the call it chemistryium
pickandcheww 2 years ago
Can't wait till we get an element named after Dawrin. DARWINIUM, yes, say it with me, DARWINIUM = D
HumantwopointO 2 years ago
lame.
gonya33 2 years ago
haha, that'd be pretty awesome! XD
ScireFlamma 2 years ago
I thought it was called ununbiium. ?
wowggscrub 2 years ago
Ununbium was it's temporary name (determined by atomic number) that was used after discovery but before receiving it's official name.
atoomdas 2 years ago 2
I'm in love with the astronomy girl. Wow, what a looker!
Sancho0330 2 years ago 2
same here ;)
farhmoha 2 years ago
everyone loves her,. how can't you be in love with her XD
Weedhappy 2 years ago 3
at 0:09 is that a walkman?
SurferRosa79 2 years ago
The "-ium" suffix if part of the IUPAC protocol for these super-heavy metals. Maybe they should've chosen a name that would've sound better with the -ium suffix...
AtomicCactus 2 years ago
My vote is for Copernicum as well. Aside from being easier to pronounce, it's also a lot closer to the pronunciation of Copernicus.
csurrel 2 years ago 4
I think it should be called professor-ium.
theguycalledchris 2 years ago 9
If it gest too radical I will throw in some amylene to calm things down!
seustaceRotterdam 2 years ago
beat you to it...seen this when they posted ^_^
manque15 2 years ago
I will go straight to Sigma-Aldrich and order some copernecikikieium, whatever, Cp.
seustaceRotterdam 2 years ago
I too think a more chemistry related name would have been a better choice though I do like Copernicium. I hope you get some nice new free ties Professor ;)
CoolMinty 2 years ago
"COPERNICUM, without the letter "i", because it's just so much easier to say, ROLLS OF THE TONGUE..."
great professor! :D
I agree
GamesAndMusic 2 years ago 3
Yes, 112-ium was just such a better name.
C'mon, the guy deserved an element. Anyone who puts a twist in the pope's panties deserves an element.
DrBones666 2 years ago
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Kenjineering 2 years ago
pointless. looking forward to those copernicium coordination compounds or what?
wodnerduck 2 years ago
i love the little old guy. :D
fallchild00 2 years ago
Yay! New Element! But it makes sense it's Copernicium instead of Copernicum, there would be too much CUM jokes for it, we all know it :\ but even though it's a BIT inappropriate, it's GREAT they gave it one!
otherone009 2 years ago
i want that shirt,it looks cool
darrenc349 2 years ago
Copernicium??? What were they thinking?! I certainly hope that it will be changed to something more appropriate.
louche1291 2 years ago
The lady at the end is just making BS justification.
MSI2k 2 years ago
there are elements named after planets, and dwarf planets:
mercury, uranium, neptunium, plutonium
it's about time to name it after a father of astronomy,
besides the names of elements are extremely diverse, lets keep it that way
Wizard4592 2 years ago 2
Ya think one day they'll name an element after Tupac Shakur. It could be tupacalipse. :P LOL
yofat 2 years ago 5
HAHA i loved that comment
hollymoon21 2 years ago
I liked his his idea of naming it after democritus.
K2Tanner 2 years ago 2
i periodic t-shirt , a periodic tie and a periodic umbrella ?? i wonder if the prof. has any periodic boxers !
solomsolomol 2 years ago
a periodic*
solomsolomol 2 years ago
like chemistry
davorka10 2 years ago
they should restrict the naming of elements for chemists (& physicists) and the naming of planet and outer space objects to astronomers.
milootis10 2 years ago 2
as they said copernicus was a physicist so you would have to say that element names should be reserved for chemists, which i entirely agree with
thecanadian1313 2 years ago
Nahh he was a scientist, and the element names should be reserved for scientists. Afterall there is actually a lot of overlap between chemistry and physics in the study of the elements.
Retsam19 2 years ago
Cp?
LOL
LokkenJester 2 years ago
the girl at the end was cute
syverone 2 years ago 2
I think that naming 112 after Copernicus is a step in the right direction. The periodic table has been turned into a plaque where only the greatest scientific minds are allowed to be named in. Instead of recognizing only chemists and physicists, we should be honouring all scientific contributors.
Like she said, he's the Father of Modern Astronomy, and knowing that everything doesn't revolve around us is quite a scientific development, don't you think?
Doogeedoo12 2 years ago 5
it's all a conspiracy you know how much money can be made by reprinting all those outdated periodic tables
joking~but still
TheAlienmatt 2 years ago
when he wrote it on the glass... he said copernicum, not copernicium
deathbyninjastar 2 years ago
LMAO "to all of those manufacturing ties... i'm in the market for a new one!" XD
woodpod 2 years ago 3
what a joke its should be after a chemists name!
Jtking3000 2 years ago
Astronomy is the field of Physics where beutifull womens aglomerate....
RavnoUK 2 years ago 4
I love how they have that silent sense of humor
BootShark 2 years ago
Copernicus may have been an astronomer, but he did a lot to spark scientific thought in the world.
Raykak 2 years ago 2
great stuff
LWStupidus 2 years ago
lol at CP HAHAHAHAHA
AimiriZ 2 years ago
HAHAH
klutz22 2 years ago 2
Wow.
AparoidX 2 years ago
Copernicum does sound better that copernicium
TadRaunch 2 years ago 3
Another great video! Thank you guys!
I also love your astronomer collegue, is she a teacher? She must be a very good one!
You are all so good and thanks again to all of you....
Take care
Kati from Belgium
kativilaga 2 years ago
10 years to name an element after an astronomer freakin weird aswell.. shows scientists might be good at science, but they got no SENSE
chizzy555 2 years ago
u name stars or planets or something after astronomers, not elements.. freakin weird
chizzy555 2 years ago
Astronomy FTW!!!
ToroQ3000 2 years ago
"not a lot perhaps"
even with that answer she seems nice
brilliantfranz 2 years ago 2
i'm tempted to say "an element by any other name...", but even in my field, naming is important and has serious practical and sentimental implications of the kind that the Professor describes.
reinux 2 years ago
What was wrong with Poliakoffium?
nerdygerdy 2 years ago 10
this is a bad choice.. i'd like to hear their reasoning but I would deffinately name it after someone/something in chemistry or physics... naming after nikola tesla is a great idea, since he doesn't get enough recognition normally
greensparks75 2 years ago
Copernicium is a terrible name for all the reasons the professor mentioned and because Copernicus had nothing to do with chemistry.
I hope the good folks at Darmstadt will put some more thought into it
buzzausa 2 years ago
Valles Marineris
johnsmith777710 2 years ago
I think they might want to rethink the abbreviation. As a non-scientist, I'd sooner guess that Cp stood for copper than Cu.
ired5 2 years ago
haha yea
kellogsdie 2 years ago
I mixed it up with copper at first, than i realized it was Copernicus. Shouldnt be a astronomer though..
johnsmith777710 2 years ago
We will do to Copernicum [sic] what we did to aluminum!!!!! I promise you!
HLSDK 2 years ago
and way to go with the Professor trying to score a free tie :) hope he gets it
JerryKitich 2 years ago
I don't like it so much, it makes little sense, why not name it after someone like Nikola Tesla if you want to go way off base in naming like this.
Also this whole naming thing feeds into the myth of the lone scientific genius making breakthoughs on their own, when really science is a collaborative process and work done by their contemporaries is important and crucial for these breakthrough discoveries. Copernicus was not the only on the planet thinking that way.
JerryKitich 2 years ago
tesla has more to do with chemistry, too. he is a chemist. A Tesla is a measurement of magnetic field. magnetic fields have a lot to do with chemistry. plus tesla is a friggin badass.
humanentropy 2 years ago 3
Tesla was a physicist
grassvalleystudios 2 years ago
roflol i thought i typed that. i feel like a dumbass now.
humanentropy 2 years ago
actually he was an electrical engineer - he invented practical things that were revolutionary and did not spend his time on theoretical physics - for example the electron was not discovered or verified well after many of Tesla's inventions such as alternating current which he used to light up the worlds fair in 1893 well before Rutherford's experiments
JerryKitich 2 years ago
Did you notice there was not one "um" or "ah" in Dr. Gray's impromptu comments; refreshing of this American to hear such clear delivery!
Good work as usual!!
RL Atlanta, GA USA
rlewis1946 2 years ago
not that it matters but there was an um & yes she's very knowledgable
JerryKitich 2 years ago
I believe she was born in Canada. I know from personal experience mistaking a Canadian for an American is just about the worst faux pas one can make.
grnlfe01 2 years ago
ಠ_ಠ
marudoethiopia 2 years ago
P.S. Dr. Grey is hot! Scientists are teh sexy!
johnclavis 2 years ago 5
The atomic symbol will cause a lot more problems than the name will. Lots of people will flip down a lookup table early in their chemistry education looking for "Cu" and have enough trouble navigating past "C" and "Co" without having to worry about "Cp" in the way now... I agree that the name should have come out of chemistry. How about "Democritium" for Democritus? Oh, well, too late now. Silly Germans! Why must you be so sexy?
johnclavis 2 years ago
Democritium FTW!!!
In all seriousness, though:
Shouldn't a proposal or a petition be sent to IUPAC so the discoverers of the next transneptunic element (No. 113) are ASKED TO KINDLY CONSIDER NAMING IT "DEMOCRITIUM"?
If you like this proposal, please send me a private message and pass the idea around!
amoxtlacatl 2 years ago
lol... time to get a new perodic table tie
dan020350 2 years ago
copernicium . ............. seems like an investor wants
dan020350 2 years ago
Given the fact that Germans commonly claim Copernicus was a German (the issue is cloudy as there was a lot of movement of people back then and nations not established yet) I'm not sure about the lack of a nationalistic motivation there.
LikeAPossum 2 years ago 3