Ununquadium - Periodic Table of Videos

We've updated our video about element 114 after two more atoms of the synthetic element were created!

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[napalm4sd]

I don't understand how these particles can be considered elements if they can only be produced synthetically, and only last a fraction of a second... I would think the only particles that can be considered elements, are those that are produced naturally and don't exist for fractions of a second.

[periodicvideos]

@napalm4sd how many fractions of a second must it last to be considered.... what is the official cut-off point?

[ultrahenk]

Naming a new element after a famous scientist who inspired others... What about Poliakoffium? :)

[Buddyb309]

Can we go out for lunch someday? I would love to meet with all of you.

[VoxNeruda]

Name it Jeezium,

as in "Sweet Jeezus, eight days banging and all we've got to show is two goddamn atoms."

[MrKingJay99]

@napalm4sd so Technetium (atomic number 43) isn't an element?

[tantricsam]

'myassonium' is also considered a new discovery and potentially when of the heaviest elements around. (however J-Lo may disagree).

[zbrooo]

I thought we were only on the 'shores' of the island of instability because they can't get hold of the right elemental isotopes to form isotopes that are predicted to be in the island of stability. Wouldn't it be cool though if a super heavy element was stable or had a half life of over a hundred years at least.

[MissIshiokaShibuya]

Flerovium!!!

[TheMotherOfChrist]

@thetick531 it decays to quickly to get i picture (i think) :P

[morkatem]

@napalm4sd

i guess it would be much like your comment where if the creator of this channel were to delete it then it will no longer exist and so would have decayed out of existence...would we still consider it a comment? Perhaps only if it lasted longer than a few fractions of a second? 8 months? i guess it's a comment after all !LOL! Science and Philosophy all wrapped up in one for you!

[thetick531]

What does Ununquadium look like?

[randisius]

@napalm4sd I think the thing to remember is, these elements, though unstable on Earth at roughly sea-level, could in fact exist in other places of the universe in large, stable quantities or compounds. By synthesizing these elements, we actually increase our understanding of how elements form and even how they stabilize.