Periodic table welcomes 4 new elements

A Tour of the Periodic Table

Staff ReportsPublished: January 5, 2016, 4:41 am

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) For the first time since 2011, the scientific periodic table is being updated.

Scientists in Japan, Russia and America have discovered four new elements.

Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 have been formally recognized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

The discovery of the new elements meansthe seventh row of the periodic table is finally complete.

The periodic table categorizes chemical elements according to their atomic number.

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Crack open the science book, the periodic table you learned now obsolete

Your periodic table is probably WRONG

Updated: Jan 4, 2016 - 5:22 PM

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Remember all of the elements you learned about in high school? You many need a refresher.

Scientists have agreed on the discovery of four new elements, completing the seventh line of the periodic table of elements,Science Newsreported.

The elements don"t have names yet, but will appear as number 113, 115, 117 and 118.

They are the first to be added to the table since 2011.

They are all man-made and are temporarily named with the Uu designator.

The permanent names could come from mythology, a mineral, a place or a scientist,The Guardianreported.

Source: http://www.myfoxboston.com/news/crack-open-the-science-book-the-periodic-table-you-learned-now-obsolete/13062610

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