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Title: Copernicium?!?!
Post by: the.watchman on February 21, 2010, 01:12:37 pm
Why did they have to change the name of element no. 112 to Copernicium???
Ununbium was way better! :D
Anyway, who likes the new name?
Title: Re: Copernicium?!?!
Post by: crappy on February 21, 2010, 01:15:40 pm
Does it really matter lololol?

I reckon copernicium is better
Title: Re: Copernicium?!?!
Post by: the.watchman on February 21, 2010, 01:20:41 pm
Does it really matter lololol?

I reckon copernicium is better

Well, not really...
It's just an opinion poll >.<
What's wrong with ununbium??? :P
Title: Re: Copernicium?!?!
Post by: Glockmeister on February 21, 2010, 03:27:44 pm
Does it really matter lololol?

I reckon copernicium is better

Well, not really...
It's just an opinion poll >.<
What's wrong with ununbium??? :P

Ununbium is a IUPAC stand-in name for elements that haven't actually been discovered. Now that Copernicium has been discovered, that's why it had to change.
Title: Re: Copernicium?!?!
Post by: the.watchman on February 21, 2010, 03:28:19 pm
Does it really matter lololol?

I reckon copernicium is better

Well, not really...
It's just an opinion poll >.<
What's wrong with ununbium??? :P

Ununbium is a IUPAC stand-in name for elements that haven't actually been discovered. Now that Copernicium has been discovered, that's why it had to change.

I know, but ununbium sounded kinda cool... :(
Title: Re: Copernicium?!?!
Post by: simonhu81292 on February 21, 2010, 03:38:55 pm
copernicium... sounds like copper+nickel+ium
lol
 ;)
Title: Re: Copernicium?!?!
Post by: the.watchman on February 21, 2010, 03:40:21 pm
copernicium... sounds like copper+nickel+ium
lol
 ;)

LOL ;D
Title: Re: Copernicium?!?!
Post by: /0 on February 21, 2010, 07:02:33 pm
It's a bit of an awkward name... it's either COPernicium so it sounds like copper, or coPERnicium, which has the stress on what's usually an unstressed syllable.
Something like "copernicum" or "copernium" would roll off the tongue easier
Title: Re: Copernicium?!?!
Post by: the.watchman on February 21, 2010, 07:03:37 pm
It's a bit of an awkward name... it's either COPernicium so it sounds like copper, or coPERnicium, which has the stress on what's usually an unstressed syllable.
Something like "copernicum" or "copernium" would roll off the tongue easier

COPerNIcium... ugly
Ununbium... priceless :P
Title: Re: Copernicium?!?!
Post by: Mao on February 22, 2010, 12:54:43 am
Does it really matter lololol?

I reckon copernicium is better

Well, not really...
It's just an opinion poll >.<
What's wrong with ununbium??? :P

Ununbium is a IUPAC stand-in name for elements that haven't actually been discovered. Now that Copernicium has been discovered, that's why it had to change.

Well, they've discovered it for a while now [16 years according to wikipedia], they just haven't gotten around to conclusively proving its existence, getting the paper published, and getting IUPAC to accept the new name they proposed.

And about time they named something after the martyrs of science, but seriously, Cp? CP?!
Title: Re: Copernicium?!?!
Post by: Cthulhu on February 22, 2010, 02:27:42 am
All these fancy elements that exist for 1/100000000000000000000000th of a second during a nuclear explosion are ridonculous. I approve of the name though.

Does it really matter lololol?

I reckon copernicium is better

Well, not really...
It's just an opinion poll >.<
What's wrong with ununbium??? :P

Ununbium is a IUPAC stand-in name for elements that haven't actually been discovered. Now that Copernicium has been discovered, that's why it had to change.

Well, they've discovered it for a while now [16 years according to wikipedia], they just haven't gotten around to conclusively proving its existence, getting the paper published, and getting IUPAC to accept the new name they proposed.

And about time they named something after the martyrs of science, but seriously, Cp? CP?!
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Title: Re: Copernicium?!?!
Post by: /0 on February 22, 2010, 08:16:10 am
Sorry to disappoint you guys, but it's Cn. Cp has already been discovered (and there have been numerous CP violations in physics).