Japanese scientists were the creators of the 113th element of the periodic table – Russian newspaper

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan announced that scientists from the RIKEN institute recognized by the creators of the 113th element of the periodic table. This was reported by Kyodo.

Now, researchers have a right to give the name of this element. Many media outlets predict him the name “Japan”. Thus, a new element of the periodic table, scientists from the country opened for the first time.

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Let us recall the struggle for the title of “discoverer” of the element being approximately 10 years between the Russian-American research team and Japanese scientists. The materials of their works have been studied for many years by international organizations.

Japanese scientists led by Kosuke Morita tried to get the 113-member since 2003. Physicists synthesized it, “bombarding” the accelerator a target of bismuth-209 zinc-ion beam 70 accelerated to one-tenth the speed of light. They were able to synthesize element three times – in 2004, 2005 and 2012. The lifetime of its nucleus was only 4.9 to 0.3 milliseconds.

In February 2004, in Dubna, Russian-American team of scientists announced the creation of the 113th element in the synthesis of element 115 : offered to call him Becquerel. But, unfortunately, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, found insufficient evidence that has been created is the 113th element.

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In nature, there are no elements with atomic numbers greater than 92, that is heavier than uranium. Elements heavier than 100th in the periodic table can be obtained only in the laboratory: accelerators, by “bombing” the target with heavy ions. The nuclei of the new element arise at the confluence of the target nuclei and the “shell”.

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