Japanese RIKEN is recognized as the creator of the 113th element of the periodic table – RIA Novosti

TOKYO, December 31 – RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Plyasunkova. Scientists from the Japanese Institute of RIKEN recognized as the creators of the 113th element of the periodic table, which is likely to be named “Japan”.

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The corresponding statement was made on Thursday by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Kyodo news agency reported. The creators of the element in the case of official recognition have the right to give it a name. Most likely, the 113th element will be called “Japan.” It will be the first “Japanese” element in the periodic table.

The fight for the title of “discoverer” of the 113th element has been going on for more than 10 years between the Japanese scientists and Russian-American team of scientists. Evidence and studies on the synthesis of the 113th element throughout this time have been studied by international organizations.

In September 2004, Japanese scientists led by Kosuke Morita synthesized 113th element dispersed on the accelerator and zinc pitting 30 and bismuth-83. As a result, they were able to capture three decay chains corresponding to the event of birth 113th member in 2004, 2005 and 2012.

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

In nature, there are no elements heavier than uranium, that is, with an atomic number (number of protons in the nucleus of an atom ) is greater than 92. They are obtained by artificial synthesis.