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02.01.2016 13:07

Japanese scientists have recognized pioneers 113th chemical element. The struggle for this honorary title for more than a decade, leading scientists from the Institute of RIKEN (Japan) and the Russian-American team of scientists. This competition is now come to an end the international organizations recognize the creators of a new chemical element is of Japanese scientists.

The Institute RIKEN

Researchers at the Japanese institute RIKEN recognized as the creators of the 113th element of the periodic table, which is likely to be named “Japan”.

This was Thursday, January 2 stated in 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.