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- noun The former
systematic element name for the chemical element withatomic number 112 (symbol Uub), which has been officially changed tocopernicium .
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- noun a radioactive transuranic element
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Copernicium, earlier known under the temporary name "ununbium," was first synthesized in the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt in 1996 by a group of German scientists.
RIA Novosti 2010
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Several sources are reporting that the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has confirmed Copernicium as element 112 on the periodic table of elements with the symbol Cn. What about ununbium?
Slashdot ScuttleMonkey 2010
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IUPAC temporarily named the element ununbium, as "ununbi" means "one one two" in Latin; but Professor Hofmann's team now has the task of proposing its official name.
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The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has temporarily named the element ununbium, as "ununbi" means "one one two" in Latin; but the team now has the task of proposing its official name. "
Slashdot 2009
oroboros commented on the word ununbium
Uub
December 2, 2007
qroqqa commented on the word ununbium
officially named copernicium in July 2009
July 17, 2009
bennett commented on the word ununbium
Not only has ununbium been named, i. e. copernicium, it now has an actual symbol, i. e., Cn. Way to go element 112! The original symbol suggestion, Cp, was deemed 'scientifically' inappropriate, then changed to Cn.
December 22, 2009