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Definitive evidence for new elements 113 and 115
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Oganessian, Yuri Ts. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russian Federation.
Hamilton, Joseph H. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Utyonkov, Vladimir K. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russian Federation.
Last reviewed:2013
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.YB130170
Current research continues to explore the limits of the periodic table of the elements. This article describes new insights into the discovery of elements with 113 and 115 protons. The number of protons, symbol Z, in the nucleus of an atom distinguishes each element. For example, hydrogen has Z = 1 and uranium has Z = 92.
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