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Finally, Element 112 is now Copernicium (Cn), named for the astronomer who developed the heliocentric model of the universe.
FORBES: Three More Chemical Elements Now Have Names
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Element 111 is now Roentgenium (Rg), which is named for Wilhelm Rontgen, the German physicist who discovered X-Rays.
FORBES: Three More Chemical Elements Now Have Names
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Element 110 is now Darmstadtium (Ds), which was named for the city Darmstadt, Germany, located near the lab where it was discovered.
FORBES: Three More Chemical Elements Now Have Names
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Instead, slot 116 will belong to livermorium (Lv), named after California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which collaborated on the discovery of the element, back in 2000.
ENGADGET: New periodic table elements finally get names, will probably want to trade them in