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Wished the Swedish scientists played more video games. Elerium is a way cooler name than Ununpentium.

• zw123456 13y ago
  Ununpentium means 115.
• chm 13y ago
  The name will be decided by an international vote. Ununpentium just means "115th element". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic_element_name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic_element_name
  • chii 13y ago
    anything committee driven is bound to be uncreative imho...
  • mkuhn 13y ago
    So it probably will be Colbertium. See e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert#COLBERT_Treadmill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert#COLBERT_Treadmi...
    • csmatt 13y ago
      That would be terrible. It's one thing to name as fleeting as a treadmill after someone like Colbert, but I cringe at the thought of future science teachers in 2025 having to explain how an element is named after an entertainer they've never heard of.
• deafbybeheading 13y ago
  reference: http://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Elerium-115 http://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Elerium-115
  • PBxdId7wFr 13y ago
    Thx bro. That was a grreat read.
  • mattsfrey 13y ago
    Lol yeah, this story popped right out at me because I spent so much time as an Area 51 / X-Files fiend when I was a kid. Tons of literature about "insiders" describing ununpentium as being the key to powering anti-grav and other alien technologies etc. Kind of funny to see this story now. Look up Bob Lazar for more info
    • knob 13y ago
      Hell yeah!! Bob Lazar! Lets call 115 Lazarium... or maybe Ununpentium itself!
• frobozz 13y ago
  All of the elements >=104 started off with a similar temporary systematic name until a final name was chosen. It may well end up being called Elerium.