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Wikipedia states that Ununbium (element 112) was first created in 1996, but that team's research was disregarded. Apparently, we've synthesized elements up to 1
by kinghajj 17y ago
Wikipedia states that Ununbium (element 112) was first created in 1996, but that team's research was disregarded. Apparently, we've synthesized elements up to 118, except 117.
- Confusion 17y agoIt wasn't so much disregarded as retroactively discounted on grounds of fraud. In retrospect, we aren't sure whether any of those elements have ever been synthesized (though I seem to recall reading about 115 in the past year).