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However, speaking exclusively to Chemistry World, JINR lead scientist Yuri Oganessian – the only person alive with an element, oganesson, named after him – confirmed that the war in Ukraine meant ‘the situation is actually not easy in the current turbulent environment’, and that sanctions meant his team ‘cannot cooperate with Oak Ridge and Livermore because JINR is located in Russia’.
Berkeley Lab to lead US hunt for element 120 after breakdown of collaboration with Russia Kit Chapman 2023
qroqqa commented on the word oganesson
New name for element 118, with symbol Og, formerly temporarily known as ununoctium. It is named for the pioneering physicist Yuri Oganessian. Note that it ends in -on, not -ium, to match the elements above it such as neon.
June 8, 2016
alexz commented on the word oganesson
A lot less bulky than oganessianium that people had proposed since 2011.
June 8, 2016