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qroqqa commented on the word tennessine
New name for element 117, with symbol Ts, formerly temporarily known as ununseptium. It is named for Tennessee, the state where the Oak Ridge laboratory, part of the grouping that discovered it, is located. Note that it ends in -ine, not -ium, to match the elements above it such as fluorine.
Announced by the IUPAC on 8 June 2016 and confirmed on 28 November.
June 8, 2016