Elemental upset. (International Union of Pure and Allied Chemistry committee upset members of scientific community with its recommended names for elements 104 through 109) (Brief Article)

From: Science News | Date: October 22, 1994 | Copyright information

The contentious grumbling over the naming of elements 104 through 109 of the periodic table has risen to an angry howl.

In what some chemists furiously call "a surprise move," a committee of the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) recommended renaming several "transfermium" elements, those with atomic numbers above 100.

IUPAC's recommended element names revealed 

Atomic                              Voting 
number      Name     ...

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