Creating New Elements

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Apparently the latest element confirmed in the periodic table is 115 – ununpentium… for lack of a better name yet.  It’s an extremely heavy element created in Russia.  Who knew that the US and Russia were in a race to create periodic elements?

What do you think they should call the element?  How many elements do you think have been discovered since you left school?  Leave a comment below and thanks for the