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MORE than a decade since it was first spotted, element 112, the newest element in the periodic table, has arrived at the finish line, winning its chemical symbol at last. The name “copernicium” was ...

Figure 1: The English names of the chemical elements as of the end of 2012. Two groups of non-metallic elements use the -on suffix; the larger group being the noble gases. Naming of the noble gases ...