The 4 Newest Elements & What They Do

Say hello to the 4 newest elements! These 4 elements are the heaviest elements on the periodic table-and they're finally getting names! Join Hank Green for this new episode of SciShow and learn all about them.
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[@Master_Therion]

Chemistry textbooks need to be updated periodically.

[@TiaRae101]

Da dum tis

[@kat1345]

damnnn

[@devinm3367]

Hahahahaha 😭

[@coolblobfish1799]

Ba dum tss

[@nathanieladriano8573]

This is genius

[@Holligan878]

There is still one missing...the element of surprise ahhhhhhh you totally did see that coming didn't you...thats why we still need to find it

[@chrismondson128]

cringe 😂😂

[@Jose-oh4lp]

Ayyyy

[@markolveda5651]

k

[@platypusalex7262]

Best KZbin comment ever

[@r3d0c]

+Christopher Edmondson I don't think you know what the word cringe means kiddo

[@jonathanroiagarrado4800]

Curious if North Korea "discovered" their own elements. Kimjonunium!

[@dexamargo1]

FASTBLADER 😂

[@2001CusinartToaster]

What is memers made their own

[@yaboittash]

@@2001CusinartToaster poggersium

[@ahmadistiqlalathiab]

The peasant gass

[@cesarangeles1204]

Obamamium

[@sonerec725]

ok number 119, NEEDS to be called unobtainium

[@ivanblyat]

more like hardtomakeium

[@alphatyrant8677]

that's what powers 4k 144hz on max settings.

[@KevinP32270]

HAAAA

[@AIEmporium700]

NOOO It needs to be called Mastodonium for being the biggest element in the universe

[@16rumpole]

I prefer neutronium, ie. from star trek; the one with the giant snow cone which was the planet destroyer. I think it is used to describe the constituents of a neutron star though

[@JimFortune]

Maybe instead of a new $700 chemistry text book, pay $2.00 for a laminated periodic table and slip it in the old book.

[@KittyBoom360]

Or just use the internet, which is constantly updated, and pay nothing.

[@YingofDarkness]

or just pay nothing for printing out the new table and taping it to the book

[@JimFortune]

Myna Detail Book publishers hold a monopoly on text books, and change editions often enough that a used book market can't develop. Pay $700 for the text or fail the class.

[@KittyBoom360]

Jim Fortune Right, it's not a market. Buyers have no choice. It's a required fee. The price is based on ability to pay which is based on easy loans which inflates prices.

[@JimFortune]

Mirror's Light I worked for a college and each semester I'd watch the publishers offer pennies to the dollar to buy back text books that they had persuaded the teachers to require a newer edition, then cart the used books off to a school that hadn't changed yet, and sold them at 60% of list price. It was a racket. It should have come under RICO.

[@afrothugz]

someone gonna need to update the song

[@SMFortissimo]

And then Daniel Radcliff is going to have to memorize it again.

[@TheAlison1456]

Which song?

[@Atrohumter]

+Unknow0059 # Tom Lehrer - The Elements

[@Atrohumter]

+Unknow0059 # also Darude - Sandstorm

[@mickeymoose636]

+Unknow0059 # the periodic table song by asapscience I'd assume

[@feliciasin2230]

"Meet the 4 new elements!" *3 years ago* I guess they aren't new anymore

[@prumset6059]

Lul

[@maddog69420]

Same😔

[@mastertofu]

It's not exactly... old? I mean, it takes years for then to discover new elements so this can sorta be considered new?

[@ONE_OF_MANY-MANY_OF_ONE]

@@mastertofu I agree. Considering how old the ones prior to the currently new ones are...Still very new. 💯👍✌

[@wtf-hc3tp]

Oh, but there are new elements. 119-126.

[@Mellowbaton]

Moscovium was made with americium. That's some interesting symbolism right there

[@bootygrabber4000]

Mellow Baton Moscow from America... hmmmmmmmmm...........

[@filipangelevski2450]

Huh...

[@RandomPerson-jo7cw]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow,_Idaho

[@fi4re]

Russian collusion confirmed! (This is a joke; plz don't get all political on me)

[@fi4re]

@Xeta Did you watch the video? They literally took Americium and something else (Calcium?) and smashed it together so hard, they created nuclear fusion to create a new element. So I think it's fair to say Muscovium was made with Americium.

[@ballinangel3231]

I love seeing the periodic table grow. when I was in the 7th grade I did a project on element 116. Back then it was still called by its placeholder Ununhexium. It was interesting to glance at a periodic table a couple of years later to see it renamed to "Livermorium"!

[@jdh9419]

Livermorium. Livermoreium. Liver More ium. IMA STEAL MORE LIVER

[@rcm926]

I did my chemistry exam on Wednesday without knowing that I had an outdated periodic table. I think by default all students should get an A* for this outrage, ha :P

[@jjbsw7198]

gcses dont work like that lol - i wish they did xD

[@JuliusJuukulius]

+blaze sw Ikr👌😂

[@MrFlytoskyyy2]

I don't think your exam would include topics on these artificial elements anyway so. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@rayhuckfield5517]

That exam was easyyyyy you got an A* anyway

[@Pile_of_carbon]

Next year they'll add this question: "In at least 300 words, describe the theoretical practical applications of livermorium."

[@91722854]

lol, periodic table getting an update feels like pokemon franchise coming up with new pokemons

[@rewrose2838]

Or not given the recent news

[@cloroxbleach5413]

Rew Rose unfortunately

[@MrToLIL]

You didn't mention that 115 is in the middle of the island of stability! We still haven't been able to make the desired isotope but it is theorized that 115 could be a relatively long-lived element once we can produce 291 Mc.

[@davis4555]

It should be called BobLazarium.

[@HoagMurkula]

@@davis4555 i 2nd that

[@arthur_morgan7123]

Doesn't it create zombies 🤣🤣

[@doomstan]

@@HoagMurkula 3rd that

[@Palladiumavoid]

​@@brandonproductions8401 it can give you cancer

[@xbaumann]

So does 115 resurrect the dead?

[@letsplayathon]

xD it might, gotta wait until they make more of it so we can test it >:3

[@Fjolltzu]

BEAUTY OF ANNIHILATION!

[@Scrobbles5683]

Ayyy nice reference but seriously I hope it doesn't

[@Holligan878]

No but I'm pretty sure 117 turns you into a 7 feet tall super soldier destined to save the world times and times again.

[@danielm5633]

i don't get the references, can someone explain?

[@TheGenericAssasin]

Who dislikes a video like this. Its literally just reporting facts, nothing to even disagree with.

[@eeryglo]

I REALLY DONT APPERICIATE ELEMENTS

[@zackrakesh6151]

some people dont have the money to buy a new periodic table so they are angry with this news.

[@stardreamer8996]

Yeah there really can't be more than the 4 elements fire, water, wind and earth. Scishow is trolling and should go back to skool. :P

[@albertolaurella9168]

+eery HA

[@milk3780]

+Star Dreamers lol

[@deathpony698]

We need a name to call element 113 Japan - " ♫ how about sunrise land ♫ ?"

[@ninjapineapplez]

OK, said the science community

[@ossi_2429]

Bill wurtz?

[@Jus10Ed]

Vote now on your phones.

[@soosdakl8503]

Nihon means Japan in Japanese. While it also means the land of the rising sun, it is to honour the country in this case.

[@rileypurcell2159]

Damn. I got here too late, everybody has already made the funny jokes

[@Booksds]

I actually paused the video to dig out my Chemistry textbook, did anybody else do that? Also, I don't need to buy another textbook when I have a perfectly functioning pencil!

[@TheCanterlonian]

same

[@dutchik5107]

I probably will get a new "binas" over 2 months. it's a little book you are allowed to keep during tests and finals, with the periodic table, formulas, radioactive materials and such. I thought I needed to keep this one for next year, and for the other 2 ye ears a larger one. but a I guess the school will give me a new one. the perks of being in high school... probably just the only perk. since my math and science teachers can't explain things, my teacher is the internet ( I'm still not sure if it's a good idea. but it's my only option to pass. my parents didn't do my level, just lower. (idiots) and I would never want a tutor or extra classes. I rather do it on my own) and why did he say "$700 textbook"?

[@TheCanterlonian]

Dutchik because in most places we buy a textbook and read it year-round. Not the most practical, but it's what some schools require.

[@sadrien]

School is odd.... I wish I didn't learn more from the internet about science than from school, but that doesn't seem to be an option.

[@TheCanterlonian]

Sadrien Nightshade You already have the mind of a scholar. You will go far if you want to.

[@andrewfield4072]

But we STILL don't get the letter J anywhere on the table. Great.

[@ethankoetsier]

ikr!

[@malsyx]

There's the German periodic table where iodine is called "jod" and it's symbol is a J instead of an I.

[@andrewfield4072]

+Malachi Corrao I mean, I guess? It's still just not the same though. It's the principle of the matter.

[@Quintinohthree]

+Malachi Corrao It's still an I, except on old tables before international standards were set up. Standards not even the Germans would mess with. You don't mess with IUPAC!

[@whatshisnamegain1]

+Malachi Corrao That's pretty much outdated, though. The official name and symbol for iodine in German is Iod and I respectively, sorry :/

[@karanlidder5319]

Lmao Flat earthers dislike this video. They don't understand the gravity of these discoveries.

[@hi375962837562387546]

HA

[@chrismondson128]

kek

[@vrealon7738]

wow/10

[@albertolaurella9168]

HA Loved it

[@albertolaurella9168]

+Ishaan Bhatt Little troll get back to your cave

[@AcerbicMaelin]

Would be interesting to see a video on why they choose to specific combinations of atoms to collide. Why do they use Americium and Calcium to create Nihonium (93 + 20 = 113), as opposed to, say, Europium and Tin (63 + 50 = 113) or some other combination that has the right number of protons? What are the factors that come into that decision?

[@SaitamaOPM]

I don't think they "choose" the combination It maybe more of a trial and error....

[@matthewday7565]

Beam - target fusion works better with a heavier element target for capture, and the lighter element beam is easier to accelerate. Also, the long half life Ca-48 isotope has a good neutron to proton ratio, as the super heavy synthetic elements always end up with alpha decay due to being neutron deficient

[@erua1707]

Because the electric repulsion is proportional to the multiplication of atomic numbers of the two elements, the beam and the target. If you choose 50 and 63, its relative repulsion is gonna be 50×63=3150. But for the 20 and 93 case, it'll only be 20×93=1860.

[@erics3737]

@@erua1707 Also the ability to create a beam of nuclei becomes more difficult as the atomic weight goes up. At this point in time, Calcium 40 is about the heaviest isotope we are capable of accelerating to the required energy.

[@MMedic23]

Soo does the element 115 turn people into zombies? Because if not, they found the wrong 115.

[@TheRedTech98]

came here for this

[@the_enderslayer]

ikr

[@pyromaniac000000]

These scientists have noo honor!

[@siffiee6384]

I GET IT yey... also I can't make it past the Bo2 Origins round 23 ;(

[@pyromaniac000000]

Siffiee made it round 29 solo origins. Just make sure to pack the mauser to take care of any and all panzers

[@__nog642]

Nihonium and Moscovium are nice names for elements. It just feels right when you say it. Tennessine and Oganesson, not so much.

[@teamawesomeness7137]

The -ine at the end of Tennessine is used at the end of a group 17 element. Group 18 elements usually end with -on.

[@demonking86420]

Neil Gupta Tennessine and oganesson had those suffices forced on them cuz of the halogen and Noble gas group

[@demonking86420]

Team Awesomeness except helium, helium is too boss to obey the naming rule

[@jsck4135]

thats coz they didnt know that helium was a noble gas when they discovered it

[@nomblob5592]

It would be better if it is called Tenesine and Ognason

[@jaspermoh3999]

I'm dissapointed that Hank did not mention the Island of Stability

[@pairot01]

Aren't those just hipothesised? He did mention them in the video about the periodic table, this one is just about repoting new finds.

[@unified_kings6877]

Yes, it is just a hypothesis. But the possibility of them existing is one of the reasons why finding more of these elements is important.

[@SolarShado]

Ah, the comment I was going to make if I didn't see. This would have been an excellent video to mention it in! I think they _have_ talked about it before, but I don't recall when or in how much detail.

[@pairot01]

***** The video about the periodic table, I think they talk about it there.

[@dmoloney3824]

literally came to the comments to see if anyone was talking about it

[@NateWild]

New pickup line: "Hey, do you have 117 neutrons? Cuz you're the only ten I seen!"

[@joshualonergan9499]

please don't say that ever again

[@PixelPickaxe]

+Joshua Lonergan please don't request that ever again

[@NateWild]

PixelPickaxe Now that's conflict right there

[@VMan776]

+somerandomguy365 Protons?

[@zachsmith5766]

Lol no, it would be protons or electrons, not neutrons

[@akaTandy]

Back in the simple days when the only elements were fire, earth, water, and air

[@legendaryzet8450]

Everything changed when the fire nation (industrial revolution) attacked.

[@neilien3317]

But when we needed them the most they disappeared

[@brendabanuelos194]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mydogbrian4814]

- Yes it's interesting to note that when you combine the ancient elements of *Earth, Wind & Fire,* they spontaniously break down into a 60's rock band.

[@conegamingofficial]

Everything changed when B- decay attacked

[@camelCaseFTW]

Do you know what my favorite element is? The element of surprise.

[@azai.mp4]

Didn't expect that.

[@levoGAMES]

You devil xD

[@SpecOps140]

You just killed me. 👍

[@rileypurcell2159]

DAMN! I was about to say that

[@TheRobot13]

Dankest Elf Surprisium, discovered in 2018

[@Yal_Rathol]

so basically, to make anything heavier, we're gonna have to learn how to manipulate the strong force? so, next step, godhood. got it.

[@doodelay]

+Patrick O'Sullivan wow I wasn't aware of that. Can't wait to see what properties they'll have

[@landen872]

+ONI OFFICER lol

[@m.b.3285]

+ONI OFFICER God dammit I read that with an Australian accent in my head. Now I can't read it any other way. "o-strah-lee-um" +Patrick O'Sullivan _186?!_ Are you *_shitting_* me?!

[@stucknousernames]

+Patrick O'Sullivan so slamming two uranium atoms together is a good idea?

[@jaxonnobles]

The australium atom already exists btw, it's just a gold atom.

[@Workof]

Different question, why the f are textbooks so expensive in the US?

[@cussingcats7748]

Because of your mom.

[@Rudenbehr]

Scholastic and Pearce education lobby to force professors to buy their official book in order to pass the class.

[@ct8618]

I'm watching this while on the porcelain thrown. My shower curtain is a periodic table and it's missing 11 that the outdated table has. How outdated is my curtain...damn.

[@thecraftycyborg9024]

* throne

[@MythicFool]

A little late, the Periodic Table of Videos announced this a little bit back, but awesome for giving us more details on just how these new elements are created. A grand step for science!

[@EugeneKhutoryansky]

To the new elements: Welcome to the family.

[@weaponized_toaster]

Why has no one commented on your your verified

[@lombridious]

LoL

[@sylentlight6771]

... As a Tennessean I'm proud to be getting an atom named after our state... But I have no idea how we are getting such an honor considering we are usually in the bottom 5 states as far as educational systems go...

[@Retroist2024]

It is not your state property, oak ridge is a federal facility

[@10469]

115, didn't bob Lazar say they used it on UFO in Area 51? Back in the 80’s

[@brandonwiebe2647]

He said it was the fuel source for the crafts

[@johnpaulfernandez6167]

An anti gravity material

[@rogersmith2036]

He also said the government had 500 gallons of this element as well. Wouldn't it decay fast though?

[@anag99]

Bob was referring to the stabilized version of this, there’s a way to stabilize it so that it can “create gravity”. But no one has been able to figure this out except alien crafts.

[@metalmindedmaniac2587]

Yeah it should be called Lazarium

[@YakubTheKid]

115 is here. Get ready for te apocalypse

[@josiahsmith3519]

YEP YAY

[@Poctyk]

What apocalypse?

[@hylianmontage451]

+Ростислав Несисюк tWD reference?

[@Poctyk]

***** Is there a joke here somewhere?

[@Poctyk]

***** *yawns* you should become a youtuber that tells 100 and 1 original jokes. You will become a millionaire from it

[@lou8391]

Made my day. So happy to share this experience with everyone here 🙌🏼

[@Mike-oj9mo]

The periodic table is the most beautiful art piece ever created :')

[@klauscartesius1275]

Anyone who 'needs' to get a new textbook for just these is a pretty ideal consumer ;-)

[@WhosPrezzi]

element 115 definitely should have been named 'Divinium' [COD Zombies Reference]

[@imranraja6156]

And now we wait for Moscovium to reanimate dead cells

[@TJHyun]

I was hoping Hank would refresh us with the names of 111, 112, 113, 114 and 116 cause 111-118 were all given Latin names when I was in high school. (also the last time I took a chem course) (it's possible the school didn't have the newest edition back then for that year)

[@deet0109mapping]

"Hey, what should we name element 113?" "How about sunrise land?"

[@OnlyAMaw]

This is the funniest, most creative reference I've seen here, and in 2 years it only got 2 likes. Sad.

[@Kth77]

Moscovium? Awww man, I was hoping it would be called Elerium. I mean, if we can name a protein Sonic the Hedgehog and its inhibitor Robotnikinin we could have at least called 115 Elerium.

[@SINDRIKARL1]

Different rules apply to naming raw elements vs. compounds created by multiple elements.

[@enkiimuto1041]

Actually by the petitions related to Disc World, media in general is considered as myth.

[@fuckstick5229]

I would of liked it to be called Divinium. If only Rictofen showed the Americans more of his plans.

[@retrotechno6438]

+HunterPlaythroughs Liquid Moscovium doesn't sound quite right.

[@retrotechno6438]

+Sierox That's not creepy at all.

[@busdriver428]

In the 80s, I believe it was my grade 9 science teacher who told us that elements could not be created (by us mere humans). If I had realized all the exciting scientific breakthroughs that would be happening in the subsequent 40 years, I would have gone for a career in science.

[@MTArtStuff]

I mean the first-made man element was confirmed in 1937 so clearly your teacher had no idea what thet were talking about.

[@cyscorreia2253]

Particle accelerator- so basicly, to create heavier elements we do the same as packing a bag, we squeeze them together until they stay together... GENIUS

[@alejandrawwe]

Scientist creating elements with more than 119 College students: End me

[@kyokkyuu]

I'm excited by these because of the hypotheses that heavier isotopes of some of these recently discovered elements may be within an island of stability. I hope that efforts to test these hypotheses are underway already.

[@zelda64rules]

And plus, that row 8 would need a whole new orbital type, which is 18 long (4 longer than the Lanthandes and Actinides), ending the row at 168.

[@erics3737]

Oh, yes - hadn't thought of that. But then this just means that the NUCLEUS of the new atom is all that is really made? Does it manage to pick up electrons from the environment and actually become an atom before it decays? And in that case, what about relativistic effects? Mercury and Gold display relativistic effects in their material properties, so how would relativity impact the properties of these elements?

[@user-gf7zf9sx7w]

Great presentation.

[@zeromancer-x]

The fathers of these elements must be so proud.

[@rebeccaadamson5972]

Hank, you're always an enthusiastic presenter but we can all tell when you're really, really excited for something!

[@Borednesss]

I'm surprised it's not commercialized yet and a name wasn't Googleium or something

[@stardreamer8996]

Nah that sounds too naughty.

[@nickv8334]

i think you cant buy them because they fall apart in seconds. that is how unstable they are.

[@flapdrol4771]

+nick venendaal no shit sherlock

[@nickv8334]

Flap Drol ask it random people on the street. i bet only a few know that the last elements on the list are this unstable. even although there are plenty of people that know it, it is not comment knowledge and it is not important enough to be so. also, a reacted to a person that seemed to not know this so told him (or he was trolling but o well) en ja, dat mensen dit niet weten is ook het geval in nederland.

[@WaveForReal]

im just learning about elements this year and this is probably the most entertaining science unit yet

[@theextraterrestrialsscienc7122]

Element 420 is Weedium (Wd)

[@at_Wild]

The periodic table for our GCSE's dismissed elements 112 onwards saying "elements 112 to 116 have been reported but not fully authenticated" I'm taken aback by how the exam board doesn't notice this, if they can't update their chemistry, there's a problem in the workforce.

[@deep_fried_analysis]

117 should have just been called MasterChiefian

[@i4zetec]

I see what you did there.

[@comedycomics3586]

4:14 and because we didnt have enough space on the poster.

[@damienstone5470]

115 should be called, “Dave Lazar told you about this in the 80’s! -ium”

[@rondodge361]

It's Bob Lazar

[@lincolnlog5977]

We’ve known it could exist even longer than that.... and if you’re going to name it after Lazar Fraudium would be a better name. Since that’s what Bob Lazar is.

[@Just_Amatuer]

115 IS REAL. PREPARE FOR ZOMBIES.

[@pelonp3691]

115 is a great song

[@RNG-999]

And yet, Element 115 is completely harmless.

[@christiann6350]

+TheDevillChaser harmless... for now

[@WhitepawWolfGaming]

I wouldn't say "completely harmless" with one of the heaviest and most unstable elements newly known to man.

[@TheMultiRruggagaming]

The funny thing is someone who used to work at area 51 (Bob Lazar) said that they had UFO's and shit, and they were taking apart the UFO and the element that seemed to be powering the craft were 115 then called Ununpentium as it's temporary name. This was in 1989 or some year around there.

[@Mars2030YT]

Video posted 1 minute ago, and someone has already disliked it.

[@HaloProGam3er]

Right!

[@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai]

2 people? 2 trump supporters don't like science.

[@Mumsiken]

or people dont know how to undo dislike .

[@tbush6657]

prob cuz they didn't name 115 something zombie related.

[@Teagle]

I agree bc they should've named the 115 after cod zombies

[@oOoKaylaGirloOo]

I found an old chemistry text book in the hutch and it had homework notebook paper in it from the 60's, I have no clue how this book ended up in the family book shelf but it's really cool, I love old book smell.

[@Itswarmmy]

Awesome!!!

[@xtremonkey3151]

When I saw 115, I dropped everything and said black ops Zombies

[@garretdaugherty6703]

I'm a huge cod player but damn u a nerd

[@PinkFloydBootlegs]

People who think Element 115 is related to Zombies makes me want to kill myself. "It's time to stop. It's time to stop okay." Francis of The Filth/Filthy Frank.

[@RacistZebraa]

Have you ever even played Zombies? Literally in that universe element 115 is the thread of the universe, and is the epicentre of the entire shockwave of the zombies saga....

[@mkannan]

Please make a follow-up video to tell us why finding new elements is a useful thing. Thank you!

[@Mikeological]

Imagine observing like a kg of these elements. Obviously not possible yet, but a cool thing to try and imagine.

[@_Quxyz]

I feel like you’d just create some cancerous and maybe explosive block with such unstable elements

[@joseaguirre2356]

80% of comments: ELEMENT 115 = ZOMBIES 19% of comments: Memes, life experiences, & surprise element 0.5% of comments: these comments 0.5% of comments: actual comments

[@xxxftcxxx]

115 needs to be Lazarium.. La, IDC who found what, Bob Lazar told the public 115 was around in early 1989! He deserves the name.

[@typemoon4894]

Nice try, Bob.

[@BlueBatRay2]

Finally someone that knows the actual pre call of duty version. Damn kids. S4 ftw.

[@SonyCommander]

Haha I was thinking that too! Or Conspirium, Contraversium, Coverupine, Predictium, the like ;)

[@MissChanandlerBong1]

lol That's true. Fuck it.. From here on hence forth, we the people reject "Moscovium" in favor of "Lazarium" for E-115. Even to those who regard him as just a nut, Lazarium has a better ring to it anyway.

[@xxxftcxxx]

+X Gen LoL I agree, I will probably go on in my life saying that's what it is idc if I'm wrong

[@thebeachfunks]

Chuck Norris only believes in the element of surprise.

[@MilanTheAngel]

Yay! i love this kinda stuff

[@dakotalee4329]

Awesome to know about element 117, good ole Tennessee.

[@DrN0rd]

Element 118, the OG element.

[@thesaturdaytechchannelwith553]

Personally wouldn't it better to have two separate periodic tables that first show DISCOVERED elements then having a secondary periodic table of 'elements' showing INVENTED elements?

[@thesaturdaytechchannelwith553]

*As in my opinion it just makes it clear between the two.

[@SpecOps140]

I totally agree. These are man made, not discovered.

[@MaxFagin]

The periodic table exists (and is useful) because it sorts atomic elements by a single property (atomic number) and allows us to then visualize how that one property produces trends in all the other properties (like electron shell structure, reactivity, phase at STP etc.) . Leaving gaps in the table simply because some elements are synthetic and some are naturally occurring might be of interest to an historian, but to someone who actually wanted to USE the table, it would just be confusing. It would be like drawing a map of the night sky, but omitting the stars that were named before the invention of the telescope. Interesting historically, but just annoying to people who wanted to learn about the stars. Besides, most periodic tables already DO indicate which elements are synthetic by indicating which elements are unstable. The unstable elements are the ones that don't exist in nature, and had to be synthesized to be discovered.

[@cothrontheiss1005]

What purpose does that serve, though? They are still elements, and are important to the overall knowledge of physics and chemistry and science in general. I see no reason to separate elements that are usually stable from elements that are usually unstable.

[@RStaRaptoR]

no. because they might be stable somewhere in the universe we inhabit. heck, we've only drilled a few miles into earth. near earths core there could be all sorts of things going on and other elements we have no idea about.

[@ThatMarsGuy2032]

Names: 119: Edisonium, named after Thomas Edison. 120: Unobtaniun, named after how it is almost “Unobtainable”. 121: Writium, Named after the Write (Sorry for spelling) Brothers, flying the first “plane” because 121 is a restaurant in a Airport.

[@masonm1124]

MarsBound2032 Wright*

[@hibco3000]

Your the best Hank.

[@yexwan]

Wait a sec... Element 115? Well shite CoD zombies about to become a real thing

[@memistcentral2044]

MORE TIME TO PLAY WITH MY PRETTY ONES!!!!

[@vladark138]

I always wondered, what real application of a new atom (new element) if it's so unstable that it decays. You can't even use it for anything, right ? Or is it just a game of discovering what nature is capable of sustaining ?

[@Slashplite]

We didn't find a way to use it. Most inventions are only discoveries that may be practical 20 years later.

[@Rastajevo]

Nice to meet you new elements. Hope you enjoy your staying to periodic table.

[@sarojyadav2042]

It is great to hear this..But I am sad as till now also, my chemistry books are not updated ..

[@themask601]

Element 115? Zombies confirmed

[@topdogg1971]

i had the same reaction

[@kyybooty]

Its only a matter of time!

[@KevinP32270]

I was thinking that LOLOL

[@zachsmith5766]

That just means the element has an atomic number of 115.

[@aforsy]

Tennessine and Oganesson are such awesome element names. Happy to see some diversion from the ______ium formula :)

[@jessebrace]

They went with the trend of the elements in the same column. Above Tennessine is AstatINE, IodINE, BromINE, ChlorINE, and FluorINE. Likewise, above Organesson is RadON, XenON, KryptON, ArgON, and NeON.

[@GoldenMysticat._]

​@@jessebraceoganesson not organesson

[@GoldenMysticat._]

​@@jessebraceoganesson not organesson

[@pikminlord343]

amazing

[@jennleighton7784]

so glad i watched this before ordering my chemistry textbook lol

[@kalebbruwer]

but why? how does it help us to create a molecule of an unstable element that we are never gonna use?

[@zeusomega2421]

just because we dont use them now doesnt mean we wont use them ever, newton discovered calculus as a way to predict the movements of planets and other celestial bodies,and they didnt know that in the future,man would use them to actually go to those planets

[@hetakusoda2977]

Because SCIENCE

[@ObjectsInMotion]

+Zeus Omega While noble, you have a misunderstanding of what science is about. It's not about being useful, it's about learning more about our universe. These elements are and always will be too unstable to ever use for anything, ever. And scientists don't have a problem with that. Discovery for the sake of discovery is reason enough.

[@zeusomega2421]

+Anthony Khodanian Thank you! And i know, mr.hawking said it best: "Humanity's deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for our continuing quest.And our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in" :D

[@kalebbruwer]

Zeus Omega Yes, well there is a much deeper desire to research stuff for future mars missions than to create an unstable element for a few seconds at enormous cost.

[@joshDammmit]

Bob Lazar was talking about element 115 since 1989.

[@SchimmelAufDemBrot4m]

What about the apothicons? They literally send element 115 to the humans to free them from the dark aether! Know your facts khan

[@rayoperator2699]

I have been talking about element 120 for 2 years and in a couple of years i wil be right. After the discovery of element 120 i wil be talking about element 121 and i wil also be right. Whats your point ?

[@joshDammmit]

@@rayoperator2699 Google him

[@rayoperator2699]

@@joshDammmit i know who he is, he is that guy that changes hes story every now and then to make him look like an idiot.

[@joshDammmit]

@@rayoperator2699 you English good, comrade! I was almost able to discern what you're talking about. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm done having an argument with an idiot on KZbin.

[@dc2008242]

well there is a plethora of comments suggesting that these are bad names and that they can do better all I can say is that if you think you can do a better job of naming them, then you're going to have to do a better job of discovering them, because no one is going to care about your preferred name for a new element if you don't find a new element

[@uranusaquarius7394]

These are good names because it tells about the scientists and where it was created. You're just zealous because the names are yours to decidez

[@dc2008242]

Pie Filming a Pie I didn't say they were bad names, I said that other people are saying that and it's ridiculous.

[@liveonthesun3368]

Element 115 was what Bob Lazar disclosed as the fuel used by an alien ship he was working on reverse engineering. So element 115 has got to be named Lazarium

[@maximusdecimusmeridius728]

Oganessian really was the Og. No? Fine, I'll stopppp.

[@suwinkhamchaiwong8382]

Maximus Decimus Meridius badum tss

[@xoitarts5918]

lol

[@spifer2633]

I believe the name Divinium would have been a cool consideration by one of the researchers.

[@nicolassteckert7149]

113 should have been named with something that started with A, so It would be A-113

[@Ryan-si6qu]

Finally! Singing the periodic table song doesn't mean I have to so unununununium and ununoctium and unobtainable or whatever it was

[@UnitZER0]

Element 117 should be named "Spartanite"

[@carultch]

Since Element 117 is in the family of halogens, it should rhyme with Chlorine, Fluorine, Bromine, Iodine, and Astatine. And it does: Tennessine.

[@Jobbazz]

But why tho? Like whats the advantage of making these new Elements that only last for moments... Just cause they can?

[@kingnicolas6]

To sell more textbooks.

[@socialrose3070]

No, if you could take the energy produced by the half life of those elements, it would produce a lot of energy, which could be used with elements that are also radioactivly unstable like uranium

[@elfarlaur]

Back in the 18th century, scientists played with electricity without knowing of what its potential was. Someday this stuff may be useful

[@pairot01]

It takes way more energy to create one of those atoms than it would radiate

[@pairot01]

***** Fusion requires more energy than it radiates past iron, that's why stars don't exist forever and eventually either burn out or supernova away

[@ambotlangaw6274]

Wow thats great. As a man who loves science so much this is a great news.

[@doomjunyu_]

Earth, water, fire and... oops, wrong elements

[@RStaRaptoR]

earth, wood, water, fire are the elements in lost kingdoms on the game cube. then in lost kimgdoms 2 they add mechanical and neutral. i love those games! so unique.

[@sweatyeti]

HEART!

[@rachelrandant5344]

Thought experiment: How how far can we go with creating heavier elements, and will they ever create a particle so large, we end up with a singularity?

[@isaacthek]

Not really. The instability of the heavier nuclei are due to the limitations of the gluons holding them together. I mean, technically a neutron star can be considered as just a single arbitrarily large atom but it's held together by gravity, not the strong force. So unless your particle collider can smash extrasolar masses together you're not going to get a singularity...

[@declanhearne5784]

No

[@Final-Ts]

If someone was able to make an element so large/heavy that it collapsed on itself, would that element then just be called "the black hole element"? This of course would probably be element #1,250 or something.

[@nunyabisnass1141]

No. Think about what a neutron star is. It is the densest natural object in the known universe that is still matter. And still several orders of magnitude more massive than our sun. But with enough extra mass added, yes it would collapse in on itself. But no, an atom cannot be created that would collapse under its own weight.

[@Final-Ts]

nunya bisnass Thanks for your reply, what you said makes sense. :)

[@richardyu8723]

It was proposed that neutron stars were made of neutronium, element 0, with 0 protons and electrons, just neutrons.

[@richardyu8723]

Neutrons are very light, lighter than the lightest element. So they would easily hold together. Also, the protons and electrons are not striped away, they are combined into neutrons.

[@richardyu8723]

Yeah, it's not really an element. It's kinda just a hypothesis.

[@arronphilchavez]

Cool. That's Freakin, COOL. YO. I LOVE THIS.

[@ElectricPyroclast]

It's increasingly harder for us to create more stable super heavy elements because we're running low on neutrons. The more protons there are, the more neutrons the nucleus needs in order to obtain some stability. Since the lighter isotopes we use to collide don't provide all that many neutrons for the super heavy elements, we'd need to find a way to get lone electrons or even entire nuclei made up of only neutrons and collide them, too.

[@elliesmile8939]

this may be a stupid question but why do we want to create more elements? and after they are created what do we use them for?

[@youtubehandlesareridiculous]

They can't really be used because they decay quickly and what they break down into is used to determine their presence. This is done for research because this might be used later for what we don't know.

[@aasherahmed4389]

y not create them

[@elliesmile8939]

+U238 okay thanks!

[@tytube3001]

to ruin the life of high school chemistry students

[@zeusomega2421]

Anything and everything science creates is always used and preserved for future use,after all,when newton discovered calculus and found a way to predict the patterns of planets,they hadnt a clue of how to actually get to those planets

[@Alec-rh7dm]

1:20 well isn't it ironic that the force that does hold protons and neutrons together is called the STRONG force then.

[@carultch]

Not really. The reason it is called the strong force, is that it is about 100 times stronger than electromagnetism, and its counterpart the weak force is about 100 times weaker than electromagnetism.

[@abigailgasataya8057]

Great! Know I have to memorize 4 more things for a test!

[@geektome4781]

Nihon isn't a mere reference to Japan: Nihon means "Japan" in Japanese. And thank you for pronouncing it more or less correctly.