Metallic atoms hold some of their electrons relatively loosely. Consequently, they tend to lose electrons and form cations. Conversely, most nonmetallic atoms attract electrons more strongly than ...

The periodic table may soon gain a new element, physicists at Lund University in Sweden announced Tuesday. A team of Lund researchers is the second to successfully create atoms of element 115.

In this periodic table of elements quiz, you have 10 minutes to name as many elements as you can, given only their symbol, atomic weight and the broad group they live in.

Element 115 might earn an official spot on the periodic table By Karen Kaplan Aug. 27, 2013 2:09 PM PT <i>This post has been corrected, as indicated below.</i> ...

To produce element 112 atoms, scientists accelerate charged zinc atoms – zinc ions for short – with the help of the 120 m long particle accelerator at GSI and “fire” them onto a lead target.

By firing a stream of boron ions (element 5) into californium atoms (element 98), Nagame and colleagues created an isotope of lawrencium. The collisions created a new lawrencium atom every few ...

The four new elements fill out the right bottom corner of the main periodic table. Elements 114 and 116, flerovium and livermorium, were previously discovered. (Credit: LANL) ...

Divide the class into 10 groups of 2 or 3 students each. Print out the Element Cards and play the Periodic Table Game, Game #1. Lesson 4.2 and 4.3 Element Cards PDF All Downloads Students can also try ...

FEWER U’S The official discovery of elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 means that all 118 elements in the periodic table’s first seven rows have been found on Earth or produced in the lab.

However, some elements are capable of forming both cations and anions given the right conditions. One example is hydrogen, which may gain (H -) or lose (H +) an electron, forming hydride compounds ...

Their addition also completes the seventh row of the periodic table. All four man-made elements currently have placeholder names, and will be officially named over the next few months.