New Elements are Created by Japanese

Chemical table grow fat after Japanese scientists create new elements long sought. The new Element has 113 protons in the atomic nucleus.

Scientists at Japan's RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science.  (Picture from: http://www.slate.com/)

The number of protons in an element is four times the number of protons in the element iron. In nature, an element with 113 protons was never found. Laboratory is the only place to create this element.

Scientists at Japan's RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science say they've finally succeeded in creating the synthetic element 113.  (Picture from: http://www.livescience.com/)

Nuclear Laboratory of Nishiria RIKEN Center for Accelerator-Based Science in Saitama, Japan, as one manufacturing location of these elements. Particle accelerator facilities that exist in it enable researchers create a heavier atom, with a growing number of protons.

This decay chain shows what happened when Japanese researchers created the elusive atomic element 113. The atom quickly decayed by shedding alpha particles consisting of two protons and two neutrons. After shedding six alpha particles, the element had turned into Mendelevium, element 101.  (Picture from: http://www.livescience.com/)

The element with 113 protons were created from this machine on August 12, 2012. "We discovered the atom after the trial for 9 years," said the head of nuclear research, Kosuke Morita, in a press release Wednesday, September 26, 2012.

Researchers encounter with atoms occur shortly. Moments after the crash-formed core with a layer of zinc-bismuth atom decays into alpha rays without a chance "cuddled" researcher. Lucky, the researcher was photographing atom.

It took over a month for researchers to ensure that the captured atom has 113 protons. Therefore, the time lapse between the discovery and announcement within 45 days.

The discovery of this new atom listed Japan as the first Asian country to find the atom. The country is also entitled to provide a name for the new atom. Until now, only scientists from four countries who had a name for the new atom. The three countries are the United States, Russia, and Germany. Artificial atoms was first created in the laboratory in 1940, Since then, the 20 atoms have been created in the laboratory. Heaviest atom ever created has 118 protons. *** [LIVESCIENCE | ANTON WILLIAM | KORAN TEMPO 4013]

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