Discovery of the elements with atomic numbers greater than or equal to 113 (IUPAC Technical Report)

Barber, Robert C.; Karol, Paul J.; Nakahara, Hiromichi; Vardaci, Emanuele; Vogt, Erich W.

doi:10.1351/PAC-REP-10-05-01

Pure Appl. Chem., 2011, Vol. 83, No. 7, pp. 1485-1498

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REP-10-05-01

Published online 2011-06-01

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION

Discovery of the elements with atomic numbers greater than or equal to 113 (IUPAC Technical Report)

Robert C. Barber¹, Paul J. Karol²*, Hiromichi Nakahara³, Emanuele Vardaci⁴ and Erich W. Vogt⁵

¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada
² Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
³ Chemistry Department, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192‑03, Japan
⁴ University of Naples “Federico II” and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Napoli, Italy
⁵ TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1W5, Canada

Abstract: The IUPAC/IUPAP Joint Working Party (JWP) on the priority of claims to the discovery of new elements 113–116 and 118 has reviewed the relevant literature pertaining to several claims. In accordance with the criteria for the discovery of elements previously established by the 1992 IUPAC/IUPAP Transfermium Working Group (TWG), and reinforced in subsequent IUPAC/IUPAP JWP discussions, it was determined that the Dubna-Livermore collaborations share in the fulfillment of those criteria both for elements Z = 114 and 116. A synopsis of experiments and related efforts is presented.

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Pure Appl. Chem., 2011, Vol. 83, No. 9, pp. 1801