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SUMMARY:WITEK NAZAREWICZ - IS THERE AN END TO THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS?
DESCRIPTION:
 This year marks the 150th anniversary of the formulation 
 of the periodic table created by Dmitry 
 Mendeleev. Accordingly, the United Nations 
 proclaimed 2019 as the International Year 
 of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements. 
 At 150 years old, the table is still growing. 
 In 2016, four new elements were added the periodic 
 table: nihonium, moscovium, tennessine 
 and oganesson. These elements define the current 
 upper limits of mass and atomic numbers. 
 As such, they carry the potential to transform 
 the way we currently understand nuclear and 
 atomic physics, and chemistry. \n
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 Questions 
 motivating the search for these systems include: 
 What are the heaviest nuclei and atoms 
 that can exist? Are superheavy systems different 
 from lighter nuclear species? Is there an 
 island of very long-lived nuclei? Can superheavy 
 nuclei be produced in stellar explosions? 
 Questions such as these provide formidable 
 challenges for science. \n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: FRIB Communications\n
 Contact phone: 5173559672\n
 Contact email: communications@frib.msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://frib.msu.edu/gateway/events/talk-30march.html\n
LOCATION:1300 FRIB Laboratory
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