A New Element on the Periodic Table

 


Titanium will expand the periodic table. A new study released yesterday hopes to expand the periodic table with a search for element 120.

It was made by crashing electrically charged titanium ions into Californium. When produced, the new element will move 120 protons in its atomic nucleus. This occupies a whole new row of the periodic table! 

Researchers reported similar work in July  at the nuclear structure 2024 meeting in Illinois. They had created element 116, livermorium. 

It was created by focusing a beam of titanium ions on two plutonium. After 22 long days of searching, work yielded two atoms of livermorium. This new experiment, where scientist attempt to create element 120 is feasible. Scientists guesstimate it could take approximately 10 times longer. 

The periodic table has 118 chemical elements. The five heaviest elements were created by using a beam of calcium – 48. (That’s an isotope of calcium with 28 neutrons and its nucleus).

Production of these heavy elements involves switching out the target element. Basically, the more protons in the nucleus of a target element, the deeper into the periodic table the new element will be. 

It’s not without drawbacks. Nuclear scientist Jacklyn Gates From Berkeley national laboratories reports that the next possible targets are both radioactive and short-lived

Because of this short life, beams of titanium – 50 are used. This allows a multitude of potential new targets to be explored. The target material for element 120 is easier to work with than 119, which is why researchers have skipped an element.

Gates summarizes, “ If you want to push above what we currently know on the periodic table, you need to find a new way of making heavy elements.”

A whole new row! Wow! 


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