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In Dubna, Russia at the Flerov Labratory of Nuclear Reactions, element 118 was discovered. It was named Ununoctium which means "one one eight." The first atom of it was make in spring of 2002. Later in 2005 two more atoms of it were made. The experiment in 2002 was, to put it simply, firing a focused beam of calcium at californium. The beam was 2.5 x 10<sup>19</sup> calcium ions. This produced a synthesis of ununoctium. In the end three neutrons were released. The entire process took four months. <ref>Livermore, Lawrence. [http://www.webelements.com/ununoctium/ Ununoctium the essentials] ''Webelements''. Web. Date-of-access October 7, 2013. </ref> | In Dubna, Russia at the [[Flerov Labratory of Nuclear Reactions]], element 118 was discovered. It was named Ununoctium which means "one one eight." The first atom of it was make in spring of 2002. Later in 2005 two more atoms of it were made. The experiment in 2002 was, to put it simply, firing a focused beam of [[calcium]] from a machine at [[californium]]. The beam was 2.5 x 10<sup>19</sup> calcium ions. This produced a [[synthesis]] of ununoctium. In the end three neutrons were released. The entire process took four months. <ref>Livermore, Lawrence. [http://www.webelements.com/ununoctium/ Ununoctium the essentials] ''Webelements''. Web. Date-of-access October 7, 2013. </ref> | ||
Ununoctium was rumored to have been discovered in 1999. However the data and subsequent re-analases of the origial data has been unable to repeat the process. It was said to have been formed from three decay chains, each one containing six high energy alpha decays. It was said to have failed a second time because they failed to reproduce the data and failed to confirm the events. <ref>Shank, Charles. [http://enews.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/118-retraction.html research news] ''Berkeley lab''. Web. Date-of-access October 8, 2013 </ref> | Ununoctium was rumored to have been discovered in 1999. However the data and subsequent re-analases of the origial data has been unable to repeat the process. It was said to have been formed from three decay chains, each one containing six high energy alpha decays. It was said to have failed a second time because they failed to reproduce the data and failed to confirm the events. <ref>Shank, Charles. [http://enews.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/118-retraction.html research news] ''Berkeley lab''. Web. Date-of-access October 8, 2013 </ref> | ||
