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Periodic Table Project
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September 2017Winning tiles to be added to Periodic Table Project
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September 2017New elements contest winners
Nihonium was discovered in Japan. It is the first element to be discovered in Asia. To showcase this, we made our tile the Japanese flag. Since the name of nihonium translates to "land of the rising sun" in English, we made the red circle of the flag a sunrise. Along with this we added a radioactive sign to the top left of the tile. This is because nihonium is highly radioactive. Finally, we added cherry blossom trees to the bottom of our tile to represent more of the Japanese culture
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May 2017Judging — Oganessian and our stakeholders
Our New Elements Contest received over 200 submissions from over 40 schools. After careful consideration, our University of Waterloo New Elements Team selected the TOP TEN submissions for each element. We asked our stakeholders to vote for the FINAL FOUR for each.
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May 2017Runners up
Our New Elements Contest team selected the TOP TEN. Six tiles for each element are shown below with the other four tiles becoming the FINAL FOUR. These were selected by our stakeholder judges. The FINAL FOUR and their descriptions are shown on the next four pages.
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May 2017
Nihonium: Final four elemental tiles
Element 113 was discovered in Japan, so I incorporated Nihon in its name, meaning Japan in Japanese. Artistic elements in this design are drawn from Japanese aesthetics, such as the Japanese mountainous scenery and architecture, zen garden and wabi-sabi.
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May 2017
Moscovium: Final four elemental tiles
Moscovium is a radioactive element on the periodic table located in group 15. It was first synthesized in 2003 in a research facility found in Dubna, Russia.
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May 2017
Tennessine: Final four elemental tiles
There were different institutions behind this super-heavy element discovery. In my tile, I tried to honour all of them along with recognizing the contribution of the Tennessee region.
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May 2017Oganesson: Final four elemental tiles
Oganesson was discovered in October of 2006 and was a scientific collaboration between Russian and American scientists. On this tile, this joint effort is depicted by the two shaking hands, with each country’s flag on the lab coat sleeve.
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April 2017Early submissions to New Elements Contest
See more early submissions at https://uwaterloo.ca/chemistry/international-year-chemistry/periodic-table-project/early-submissions.
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March 2017Periodic graphics of elements
Xiwen (Julie) Hu is creating her own periodic table project. She is a 16 year-old IB student in Brandon Yates’s chemistry class at Beijing City International School, Beijing, China.
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March 2017
Early submissions to New Elements Contest
Nihonium has the atomic number 113 and was created by a group of Japanese scientists at RIKEN in 2004. I designed it with a rising sun because nihon, in Japanese, means “land of the rising sun”.
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February 2017Early submissions to New Elements Contest
We have started posting submissions to our New Elements Contest on Twitter @chem13news #NewElementsContest.
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September 2016Nihomium, moscovium, tennessine and organesson
The periodic table has had a big year. It started with the IUPAC announcement in January 2016 that elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 have been added to the 7th row.
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November 2014Periodic Table Project update
ANDROID UPDATE: Have your students download the University of Waterloo Periodic Table Project app for free — now available as an Android app at Google Play and Amazon online stores. Simply search for Periodic Table Project.
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September 2012Periodic Table Project wall mural installation
To celebrate the International Year of Chemistry, Chem 13 News encouraged chemistry educators and enthusiasts worldwide to adopt an element and artistically interpret that element. The project created a periodic table as a mosaic of science and art.
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September 2012iPod version Periodic Table Project
This September, go to iTunes and download the iPod version of the Periodic Table Project for free. You will also find the tablet apps (iPad and Playbook) which have been available for free since April 2012. Search for “Periodic Table Project”.
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September 2012Names for elements 114 and 116
IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) has officially approved the name flerovium, with symbol Fl, for the element of atomic number 114 and the name livermorium, with symbol Lv, for the element of atomic number 116.
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September 2012
Design the new elemental tiles for the Periodic Table Project
In 2011, we invited Chem 13 News’ readers to have their students artistically express an element on a 6” x 6” tile for the Periodic Table Project, to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry. If you did not have a chance to participate, here is your opportunity.
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