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MIKALAC1 writes,

"Getting some inconsistencies among textbooks with Periodic Table of Chemical Elements... Can you help?"...

AWKAWK1 answers:

..."114 or 115 (number 118 was reported but confirmation experiments failed) - up to 112, 114, 116 and (118?)...110 is called Darmstadtium (Ds) - found on the 9th of November 1994 at 4:39 pm the first atom of the heaviest chemical element with atomic number 110 was detected at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany."

bamacheerx answers:

..."the periodic table goes to 118 though not every spot has an element ... yet
110- Uun, Ununnilium
111-Uuu, Unununium
112-Uub, Ununbium
113-
114-Uuq, Ununquadium
115-
116-Uuh, Ununhexium
117-
118-Uuo, Ununoctium
and 92 is U, Uranium"...

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