Nuclear physicists confirm element 110 discovery

[John, Jacobus]

For those who keep track of these things  . . .

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News

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Nuclear physicists confirm element 110 discovery (Jul

4)

   http://physicsweb.org/article/news/7/7/5



   The production of an element that has already been

seen in three

  different laboratories would not normally be

newsworthy. However,

  confirmation that element 110 can be made in

collisions between lead and

  nickel nuclei is noteworthy given the recent scandal

over element 118.

  Last year the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

in the US sacked

  physicist Victor Ninov after an internal review

committee found that he

  had fabricated data purporting to show the existence

of a new element

  containing 118 protons. Now an international team of

nuclear physicists

  led by Ken Gregorich from Berkeley - and containing

many of Ninov's

  former co-workers - has provided the first

confirmation of the discovery

  of element 110 at the GSI laboratory in Darmstadt,

Germany (T Ginter et

  al. 2003 Phys. Rev. C 67 064609).

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-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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