Superheavy elements (IMAGE)

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Superheavy elements

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Nine superheavy elements have been discovered with help from target materials produced at ORNL Some scientists believe the periodic table might extend as high as an element with the atomic number 153.

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Credit: Jaimee Janiga/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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