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Why is ununtrium called that?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Un means one, tri means 3.

So, literally, Ununtrium means 113 (un-un-tri)

113 is also the atomic number of Ununtrium (abbreviation=Uut).

The same applies to Unununium, or Uuu (atomic number 111), Ununbium (atomic number 112, bi=two), Ununquadium (atomic number 114, quad=four), and Ununpentium (atomic number 115, pent=five).

However, recently scientists have discovered unununium to be Roentgenium and Ununbium to be Copernicium.

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