Since this podcast was first published, the name of this element has been ratified as flerovium (symbol Fl) by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac). The name recognises ...
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is the world authority on digital standards in chemistry; chemical nomenclature and terminology, including the naming of new elements in ...
The dispute centred on who should get to name the new element ... and its sister chemistry organization IUPAC. Although the TWG consisted of eminent scientists, none were heavy-element scientists ...