Here’s How Chemist Clarice Phelps Became The First Black Woman To Help Discover A New Periodic Table Element
The element is known as Tennessine (Ts), number 117, and is classified as a halogen. "Taking a seat at the periodic table didn't happen overnight; it was a 20-year journey," she said in an ...
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory credited with discovery of 3 elements in the periodic table
The three elements are promethium (element 61), moscovium (element 115) and tennessine (element 117), which is named after Tennessee. Moscovium is named after Moscow – that will be explained in ...