Petition to name Element 118 "Livermoron"

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Whereas, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in conjunction with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia, has created the heaviest element ever known to man, element 118,





Whereas, this element is still bereft of an official scientific name,





Whereas, the element lies on the Periodic Table just below the inert gases Helium (He), Neon (Ne), Argon (Ar), Krypton (Kr), Xenon (Xe), and Radon (Rn), and





Whereas, the words "liver" and "moron" are funny,





We hereby propose that the new element be named "Livermoron (Lm)."

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  • Tim Millington
    • Comments
    • В
  • Daniel Highlands
    • Comments
    • Viva la Livermoron
  • Louanne Lunny
  • Tom Lee
    • Comments
    • Lawrence gets all the publicity. We thought we should honor Livermore as well. Congratulations on your achievement.
  • Jane Martin
    • Comments
    • Perfect name!
  • Margaret McCart
    • Comments
    • What, like you guys have a better idea?
  • Vincent Cisneros
    • Comments
    • Grandad worked at the lab and I think he'd love it!!!
  • Micheal Drew Hicks
  • Tim White
  • Melissa D Gridley
  • Suzanne Barteau
  • Haidee
  • Travis Dow
    • Comments
    • Livermoron!
  • Cathy Ruhl
  • Robyn Forcier
  • Elizabeth Barteau
    • Comments
    • Alright!! I just started studying Chem a month or two ago, and a new element gets discovered. How cool!
  • Kirstie Myatt
  • Mary Clair Thompson
  • Brian Overton
  • Karen Dick
  • Stephen Schoenfelder
    • Comments
    • I'm patiently waiting for the next Element!
  • David Bishop
  • Jeremy Watson
  • Jason Hanson
  • Lauren Turner
  • shelsi Morse
  • Daniel
    • Comments
    • Interesting
  • Myrtle Gurt
  • clay johnson
  • Brenda Easter
  • Michael Umberger
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    • В
  • Justin Golnasty
  • Remy Goldberg
  • Betsy Green
  • Colin Foster
  • Sara Rosehill
    • Comments
    • rock on.
  • Jessy
  • Anthony
    • Comments
    • I love it
  • Jessica Black
  • Joseph Aponte
  • Floyd Carmichael
  • Sallie Carmichael
  • Brad Major
  • Andrew Siewert
  • Samuel Tall
    • Comments
    • Since it's unusal and funny it might get non-science people interested.
  • Heather Epp
  • Alison Humphreys
  • S.J.Ruiz II
  • Janel Christensen
    • Comments
    • Yay Livermoron!
  • Samantha Keogh