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Japanese Scientists Name An Element 'Nihonium', Now Where Are The Rocket Punching Super Robots?

Forbes - Tech

The rocket punching super robot Mazinger Z, constructed via an element called "japanium". After a five month public review, the chemical element Ununtrium with the atomic number of 113 will be re-named "nihonium" due to the Japanese team that managed to create it in the laboratory. The element itself is highly radioactive and has a half-life of only 20 seconds. As a result, this element doesn't occur naturally and has to be synthesized in a laboratory. A team of scientists at the Riken institute led by Professor Kosuke Morita of Kyushu University managed to do this by colliding zinc ions (30 protons) with bismuth (83 protons), the resultant element comprises of 113 protons and after creating it within the laboratory on at least three occasions, the team secured naming rights last year.