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Geek Culture / Ununpentium (element 115) confirmed

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TheComet
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Posted: 29th Aug 2013 13:23 Edited at: 29th Aug 2013 13:30
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http://www.livescience.com/39204-new-super-heavy-element-115-confirmed.html

It's assumed the "island of stability" is some isotope of element 115. From Wikipedia:
Quote: "The most stable isotope will probably be 299Uup, with 184 neutrons, a known "magic" closed-shell number conferring exceptional stability, making it (with one further proton outside the "magic number" of 114 protons) both the chemical and the nuclear homolog of 209Bi; but the technology required to add the required neutrons presently does not exist. This is because no known combination of target and projectile can result in the required neutrons. It has been suggested[by whom?] that such a neutron-rich isotope could be formed by quasifission (fusion followed by fission) of a massive nucleus, multi-nucleon transfer reactions in collisions of actinide nuclei, or by the alpha decay of a massive nucleus (although this would depend on the stability of the parent nuclei towards spontaneous fission)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ununpentium

The reason I find this particularly interesting is because it links up with Bob Lazar's reverse engineering of an allegedly "alien" spacecraft in S4.

Yes, the video is full of crap about UFOs and biased media propaganda about aliens, but once you get past that and really just concentrate on what Bob is saying, and how he claims element 115 was used as fuel, it makes you think.


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Posted: 29th Aug 2013 16:37
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Element 115 has been the subject of many conspiracy theories and works of fiction. I see no reason to believe one particular theory over another (particularly when no evidence is present).

This is a cool find though, I wonder what uses we'll see for it.

But more importantly, will it blend?
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Posted: 29th Aug 2013 16:51 Edited at: 29th Aug 2013 16:52
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Quote: "Element 115 has been the subject of many conspiracy theories and works of fiction. I see no reason to believe one particular theory over another (particularly when no evidence is present)."


Completely agree with this.

Quote: "But more importantly, will it blend?"


Let's examine this.

The maximum recorded life of element 115 is ~200ms before it decays into something lower, and the rotary speed of a BlendTec blender is 27'000rpm. This means there will be a blade passing around once every 2.2ms, however there are two Blendtec blender blades, so we can halve that number.

Assuming optimal blending conditions (the blend blade collides with the atom every single time, and the atom exists for 200ms), you will be able to "cut" ununpentium approximately 180 times before it decays.

In conclusion: Yes, it will blend.

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Posted: 29th Aug 2013 17:57
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God I hate american "documentaries". Funded by some crackpot organisation no doubt.



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