Do you know the mysterious “No. 119” element?In 1869, Russian scientist Men Jielv discovered the elemental cycle law. According to this cycle law, 63 elements such as gold, silver, copper, iron, and oxygen that had been discovered at that time could be arranged into a element cycle table.It is called a cycle, each column is called a family, and the elements of the same family have the same nature.With the development of science, human beings have found 118 elements.There are also seven complete cycles on the element cycle table.Scientists all over the world want to discover elements No. 119 and open a new element cycle, and Chinese scientists are also working hard.
Explore the mysterious “No. 119” element
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History shows that each new element is “very useful”
According to experts, one feature of basic research is that before it is done, no one knows what is useful, but once it is done, it may have a lot of application value.The research of new element is such a research field. Before birth, it is difficult for anyone to judge which field it will have an impact in the future, but from the previous experience, the discovery of each element will have a huge impact on human production and life.
Zhang Zhiyuan, a researcher at the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences:From the research of our nuclear physics, theoretical predictions are that among the heaviest elements, there are a number of atomic cores with relatively long life span.If we can synthesize the nucleus with a relatively long life in the experiment, then its future use may be used as nuclear fuel or some raw materials for radioactive medicine.
Sun Zhiyu, Director of the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences:Our nature is composed of a variety of elements. How many elements we have in our nature are natural problems.Finding new elements and finding the limit of its existence is an important test for our existing scientific theory.At the same time, in this process, various technologies and methods developed have very broad application prospects.For some of the drugs of the isotopes, the post -treatment of some radioactive (burning) materials is a very basic necessary condition.
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