Three new elements have been added to the periodic table by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. Well, they aren’t exactly new, having all been created some years ago but the IUPAP has given them their official names. The new elements are: Darmstadtium with an atomic number of 110, Roentgenium with an atomic number of 111 and Copernicium with an atomic number of 112. All three of these elements are radioactive and have half-lives of less than a minute so they are not found in nature nor is it likely that they will ever be created in large enough amounts to be visible.
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