A collection of articles related to heavy or synthetic elements

The synthesis of heavy elements

C. E. Düllmann, GSI Darmstadt, gives insight into the chemistry of short-lived, superheavy atoms

M. Block, GSI Darmstadt, gives an insight into the physics of short-lived, superheavy atoms

Measurements of the shell effect in atomic nuclei help understand above which mass extremely heavy artificial elements no longer decay

The proposed names are nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson

The IUPAC recommended new proposed names for the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table

Measurement of first ionization potentials of heavy elements

The synthesis of heavy elements

New experimental set-up designed to detect superheavy elements helps probe the predicted island of stability around element 114.

The element darmstadtium (Ds) was first created on November 9, 1994, at the Institute for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany

Interview with E. Scerri about his fascination for the periodic system, how discoveries are made, and what makes Mendeleev unique

Nuclear researcher and co-discoverer of 12 elements

Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

Pioneer of actinide and fluoride chemistry and Manhattan Project worker

Element 94 was first produced and isolated at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory in 1940

Preparation of a diphosphoniomethanide-Pu complex along with two diphosphonioalkylidene-Pu complexes

The hypothetical (bio-)chemistry behind the transformation of a frail soldier into a comic book superhero