Triple Digit Elements Trivia Quiz

Answer:

Fermium (element 100) was found in hydrogen bomb debris. Its discovery wasn't announced until 1955 and it was named for physicist Enrico Fermi.

Mendelevium (element 101) was first created in 1955 by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles and is named for Dimitri Mendeleev.

Nobelium (element 102) was reportedly discovered by both Swedish and American groups before the confirmed detection of the element in 1996 at the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia (then the USSR). It was named for Alfred Nobel.

Lawrencium (element 103) was discovered some time between 1962 and 1971. There was some dispute whether it was discovered in the Soviet Union or United States and IUPAC (International Union of Applied and Pure Chemistry) gave the countries shared credit in 1992. It's named for Ernest Lawrence who is also the namesake of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Rutherfordium (element 104) was also discovered independently by American and Soviet scientists in the late 1960s. Due to the dispute, it was not named after Ernest Rutherford until 1997.

Dubnium (element 105) was recognized by Soviet scientists in 1968 and American scientists in 1970. IUPAC gave both countries credit for the discovery and named the element after Dubna, the location of the Russian laboratory, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.

Seaborgium (element 106) was discovered by both Soviet and American scientists in 1974. In 1997, IUPAC gave credit to the American team and named the element after Glenn Seaborg. It's one of two current elements named for someone living at the time of naming.

Bohrium (element 107) was first reported by Yuri Oganessian in 1976 and again by a German group in 1981. IUPAC recognized the German group as the discoverers and they nominated the element to be named after Niels Bohr.

Hassium (element 108) was first created by cold fusion in Hesse, Germany in 1984 and named after the town in 1997.

Meitnerium (element 109) was synthesized by a German team in 1984 and named for Lise Meitner, a German physicist who, due to the anti-Jewish Nuremberg Laws, had to leave for Sweden. She was the first German woman to be a full professor of physics in Germany.

Darmstadtium (element 110), was created in 1994 at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany and was named for the town.

Roentgenium (element 111) was also first created at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in 1994 and was named for X-ray discoverer Wilhelm Roentgen.

Copernicium (element 112) was synthesized in 1996, also at the GSI Helmholtz Centre, and was named for astronomer Nicholas Copernicus.

Nihonium (element 113) was reportedly discovered by multiple national laboratories in the early 2000s, with credit eventually going to Japanese scientists' 2004 claim. Japonium and nishinanium, after Japanese physicist Yoshio Nishina were both considered as names, but the element was ultimately named for Nihon, one of two Japanese pronunciations of their country's name.

Flerovium (element 114) was discovered by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and named for Russian physicist Georgiy Flyorov.

Moscovium (element 115) was synthesized by the Joint institute for Nuclear Research in 2003 by a team of both Russian and American scientists and named for the Russia's capital Moscow.

Livermorium (element 116) was synthesized due to joint work by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and the USA's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory between 1999 and 2006. It was named after the American laboratory.

Tennessine (element 117) was discovered through Russian-American collaboration in 2010 and confirmed by a German-American collaboration four years later. It was named for the state of Tennessee, where the American laboratories involved are located.

Oganesson (element 118) was synthesized in 2002 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and was named for physicist Yuri Oganesssian. It's the second chemical named for someone alive at the time of the naming.

The wrong answers are elements in the Lanthanide series (elements 58-71) and the Actinide series (elements 89-103), excluding those already covered in the correct answers..