The element 116, Ununhexium, Uuh was synthesized in 2000, at the Flerov Laboratory of Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia (Yu. Ts. Oganessian et al.) with subsequent publishing only in February 2004.
The name Ununhexium (symbol Uuh) is a temporary IUPAC systematic chemical element name for element 116. This name will be changes in future. Another name used for the element 116 is eka-polonium. |