English

Noun

moscovium ‎(uncountable)

1. The proposed name for the chemical element with atomic number 115.
   • 2016 June 9, “First element discovered in Asia named 'nihonium', after Japan”, in Reuters:

     If approved, it will join other newly announced elements: moscovium for element 116, tennessine for element 117 and oganesson for element 118.

2. A rejected name for ununoctium.
   • 2015, Bernd Markert, Stefan Fränzle, Simone Wünschmann, Chemical Evolution: The Biological System of the Elements, Springer, ISBN 9783319143545, chapter 2.5.1, page 95:

     The present (2014) “record” of making very large atomic nuclei is Z = 118 (²⁹⁴118), a still-unnamed noble gas (working name “moscovium”), whilst the heaviest element which already was given an official name by IUPAC is the chalcogene (homolog of Te and Pb) livermorium (Lv, Z = 116).

Synonyms

(115th element):

• Mc (symbol)
• ununpentium, Uup (symbol)
• eka-bismuth

(118th element):

• ununoctium, Uuo (symbol)

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