Nipponium - The Element that Wasn't - Periodic Table of Videos

The "discoveries" of element 43 and 75 could have seen Japan recognised on the Periodic Table much earlier.
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Featuring Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham.

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Nihonium: https://youtu.be/-HcSEKuYGM8
113 discovered: https://youtu.be/VqKF1RSnuvo
Naming Nihonium: https://youtu.be/wswa0NuBbMw
Element Inauguration: https://youtu.be/Nkz5ZAL3jSc

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