There’s a new element officially in town and its name is copernicium, after the 16th-century Polish scientist Nicholas Copernicus. It is element 112 and its symbol is Cn. Copernicium ...

In honor of scientist and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the discovering team have suggested the name "copernicium" with the element symbol "Cp" for the new element 112. In honor of ...

Word origin: Copernicium is named for Nicolaus Copernicus, the famed astronomer and mathematician. The symbol Cp was initially recommended for element 112, but was rejected because Cp had once ...

The heaviest element yet known is now officially named "Copernicium," after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Copernicium has the atomic number 112 — this number denotes the number of protons ...

The name "Copernicium" honors scientist and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. The heaviest recognized chemical element with the atomic number 112 was discovered at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für ...

We agreed that element 112 should be named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus and suggested the name 'copernicium' with the abbreviation 'Cn'. Copernicus, who lived 500 years ago in the ...

The name “copernicium” was suggested last year by the element’s discoverers, led by Sigurd Hofmann at the Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany. Now the International Union for ...

It will be called "copernicium", with the symbol Cp, in honour of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Copernicus deduced that the planets revolved around the Sun, and finally refuted the belief that ...

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Copernicium is 277 times heavier than hydrogen, making it the heaviest element officially recognized by IUPAC. The suggested name "Copernicium" in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus follows the ...