There's a new element.
Number 112 in the periodic table. It is super heavy so what would you name it? I go for Bluewhalium.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:45, 54 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

Super heavy?
How about Averageb3tonium
(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:46, Reply)

CUNTUSLECTUS

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:46, Reply)

That's the second time today you've replied to me using the word cunt
whats up?
(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:49, Reply)

Playground teasing.
You need to pull her hair on Saturday.
( Cawl, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:50, Reply)

Good luck, it's a little short right now

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:50, Reply)

Hmmm...
He can use a stick with super glue on.
Or salad tongs.
( Cawl, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:51, Reply)

I have a feeling
that she's going to spend the whole bash punching me in the arm and running away.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:54, Reply)

I never run after punching someone
It's too much entertainment to see their face screw up in pain.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:55, Reply)

Internet hardgirling?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:57, Reply)

'til you end up kissing wildly
Behind the pub.

My advice, and trust me on this one, is to clean your teeth that day.
( Cawl, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:55, Reply)

I clean my teeth everyday,
I should hope you do to.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:56, Reply)

Congratulations!
It's always a pleasure to meet a fellow gentleman.
( Cawl, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:58, Reply)

/ normal person

(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:00, Reply)

Well, yes.
The chances of that are lower. This IS the internet.
( Cawl, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:06, Reply)

Why don't the two of you get it on?
Saves me the bother of having to fix you up?
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:40, Reply)

My girlfriend would kill me.

( Cawl, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:49, Reply)

Rickwallerium
Eamonholmesium

Annwiddecombium

or

Boricium.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:46, Reply)

Annewiddikum
Would be awesome.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:54, Reply)

You can make almost anything sound funnier
by adding the "Widde" prefix to it.

(cf a piss-take in Private Eye some years ago where Ann went around canvassing Tory votes in a vehicle known as the "Widdiecopter.")
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:57, Reply)

She should be PM.

( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Thu 11 Jun 2009, 19:05, Reply)

Kalonium.

( Cawl, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:46, Reply)

Blacksabbathium?
.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:48, Reply)

Dunno if it's metallic or not :p
As an aside, there used to be a band called "Osmium".
"Because it's the heaviest metal, lol!"
( Cawl, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:49, Reply)

Element 112 is likely to be metallic
But scientists are not yet sure that osmium is the heaviest metal, as it's a close run thing with iridium.

It's difficult to make a large enough and pure enough sample of each to measure their densities properly.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:53, Reply)

Yay, info!
Thanks for that!
Isn't iridium used in pens and stuff?
Or is it a very low-percentage alloy?
( Cawl, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:54, Reply)

Iridium
is used in pen nibs because it's so hard. But it's not necessarily very pure. It's also very expensive.

To do accurate measurements, you need something like 99.9999% purity, which is very difficult to achieve.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:56, Reply)

Hmmm...
Would a sword made of iridium keep a good edge?
( Cawl, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:57, Reply)

I've been reading about this...
Hardness is not the same as strength. Or not the same thing as toughness...hang on a minute...

Oh, that's right - something can be hard, but not very strong, if, say, it's brittle. Iridium is probably used in pens because it keeps its edge, but is quite brittle.

I don't really know - try slashing someone's face with your pen and see how the nib fares...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:59, Reply)

Hmmm...
Incredibly well, in fact.
He's now in the back of an ambulance.
( Cawl, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:03, Reply)

*crap joke alert*
Well, an iridium-edged sword might be a fearsome weapon. But the iridium tipped pen will still be mightier.

...Still, it's obviously done the do on him - what state is your pen in?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:47, Reply)

Yes it would keep a sharp edge
but I don't know about its brittleness, as Mr Crow said above. So it may lose its edge if you use it, just by chipping bits off. Also, it would be an extremely heavy and unwieldy sword.

A hardened steel sword with an iridium edge might be a good compromise.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:03, Reply)

They use iridium
in sunglasses lenses too for some reason

doesn't it only come from meteorites?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:08, Reply)

I don't know, but it's a nice idea
"Behold, I write letters with the AWESOME POWER OF METEORITES! ROOOOAAAR!"
*scribble-scribble-scribble*
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:46, Reply)

Not all of it,
but a lot of it does. There's an anomalously rich layer of it in the earth's crust, which has been found by geologists to coincide with the period when the dinosaurs were wiped out. This is consistent with a globally significant meteorite impact at that time.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 12:13, Reply)

Sepulturium

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:49, Reply)

Tediumium
What? I'm studying physics... these things always take a while to get named, it could happen...

EDIT: wait a sec, 112 was made in 1996... Its just that the results have only been confirmed now (putting it up for official naming).
Its also not the heaviest so far found, that goes to 118
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:51, Reply)

Willium
GET IT? THAT'S MY NAME, kind of.
(Dangerous Disco Trev Isn't my real name, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:53, Reply)

Temporary name.
UnUnBium. from the latin numbers. How droll. Needs more imagination. 7\10.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:54, Reply)

surely
ununduum?

bis is twice.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 12:04, Reply)

How about a simple one?
b3tium.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:54, Reply)

Spazmium.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:54, Reply)

It shows you how out of date I am
My periodic table only goes up to 103!
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:57, Reply)

I'm not sure any of the rest have been discovered in nature
They're mostly ones that've been created in particle accelerators.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:59, Reply)

Yeah
Even Lawrencium262 (103) decays rapidly, I'de hate to think what the half-life of anything bigger would be.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:01, Reply)

There's reckoned to be
an island of stability at about 116, IIRC.

That is, nuclear physicists predict that element would not decay rapidly. May be wrong with the number though.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:11, Reply)

Its around 112, near enough...
And while things there decal less rapidly than expected, the half lives are still in the second range (rather than the millisecond range predicted). Uub 285 has a half life of half a minute according to wiki, and thats the most stable by at least a factor of 10 after meinerium (109)
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:18, Reply)

Alf
There are enough silly names in the periodic table already so I'd keep it simple and just call it Alf.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:58, Reply)

Mr. Splashy Pants

( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:04, Reply)

This!

( Cawl, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:06, Reply)

arymydearwatsonium

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:11, Reply)

*applauds*

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:22, Reply)

righteousbrothersium
He ain't heavy...

/IGMC
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 11:23, Reply)

You've
lost that loving feeling.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 12:09, Reply)

JamMasterGeordieium?

(bill, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 13:14, Reply)