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Why not Colbertrium?

No, space travel should not yield natural elements that don't exist here. The stable elements have all been found. These new things are all unstable. We may find more unstable elements out in the cosmos (still doubtful), but by "natural" you pretty much mean stable.

Question:
Will space travel yield "natural" elements that exist outside our planet? Have any been identified yet?

Aquanium! It has the "q" the guest speaker wanted in the name. Also, it has a lovely sound and I have personal reasons for liking it.

>>"Physics" suggests that electrons follow Newton's Laws. It is actually Quantum Chemistry in terms of the behavior of atoms and the way they bond.<<

Huh? But quantum chemistry is the application of quantum physics to that last electron. That's where the "quantum" comes from.

I prefer to say that chemistry is very-low-energy physics.

mozo -- Agreed.

I liked Rebecca's suggestion for "love" - but which kind of love do we go with?
If it's romantic, then return to Greek and call it
Erosium

If love for mankind,
Agapeum

but if this element is useless and frivolous, I'd say
Sillium.
or as suggested by another post, using Q,
Quixotium

Typical. The final comment on the science segment of this show comes from a junk science/New Age wacko. Speaks volumes regarding education in the US.

my 14 year found/bought your "mad science" book. he loved it. It has motivated him to study chemistry and other sciences.... THANKS!

Rebecca .. outside the US .. eg.g. UK & Australia.. Aluminum is actually spelt Aluminium

Ekatodekaftanium.

This means 117 in greek.
Also one of the benefits of being bilingual.
naming elements.

"...I remind you that chemistry is NOTHING BUT the PHYSICS of the OUTERMOST ELECTRON!"

"Physics" suggests that electrons follow Newton's Laws. It is actually Quantum Chemistry in terms of the behavior of atoms and the way they bond.

117 is the Id number of the main character of the popular video game Halo.
His class was called Spartans.
so either Haloium or Spartanium

Quirkium for the odd behaviors of those elements (and it starts with Q, or Brevitinium for its brief existence.

Voter, that's just the ancient Greek prefix + ium for 117.

Quixotium ... Which brings me to the question: Is there any anticipated use for this element? Is utility even the goal in this seemingly endless effort to come up with new ones?

How about jujubeeium?
Googliniam?

I learned nothing in high school chemistry and going into theater didn't help peak my interest. Now I live with an electro-chemist and decided it was time to learn so I'm following along with this website: clearscience.tumblr.com

and of course the element should be called BrianLehrerium

Eyjafjallajokullium

Or just "jafjallajokullium"

In honor of the Icelandic volcano which stopped the work

Aluminum ends with just -um

Since Einstein was a professor at Princeton and New Jersey has an inferiority complex and the guest wants a 'J' name, I propose "Jersium"

Quizzium

why not just Qununseptium?

Daniel,
What does that mean? I was thinking Centumseptendecim, but I’m not really sure how to say 117 in Latin. However, I agree it should have something to do with its characteristics.

After hearing suggestions that make as much sense as "W" for representing Tungsten, let's call it "Froonium", symbolize it with "J", and call it an element...

Bobdylanium, because the times they are a'changin'.

Colbertium (silent T) for Steven Colbert. He's had a spider named after him and lots of other things, so why not an element?

or Russamerium.

Should one say these new elements were invented and not discovered? They very well may have never existed before our particle accelerators created them.

Russian and American joint finding?

Peristroikum

:)

quantanium--b/c it starts with q

jointanium (b/c you just said that it was a joint u.s./russian discovery)

Colbertium (silent T) for Steven Colbert. He's had a spider named after him and lots of other things, so why not an element?

Amerussium

I propose: Onesixteenium.

Just to mess with people.

Jolium or Jolieum for the Curie's son-in-law and daughter.

Jimnasium

But tell us something about this element - what are its characteristics?

a good name is Oneseventeenium

Note: "Breaking Bad" uses the elements in their title crawl.

Kilgorium, or Troutium, or maybe just Vonnegut. It's about time he gets some credit from the scientific community for humanizing their studies in such a sensitive, humorous, wry way.

hectoheptakaidecium

How about Obamite?

Obamium

Not sure the point of the exercise, but why not after the founder or founders… I mean, isn’t Helium named after the god Helios?
We have Rutherfordium, Copernicium, Lawrencium, Einstienium, Europium, and Americium

Brian -- last segment you called the periodical table "chemistry, not physics."
Ugh! That reminded me of a wonderful conversation I had with a theoretical physics professor back in college. I was extolling how fascinating the science of chemistry is and he snickered and remarked: "Need I remind you that chemistry is NOTHING BUT the PHYSICS of the OUTERMOST ELECTRON!"

:)

It's not even a question.
Element 117 must be called "Unobtanium" (in deference to NASA and popularized by Avatar)!!!

Ununseptium will do fine for now, and eka-astatine makes for a happy reto-physicist. But if you really want to make a radical change, choose a name which puts the letter "J" on the periodic table.