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Discovery of Oganesson

Russia · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2002

Yuri Oganessian2002

Dubna · Science / Physics

Leads experiments that produce element 118, later named oganesson, completing the seventh period of the modern periodic table.

Names involved

Yuri Oganessian

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