• Question: what is the latest discovery that is on the periodic table and how many elements are there now?

    Asked by to Aled, Ellie, Fiona, Kev, Willem on 18 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Aled Roberts answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      Hey Mandeep101!

      I think it is Unun­octium which was found in 2006 was the latest to be identified! (it is certainly the latest element with a high atomic number!). This brings the number of total elements up to 118 (however some scientists contest this and believe there is only 112) however we don’t know what the total number might be (it could go on and on and on!) Who knows! You might find a new one some day!

      Hope that helps! 🙂 Vote for me 🙂

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