Meanings
- not comparablechemistryLying beyond copernicium in the periodic table; having an atomic number greater than 112.
The α–α correlation technique will fail here for element identification as already became clear with the new trans-copernicium elements.
2016, Stefan Schramm, Mirko Schäfer, New Horizons in Fundamental Physics, →ISBN, page 861 more example
The IUPAC/IUPAP JWP performed a critical review of the various claims to discovery of the trans-copernicium elements Z = 113, 114, 115, 116, and 118. Evidence in the cases of elements Z = 113, 115, and 118 have not met the criteria for discovery.
2011 June, Robert C. Barber, Paul J. Karol, Hiromichi Nakahara, Emanuele Vardaci, Erich W. Vogt, “Discovery of the elements with atomic numbers greater than or equal to 113”, in Pure and Applied Chemistry, volume 83, number 7
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