| Ununquadium [Uuq] (CAS-ID: 54085-16-4) | |
| An: 114 N: Am: [ 289 ] | |
| Group No: 14 Group Name: (none) | |
| Block: p-block Period: 7 | |
| State: presumably a solid at 298 K | |
| Colour: unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance Classification: Metallic | |
| Boiling Point: unknown (?) | |
| Melting Point: unknown (?) | |
| Density: unknown | |
| Availability: This item is purely synthetic and is not available commercially. | |
 Discovery Information |
| Who: Dubna (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research) |
| When: 1999 |
| Where: Russia |
| Name Origin |
| From the latin for "one one four". |
| Sources |
| Uses |
| None. |
| Notes |
| Element 114 was reported informally in January 1999 following experiments towards the end of December 1998 involving scientists at Dubna (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research) in Russia apparently using isotopes supplied by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA. Only one atom was identified and the claim has not yet been ratified. |