unnilhexium

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Related to unnilhexium: element 106, seaborgium

unnilhexium

(ˌjuːnɪlˈhɛksɪəm)

(Chemistry) chem a name proposed by the IUPAC for the element seaborgium

un•nil•hex•i•um

(ˌyu nɪlˈhɛk si əm)

n.

provisional name for the transuranic element with atomic number 106. Symbol: Unh

[1975–80; < Latin ūn(us) one + nīl nothing + Greek héx six + New Latin -ium -ium²]

Translations

unnilhexium

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104 unnilquadium 105 unnilpentium 106 unnilhexium 107 unnilseptium 108 unniloctium 109 unnilennium 110 ununnilium 120 unbinilium 130 untrinilium 140 unquadnilium 150 unpentnilium 160 unhexnilium 170 unseptnilium 180 unoctnilium 200 binilnilium 300 trinilnilium 400 quadnilnilium 500 pentnilnilium 900 enniinilium

Thus, 104 unnilquadium is Unq, 105 unnilpentium is Unp, 106 unnilhexium is Unh, 107 unnilseptium is Uns, 108 unniloctium is Uno, and 109 unnilennium is Une.

Chemical symbols of elements 110 and beyond

Twenty-two element names failed to produce any words using the same letter banks: berkelium, beryllium, bohrium, dubnium, hafnium, holmium, joliotium, krypton, kurehatovium, mendelevium, molybdenum, neodymium, niobium, nobelium, promethium, rutherfordium, unnilhexium, vanadium, wolfram, ytterbium, yttrium, zirconium.