New Element discovered!

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A major research institution has recently announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element has been named "Governmentium".
Governmentium (Gv) has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.

Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A minute amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take over four days to complete.

Governmentium has a normal half-life of 4 years; it does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration! This hypothetical quantity is referred to as Critical Morass.

It is also interesting to note that when catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium- an element which radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.
 
I love this line:

"A minute amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take over four days to complete. "

:lol:
 
So true :lol:
 
Guess I'm a moron then since I'm a particle of the element administratium...

Funny comparison, Ainwood! :lol:
 
ainwood said:
This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration! This hypothetical quantity is referred to as Critical Morass.

Good one Ainwood! :lol:
 
Perfection said:
Vaguely related thought:

If I ever discovered an element, I'd call it Pandamonium.

I'm suprised you wouldn't call it Perfectionium :crazyeye:
 
SuperBeaverInc. said:
I'm suprised you wouldn't call it Perfectionium :crazyeye:

Probably wouldn't be very apt, given that any future elemnets discovered will most likely be rendered useless by their miniscule half-lives.
 
SuperBeaverInc. said:
I'm suprised you wouldn't call it Perfectionium :crazyeye:
I figure if I'm influential enough in the scientific to get that name in place, I'm bound to get my spot on the periodic table sooner or later!

Truronian said:
Probably wouldn't be very apt, given that any future elemnets discovered will most likely be rendered useless by their miniscule half-lives.
Not neccearily. Like the electron shells of atoms, atomic nuclei posses "magic numbers" that result in much greater stability. It's probable that these elements will have half-lives in the thousands of years.

Besides, new elements are just cool, no matter how short-lived they are!
 
Perfection said:
Not neccearily. Like the electron shells of atoms, atomic nuclei posses "magic numbers" that result in much greater stability. It's probable that these elements will have half-lives in the thousands of years.

Surely these uber-transuranium elements should be around on earth, formed in the same supernova that gave us Uranium (or are they likely to be significantly larger, ie too big for pre-Sun supernova to form?)
 
:goodfind:
 
Truronian said:
Surely these uber-transuranium elements should be around on earth, formed in the same supernova that gave us Uranium (or are they likely to be significantly larger, ie too big for pre-Sun supernova to form?)
Nah, with half lives of only thousands of years these things would be long gone.

Of course, that's assuming the form in supernovae, which I have no idea if they do.
 
Perfection said:
Nah, with half lives of only thousands of years these things would be long gone.

:blush: Of course, I'm thinking thousands of million years (such as Uranium 238)

Of course, that's assuming the form in supernovae, which I have no idea if they do.

I suppose it depends on how much energy the supernova has to spare for inefficient fusion.
 
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