moscovium

English

Chemical element
Mc
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Etymology

From Moscow +‎ -ium, named after Moscow Oblast. Promulgated as the proposed name for ununpentium in June 2016 by the IUPAC based on recommendations of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to honor the region where the element was discovered.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: mŏskō'vēəm, IPA^(key): /mɒˈskəʊ.vi.əm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

moscovium (uncountable)

1. The chemical element with atomic number 115.
   • 2018, Mark Weller, Tina Overton, Fraser Armstrong, Jonathan Rourke, chapter 1, in Inorganic Chemistry‎^[1], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21:

     In January 2016 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) announced the discovery of four new elements, so completing the seventh row of the periodic table. They have since been named as nihonium, Nh, muscovium^[sic], Mc, tennessine, Ts, and organesson^[sic], Og. The procedures for naming new elements are clearly laid out by IUPAC.

   • 2019 February 27, Emily Conover, “Extreme elements push the boundaries of the periodic table”, in Science News‎^[2]:

     Researchers carefully choose the makeup of the beam and the target in hopes of producing a designer atom of the element desired. That’s how the four newest elements were created: nihonium (element 113), moscovium (115), tennessine (117) and oganesson (118) (SN Online: 11/30/16).

Synonyms

(115th element):

• Mc (symbol)
• ununpentium (dated)
• eka-bismuth (dated)

Translations

115th element

• Afrikaans: moskovium (af)
• Armenian: մոսկովիում (moskovium)
• Azerbaijani: moskovium
• Bengali: মস্কোভিয়াম (bn) (moskōbhiẏam)
• Catalan: moscovi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鏌 / 镆 (zh) (mò)

• Danish: moscovium (da)
• Dutch: moscovium (nl) n
• Esperanto: moskovio (eo)
• Finnish: moskovium (fi)
• French: moscovium (fr) m
• German: Moscovium (de) n
• Greek: μοσκόβιο (el) n (moskóvio)
• Hungarian: moszkóvium (hu)
• Ido: moskovo
• Italian: moscovio m
• Japanese: モスコビウム (ja) (mosukobiumu)
• Kazakh: московий (moskovii)
• Korean: 모스코븀 (ko) (moseukobyum)
• Latvian: moskovijs m
• Macedonian: московиум m (moskovium)
• Malayalam: മോസ്കൊവിയം (mōskoviyaṁ)
• Polish: moskow (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: moscóvio (pt) m
• Russian: московий (ru) m (moskovij)
• Slovak: moskóvium (sk)
• Spanish: moscovio (es) m
• Ukrainian: моско́вій m (moskóvij)
• Uzbek: moskoviy
• Welsh: moscofiwm

Danish

Chemical element
Mc
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Etymology

From Russian Москва (Moskva) +‎ -ium.

Noun

moscovium n (singular definite moscoviummet, not used in plural form)

1. moscovium

   Synonym: ununpentium

   • 2016 December 2, "Det periodiske system: Fire nye grundstoffer er døbt", videnskab.dk

     Moscovium, atomtegn Mc, er opkaldt efter den russiske hovedstad Moskva.

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   • 2016 June 9, "De fire nyeste grundstoffer har fået navne", videnskab.dk

     ... mens moscovium og tennessine er opkaldt efter steder nær laboratorierne, hvor de blev opdaget.

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   • 2016 December 10, “Verden har fået fire nye grundstoffer”, in Kristeligt Dagblad:

     Både nihonium, moscovium, tennessine og oganesson er radioaktive […]

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Declension

Declension of moscovium

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	moscovium	moscoviummet
genitive	moscoviums	moscoviummets

References

• “moscovium” in Den Danske Ordbog