If you could name a new element...

If a new element in the periodic table was discovered, what would you call it? And what would it be like?

Mine would be Splashium! And it would be a nice blue liquid! Like water, but better!
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'Unpronouncabillium'...and for good reason...
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Spendalothium. Named after my wife.....

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I like these! Any more?
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Unobtanium - very rare, super light and expensive new metal. Sure to become the new darling of the motorcycle and bicycle world.
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Cryptonite!
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actually, cryptonite would be a mineral, with it's major constituent element being crypton. of course, there -is- krypton.. but it's a gas.. and i'm over-analysing ;]

adamantium..
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hehehe mig! OK, then crypton!
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Spellithium <-- the stuff that powers Jafo! Blabbernite <-- the stuff that powers Doreen

Stupidium <-- the stuff that powers me...
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Sillium....basic ingredient in threads such as these...
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Actually, this thread is powered by a compound of Sillium and Splashium. Great fuel for fun threads!
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errr I seen that snow....
hehe

Saltonite - a substance used to melt snow
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hmmm...
/me better get some Froztonite then...

Froztonite - the stuff that keeps the icecaps from melting!
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Skintonium
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catonium - the building block behind sensible things

chocolatonium - one of the basic building blocks of heaven
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Snowman - Spellithium <-- the stuff that powers Jafo!

as for chemistry, i suspect that Spellithium reacts with catonium in much the same way that lithium does with water
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Emailed to me:

The heaviest element known to science was recently discovered by physicists at University of Wisconsin Research Center. The element, entatively named "administratium", has no protons or electrons and thus has an atomic number of 0. However, it does have one neutron, 125 assistant neutrons, 75 vice-neutrons and 11 assistant vice-neutrons. This gives it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together in a nucleus by a force that involves the continuous exchange of meson-like particles called morons.

Since it has no electrons, "administratium" is inert. However, it can be detected chemically as it impedes every reaction it comes in contact with. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of "administratium" caused a reaction to take over four days to complete, when it would normally occur in less than one second.

"Administratium" has a normal life of approximately three years, at which time it does not actually decay but, instead, undergoes a reorganization in which assistant neutrons, vice-neutrons and assistant vice-neutrons exchange places. Some studies have shown that the atomic weight usually increases after each reorganization.

Research at other laboratories indicates that "administratium" occurs naturally in the atmosphere. It tends to concentrate at certain points such as government agencies, large corporations, universities and hospitals and can actually be found in the newest, best maintained buildings.

Scientists point out that "administratium" is known to be toxic at any level of concentration and can easily destroy any productive reactions where it is allowed to accumulate. Attempts are being made to determine how "administratium" can be controlled to prevent irreversible damage, but results to date are not promising.