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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Element number 118 still has the temporary name ununoctium and it is the final element on the current periodic table.


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For all the basics about ununoctium, check out the Visual Elements Periodic Table.
For amazing photos and facts about ununoctium, check out The Elements by Theodore Gray.
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According to the current rules by IUPAC, the definitive name for ununoctium should end in “-ium”, instead of in “-on” like the other elements in the noble gas group (the first one, helium, is the other exception).

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