04-01-2016 12:56 via indianexpress.com

Seventh row of periodic table now complete: 4 new elements added

The decay routes seen here of element 113 (Source: Riken Institute)
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has officially confirmed the permanent addition of four new elements to the periodic table. The IUPAC had announced last week that all four elements with atomic number 113, 115, 117 and 118 have met the criteria for discovery.
All these four elements are the first to be added to the periodic table since 2011. The addition of these new elements also completes the seve
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