Unununium

Although not as common as most of the baser elements, unununium is quite plentiful in deep-space spectrum analysis of star formation, causing speculation that unununium may be a key ingredient in the gravitational forces which create stars from surrounding material.
 * Unununium**, also sometimes known by its former place-holder name //Roentgenium//, is the one-hundred eleventh (111) element on the alleged "periodic" table of elements. The table is, in fact, quite constant, unlike Unununium, which periodically phases between solid and liquid form.

History of Unununium
The element was originally named for Wilhelm "Conrad" Röntgen, the supposed discoverer. However, once the [|scientific community] realized Röntgen had died 71 years before Unununium was found, they discussed the matter for several years through a series of peer reviewed papers, and hurriedly retracted the name. **Tesla posed for a picture on the first day of the discovery. You can see some of the glowing unununium where he rubbed it on his sleeve and coat.** The element was actally discovered in 1912 by the brilliant but then little-known chemist, [|Nikola Tesla], who was exposing various things to radiation. Tesla had borrowed a cup of radiation from his neighbors, [|Madame Curie] and [|her husband], who figured Tesla might want to do something with it other than make toast. While aiming his radiation at one of his cat's toys, Tesla noticed a small but distinct orange and yellow light, and bent down to examine it with a hand-held glass. Immediately realizing that he'd just discovered an unknown element, Tesla let out a whoop and a holler, got roaring drunk, turned cartwheels, celebrated the night away, and went on to win the [|Nobel Prize] [|for Sheer Audacity]. For the first few decades after Unununium's discovery the element was considered largely useless, except, of course, for the tiny flickering light it emitted. This entertained a higher class of easily distracted party guests, and often made heads of state clap their hands in simple-minded glee. Then, in 1949, an enterprising Italian chemist somehow discovered that Unununium occasionally acted as a strong [|aphrodisiac] (although it also emitted [|near-fatal] radiation). Because of this, most professional chemists, who are well known and despised for their strange sense of humor, often used Unununium in bizarre practical jokes. Their favorite trick was to give radiation poisoning to each other, just to see [|who got sick] and horny first. The losers would have to buy dinner for the winner--the same day, please--and everyone had a good laugh. This prank was the chemist profession's principal in-joke until one of their number, Cyrus Nimblebottom, performed an unusual experiment.


 * Name:** Unununium **Symbol:** Uuu **Atomic Number:** 111 **Atomic Mass:** (272.0) amu **Melting Point:** Unknown **Boiling Point:** Unknown **Number of Protons/Electrons:** 111 **Number of Neutrons:** 161 **Classification:** Transition Metal **Crystal Structure:** Unknown **Density @ 293 K:** Unknown **Color:** Unknown More information about the naming of the heavy elements is available

Atomic Structure

 * [[image:http://www.chemicalelements.com/bohr/b0111.gif width="383" height="381"]] ||  || **Number of Energy Levels:** 7
 * First Energy Level:** **Second Energy Level:** **Third Energy Level:** **Fourth Energy Level:** **Fifth Energy Level:** **Sixth Energy Level:** **Seventh Energy Level:** ||

Isotopes

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Facts

 * Date of Discovery:** 1994 **Discoverer:** S. Hofmann **Name Origin:** Un (one) un (one) un (one) ium **Uses:** No uses known **Obtained From:** Man-made