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Vier neue Elemente bekommen nun auch chinesische Namen/Four new chemical elements get official Chinese names

Jul 19, 2017

Das Periodensystem gilt auch für China, aber die Schreibung und Aussprache der chemischen Elemente ist verschieden von der unseren. So heißt C (Kohlenstoff) 碳 tan, und H (Wasserstoff) 氢 qing. Die chinesische Akademie der Wissenschaften, die zentrale Sprachkommission und das Nationale Komitee für wissenschaftliche und technische Begriffe haben sich nun auf die Schreibweise für vier synthetische Transactinoide geeinigt. Element 113, Nihonium (Nh), heißt auf Chinesisch钅尔 (ni), Element 115, Moscovium (Mc) heißt镆 (mo), Element 117, Tennessine (Ts) heißt石田(tian), und Element 118, Oganesson (Og) heißt (ao). Das gesamte Periodensystem auf Chinesisch findet sich bei Wikipedia unter https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/元素周期表 The Chinese Academy of Sciences, the State Language Commission and China’s National Committee for Terms in Sciences and Technologies jointly have announced that elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 were given official Chinese names. The Chinese name of the element 115 – Moscovium – is an existing Chinese character 镆” ( pronounced as mo), but three new Chinese characters were created for the rest. Based on the principle of similar pronunciations, “钅尔” (ni) and  “石田” (tian) were given to element 113, Nihonium, and element 117, Tennessine, respectively. The Chinese symbol of element 118 – Oganesson – will be pronounced “ao”.”

CAS news release, May 11, 2017

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