Also, as they decay in a matter of seconds, their existence has been extremely difficult to confirm.
Element 113 will be the first element to be named in Asia.
Details of element 113s discovery have been reported in the Journal of Physical Society of Japan.
However, reports on the confirmation of elements 115, 117, and 118 have yet to be published.
However, this was not proof enough to prove its existence.
With this demonstration, the grounds for a stronger claim were laid.
They just needed to wait to see an atom decaying through the alpha chain rather than spontaneous fission.
The team was able to accomplish this only in 2012.
source: www.techworm.net
