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Molybdenum

date of discovery

1781

discoverer

Peter Jacob Hjelm

birth

October 2, 1746

death

October 7, 1813

location of discovery

Uppsala, Sweden

Moscovium

date of discovery

2013

discoverer

Yu. Ts. Oganessian

discoverer

F. Sh. Abdullin

discoverer

S. N. Dmitriev

discoverer

J. M. Gostic

discoverer

J. H. Hamilton

discoverer

R. A. Henderson

discoverer

M. G. Itkis

discoverer

K. J. Moody

discoverer

A. N. Polyakov

discoverer

A. V. Ramayya

discoverer

J. B. Roberto

discoverer

K. P. Rykaczewski

discoverer

R. N. Sagaidak

discoverer

D. A. Shaughnessy

discoverer

I. V. Shirokovsky

discoverer

M. A. Stoyer

discoverer

N. J. Stoyer

discoverer

V. G. Subbotin

discoverer

A. M. Sukhov

discoverer

Yu. S. Tsyganov

discoverer

V. K. Utyonkov

discoverer

A. A. Voinov

discoverer

G. K. Vostokin

location of discovery

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Neodymium

date of discovery

1885

discoverer

Baron Auer von Welsbach

birth

September 1, 1858

death

August 4, 1929

location of discovery

Vienna, Austria

Neon

date of discovery

1898

discoverer

William Ramsay

birth

October 2, 1852

death

July 23, 1916

discoverer

Morris William Travers

birth

January 24, 1872

death

1961

location of discovery

London, England

Neptunium

date of discovery

1940

discoverer

Edwin Mattison McMillan

birth

September 18, 1907

death

September 7, 1991

discoverer

Philip Hauge Abelson

birth

1913

death

August 1, 2004

location of discovery

Berkeley, California

Nickel

date of discovery

1751

discoverer

Axel Fredrik Cronstedt

birth

December 23, 1722

death

August 19, 1765

location of discovery

Stockholm, Sweden

Nihonium

date of discovery

2012

discoverer

Kosuke Morita

discoverer

Kouji Morimoto

discoverer

Daiya Kaji

discoverer

Hiromitsu Haba

discoverer

Kazutaka Ozeki

discoverer

Yuki Kudou

discoverer

Takayuki Sumita

discoverer

Yasuo Wakabayashi

discoverer

Akira Yoneda

discoverer

Kengo Tanaka

discoverer

Sayaka Yamaki

discoverer

Ryutaro Sakai

discoverer

Takahiro Akiyama

discoverer

Shin-ichi Goto

discoverer

Hiroo Hasebe

discoverer

Minghui Huang

discoverer

Tianheng Huang

discoverer

Eiji Ideguchi

discoverer

Yoshitaka Kasamatsu

discoverer

Kenji Katori

discoverer

Yoshiki Kariya

discoverer

Hidetoshi Kikunaga

discoverer

Hiroyuki Koura

discoverer

Hisaaki Kudo

discoverer

Akihiro Mashiko

discoverer

Keita Mayama

discoverer

Shin-ichi Mitsuoka

discoverer

Toru Moriya

discoverer

Masashi Murakami

discoverer

Hirohumi Murayama

discoverer

Saori Namai

discoverer

Akira Ozawa

discoverer

Nozomi Sato

discoverer

Keisuke Sueki

discoverer

Mirei Takeyama

discoverer

Fuyuki Tokanai

discoverer

Takayuki Yamaguchi

discoverer

Atsushi Yoshida

location of discovery

RIKEN research institution in Japan

Niobium

date of discovery

1801

discoverer

Charles Hatchett

birth

January 2, 1765

death

February 10, 1847

location of discovery

London, England

Nitrogen

date of discovery

1772

discoverer

Daniel Rutherford

birth

November 3, 1749

death

December 15, 1819

location of discovery

Edinburgh, Scotland

Nobelium

shared discovery

date of discovery

1958

discoverer

Albert Ghiorso

birth

July 15, 1915

discoverer

Torbjørn Sikkeland

discoverer

John R. Walton

discoverer

Glenn Theodore Seaborg

birth

April 19, 1912

death

February 25, 1999

location of discovery

Berkeley, California

shared discovery

date of discovery

1964 to 1968

discoverer

G. N. Flerov

location of discovery

Dubna Laboratory, Russia

Oganesson

date of discovery

2006

discoverer

Yu. Ts. Oganessian

discoverer

V. K. Utyonkov

discoverer

Yu. V. Lobanov

discoverer

F. Sh. Abdullin

discoverer

A. N. Polyakov

discoverer

R. N. Sagaidak

discoverer

I. V. Shirokovsky

discoverer

Yu. S. Tsyganov

discoverer

A. A. Voinov

discoverer

G. G. Gulbekian

discoverer

S. L. Bogomolov

discoverer

B. N. Gikal

discoverer

A. N. Mezentsev

discoverer

S. Iliev

discoverer

V. G. Subbotin

discoverer

A. M. Sukhov

discoverer

K. Subotic

discoverer

V. I. Zagrebaev

discoverer

G. K. Vostokin

discoverer

M. G. Itkis

discoverer

K. J. Moody

discoverer

J. B. Patin

discoverer

D. A. Shaughnessy

discoverer

M. A. Stoyer

discoverer

N. J. Stoyer

discoverer

P. A. Wilk

discoverer

J. M. Kenneally

discoverer

J. H. Landrum

discoverer

J. F. Wild

discoverer

R. W. Lougheed

location of discovery

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,

Osmium

date of discovery

1804

discoverer

Smithson Tennant

birth

November 30, 1761

death

February 22, 1815

location of discovery

London, England

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Oganessian, Yu. Ts., F. Sh. Abdullin, S. N. Dmitriev, J. M. Gostic, J. H. Hamilton, R. A. Henderson, M. G. Itkis, K. J. Moody, A. N. Polyakov, A. V. Ramayya, J. B. Roberto, K. P. Rykaczewski, R. N. Sagaidak, D. A. Shaughnessy, I. V. Shirokovsky, M. A. Stoyer, N. J. Stoyer, V. G. Subbotin, A. M. Sukhov, Yu. S. Tsyganov, V. K. Utyonkov, A. A. Voinov, and G. K. Vostokin. "Investigation of the 243Am+48Ca reaction products previously observed in the experiments on elements 113, 115, and 117." Physical Review C, volume 87, number 1, 2013, pp. 014302–1 to 014302–10. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.87.014302

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