American Scientist and Theoretical Chemist, Todd Gooch, Challenges the Russian Claim to Element 118

Cambridge, MA, April 18, 2010 --(PR.com)-- American Scientist and theoretical chemist, Todd Gooch, challenges the Russian claim to element 118, "I had already named element 118 Goochium, by convention for discerning its correct electronic structure first in March 2006, when I heard about the Russians making it in the lab in October 2006." Todd recently presented this information at the 239th American Chemical Society national meeting in San Francisco, CA last month.

"I am reporting that the correct electronic structure for element 118 is [Rn] 5s2 5f24 7p6 and for the newly created element 117 is [Rn] 5s2 5f24 7p5," Todd quotes. "I have the complete 118 electronic structures for the table, and they are all completely linear as opposed to the non-linear exceptions to the Aufbau principle."

Last month Todd reported at the American Chemical Society national meeting in San Francisco, CA USA that he had indeed beaten the Russian group by several months and had discerned the structure around late February to early March of 2006. Todd says, "I advocated that the American Chemical Society adopt my structures and the pyramidal shape of my table in the face of my data, and I call for them to do so now. The data is quite conclusive, these structures are better than Lewis structures for representing atoms and molecules, no hybrid structures are required, and bonding is site specific on atoms in molecules and ions. The pyramidal shape of the table is far more symmetrical than the arrangement of the atoms on the current table, is symmetrical around atoms like carbon, allows for the actinide and lanthanide series to be included, and is set up for reaction chemistry. Further, bisecting the periodic table has led to a mathematical formula for predicting the number of atoms in any given period, y=2[(x-n)^2] where n=0,0,1,1,2,2 or n=0,1,2 for both odd and even x."

Setting the record straight, "I named element 118 Goochium, by convention, for discerning its correct electronic structure in early March of 2006. I registered the copyright January 3, 2007 but there were plenty of people who witnessed me drawing these structures in March 2006, and my originals still exist." USA Todd Gooch gravitationalunittheory.org

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