They found the way to the Holy Grail in chemistry

Scientists have found the way to element 120 — The holy grail of chemistry. This news was commented on by the futurologist Assoc. Dr. Marianna Todorova in the show "Scenario from the Future" on Radio "Focus" with host Iva Doichinova.

The empty positions in Mendeleev's Table denote elements that do not exist in natural conditions in nature and cannot be synthesized in laboratory experiments at this stage. "With the help of artificial intelligence and the ability to control these types of nuclear reactions, it appears that we can at least hypothetically begin to fill in these boxes. One of the hopes comes from the Lawrence National Laboratory. at Berkeley, which announced a way to reliably create element 116 – livermorium. It is believed to be elusive, but if it is created, it will create an island of stability in chemistry for heavier nuclear reactions and direct researchers to element 120,“ explained Associate Professor Todorova.

The heaviest known element to date has atomic number 118 – oganesson. "It was made using a beam of particles with calcium isotope and calcium 48“, the futurologist explained.

Calcium 48 is a basic element for creating new elements, but scientists no longer have the materials to combine it with.

Element 120 is super heavy and cannot exist in natural conditions on earth. "It is believed that this will be an extremely big breakthrough, because if it is achieved in laboratory conditions, it will open a resource for creating qualitatively new structures and materials, which will be a resource for creating quantum computers, rockets, high-tech products. For the time being, we have exhausted the resources and potential of the available materials, and in order to make a qualitative leap, we need this type of new materials”, explained Mariana Todorova.