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Chemical Elements

What element has the symbol 'Nh'?

Answer

Nihonium

Explanation

Nh is the symbol for Nihonium, element 113. The name comes from “Nihon,” a Japanese word for Japan, honoring the RIKEN team that first synthesized it by bombarding bismuth with zinc. As a superheavy, synthetic element, nihonium is highly unstable and exists for fractions of a second, decaying by alpha emission. Memory tip: Nh = NiHon (Japan). Don’t confuse it with Np (Neptunium) or No (Nobelium). Nihonium was previously known as ununtrium (Uut) before receiving its official name in 2016, marking the first element discovered in Asia to

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