Element Under Review: Unbihexium (Ubh)

Calculations concerning the origin of the universe show that unbihexium is a "primordial superheavy element", meaning that it was formed in supernova explosions in a very early period. Further calculations show that an isotope of this element, having 126 protons and 184 neutrons, should have a high stability and that large amounts of this isotope must have been present when the earth was formed.

It is assumed that giant monazite halos, seen in a black mica called biotite, derive from the decay of this element. Other supposed traces of its decay are found in meteorites, namely Angra dos Reis in Brasil, Kapoeta in Sudan, Toluca in Mexico, El Taco in Argentina, and Nakhala in Egypt [2].

Present experimental plans for the production of element 126 are the nuclear fusion of hafnium with xenon, palladium with bromine, and thorium with krypton.

Proposed Poem

You blossomed

in ancient times

in the burst

of exploding

stars.

Now people are searching

for your ashes on Earth,

in giant halos of mica

and in stones

from the sky.

And there are

also those

who are striving

to see you blossom

among us,

as a tiny star,

with Hafnium

and a beam

of Xenon,

right here

in the lab.