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"You can now greet by name two new residents of the period table of elements: Flerovium and Livermorium. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry officially approved names for the elements - which sit at slot 114 and 116, respectively - on May 31. They have until now gone by the temporary monikers ununquadium and ununhexium."

A lesson about every single element on the periodic table

Created by the Periodic Videos team using the TED-Ed platform.

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The next time you're eating a big bowl of breakfast cereal, take a closer look at the ingredients. You'll find that it contains more than just wheat and corn. Look closely and you might find iron in your cereal... you know, the metal... the stuff used to make nails. Here's an experiment that proves you're eating iron for breakfast.