Science brings nations together: Mary Good and the heaviest atoms and nuclei

Ani Aprahamian

doi:10.1515/pac-2023-1003

Published by De Gruyter November 2, 2023

Science brings nations together: Mary Good and the heaviest atoms and nuclei

Ani Aprahamian

From the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry

https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2023-1003

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Abstract

The 20th century started with the realization that working together and collaborating expedites new discoveries. The Solvay Conference in 1911 brought together scientists to try to understand the real nature of matter, the new elements, and their properties. Through global conflicts, the scientists stayed in communication and organized IUPAC and IUPAP to stay current in advances internationally in chemistry and physics, respectively. The outcomes include the discovery and naming of the elements that complete the periodic table of elements and the chart of nuclides with the heavy atoms and all of their isotopes. Mary Lowe Good forged new directions in developing tools in the field of radiochemistry. She exemplified cooperation and collaboration nationally and internationally. Now the advances in the heavy elements by Yuri Ts. Oganessian and colleagues staying close to the principles of international cooperation and sharing the new information about the connection of the production of super heavy elements to the main part of the chart of nuclides. The future lies in determining whether there are more elements to be discovered and what are their chemical properties.

Keywords: actinides; chemical physics; heavy atoms and nuclei; heavy elements; inorganic chemistry; Mary L. Good; new elements; superheavy elements; superheavy nuclei

Corresponding author: Ani Aprahamian, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA, e-mail: aprahamian@nd.edu

Article note: A special issue of PAC in honor of Dr. Mary L. Good (1931–2019), a leader and pioneer in the field of inorganic chemistry. In addition to a distinguished career in academia, industry, and government.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the US National Science Foundation and the US Office of Naval Research. The IUPAP sponsored conference to follow the example of global cooperation of scientists, “Science Brings National Together: An international conference on Heavy Atoms and Nuclei” was held in Yerevan, Armenia at the end of April, 2023. The results were shared and openly available to all https://indico.jinr.ru/event/3622/.

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