element 114

1. An artificially produced radioactive element whose most stable isotope has a mass number of 289 and a half-life of approximately 2.7 seconds. Radioactive decay of all isotopes is chiefly by alpha-particle transmission.

2. Also called ununquadium

3. See Periodic Table

Example Sentences

The GSI team’s improved data on element 114 will help theorists refine their models by providing “anchor points for theory,” Rudolph says.

From Science Magazine

These predictions had centered on element 114, now known as flerovium, created in a Russian reactor in 1999—although its enhanced stability has turned out to be less than first anticipated.

From Scientific American

Element 116 lasts for milliseconds before it decays into element 114.

From BBC

In one decay chain, for instance, element 116 decays to element 114 with a lifetime of about 26 milliseconds.

From Scientific American