The RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Higher Education and Science Committee

PM congratulates Yuri Oganesyan on Mendeleyev periodic table 118th element being named after him

15.12.2016

Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan sent a congratulatory message to renowned scientist Yuri Oganesyan, which reads as follows:

“Dear Yuri Tsolakovich,

I sincerely and cordially congratulate you on International Union of Theoretical and Applied Chemistry’s approval of the decision to name the new 118th chemical element of the Mendeleyev Periodic Table after your name - Oganeson.

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