Zinc and lead nuclei spiralling together and fusing into copernicium, which turns mirror-bright like mercury, then seals shut and refuses to react
A short silent video about Copernicium (Cn), element 112, transition metal. Copernicium is named after Nicolaus Copernicus, who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system.
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- Zinc and lead nuclei spiralling together and fusing into copernicium, which turns mirror-bright like mercury, then seals shut and refuses to react (this video)
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