Post-transition metal · element 115
Moscovium
Named after Moscow. Exists for a fraction of a second.
Only <0.1% of people are Moscovium. (estimated)
If you're Moscovium
You are named after a capital city and gone before the second hand moves. Big name, brief appearance.
Moscovium's atoms decay within a fraction of a second; it's named after the Moscow region that hosts the Dubna lab.
How to get along with Moscovium
Do
- Say the big name and mean it.
- Be ready for a short appearance.
- Value the moment.
Don't
- Don't plan the second hand.
- Don't confuse capital-city energy with staying power.
When it goes wrong: Gone before the second hand moves. There was never going to be a long goodbye.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 5
- Sociability
- 2
- Stability
- 0
- Energy
- 0
- Rarity
- 10
- Warmth
- 3
Moscovium in literature
- Anna Karenina — Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy (1878)
- Khlestakov — The Government Inspector, Nikolai Gogol (1836)
- Grushenka — The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky (1880)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Moscovium's. If you got Moscovium, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other post-transition metals
AlAluminiumGaGalliumInIndiumSnTinTlThalliumPbLeadBiBismuthPoPoloniumNhNihoniumFlFleroviumLvLivermorium