[B] A 1957 claim for the synthesis and identification of element 102 was accepted at that time by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and the name nobelium (symbol No) was adopted. The University of California scientists, A. Ghiorso et al., cited here believe they have disproved the earlier claim and have the right to suggest a different name for the element.
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[Page 8]: "knowns" should be "knows"
[Page 17, footnote B]: "plutomium" should be "plutonium"
A more accurate rendering of the [equation] on [page 11] would be
