Copernicium behaves like a volatile noble liquid, simulations suggest

Copernicium – one of the longest-lived superheavy elements – should behave more like a noble gas than the noble gas group element in the same period, according to new computer simulations.¹ The finding provides further evidence that relativity makes Mendeleev-style periodicity rules an ever-more unreliable guide to these enormous elements’ physical and chemical properties.