Transfermium Wars
Opponents
The two principal groups which were involved in the conflict over element naming were: An American group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Transfermium Wars

Section Title: Opponents
Table Section Text: The two principal groups which were involved in the conflict over element naming were: An American group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Group	Atomic number	Name	Eponym

American	104	rutherfordium	Ernest Rutherford

105	hahnium	Otto Hahn

106	seaborgium	Glenn T. Seaborg

Russian	104	kurchatovium	Igor Kurchatov

105	nielsbohrium	Niels Bohr

Sentence(s)

The American name for element 106 is seaborgium, which is named after Glenn T. Seaborg.

final_sentence: The American name for element 106 is seaborgium, which is named after Glenn T. Seaborg.