Assertion: rutherfordium | /r/CapableOf | give element
Facets:
value: due to the competing claims
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Due to the competing claims, the IUPAC gave element 106 the temporary systemic name Unnilquadium (Unq); the proposed names by the Soviets and the Americans were respectively Kurchatovium (Ku) in honor of Igor Kurchatov, head of Soviet nuclear research, and Rutherfordium, in honor of Ernest Rutherford, who is known as the father of nuclear physics and modern atomic theory.