The names for the chemical elements 104 to 106 were the subject of a major controversy starting in the 1960s. The final resolution of this controversy in 1997 also decided the names of elements 107 to 109. The controversy By convention, naming rights for newly discovered chemical elements go to their discoverers. However, for the elements 104, 105 and 106 there was a controversy between a Russian and an American laboratory on which had discovered them. Both parties suggested their own names fo… (More on Nielsbohrium)