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The Cold War was a time of tension and conflict, but also of scientific discovery. In the wake of the creation of the atomic bomb, scientists produced many of the 24 synthetic elements that can be seen on the periodic table. However, man-made elements can be subject to controversy as to who actually discovered them and therefore deserves naming rights. The Transfermium Wars is the name given to the conflict between American scientists from the famous Berkeley Lab and Soviet scientists from their nuclear research institute over several elements located after fermium on the periodic table (hence the name). Both countries claimed to have discovered these elements first! Thus, it was unclear which “first discoverer” should have the element named after them - the Soviet or the American? These elements went through many different name proposals until eventually IUPAC resolved the dispute with the names we have for these elements today. Fortunately, today we are able to look back at the history of these names, each of which reveals something about its discovery and creation. Please take a look at this Wikipedia article, particularly the chart at the end to help you solve this puzzle, where you will have to look at some element's atomic numbers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfermium_Wars
N42 AB.CDE
W076 FG.HIJ
A = Last digit of the atomic number for the element known today as dubnium
B = Number of IUPAC proposals listed in the table concerning the transfermic elements
C= Final digit in the atomic number of an element given the German name meitnerium
D= Joliotium (last digit of atomic number as proposed by IUPAC in 1994)
E= Number of elements from 104 to 108 that the Americans got to name
F= Last digit of the atomic number of an element named after a Russian city
G= Final digit in the atomic number of copernicium minus the final digit in the atomic number of darmstadtium
H= Last digit of the atomic number of the first element named after a living person
I= Last digit of kurchatovium atomic number
J= Last digit of the atomic number for noblelium plus the last digit of the atomic number for seaborgium
The cache is a classic ammo can. I hope that this cache will teach you about an interesting piece of history. If you are stuck, feel free to reach out to me for help.