Just realised SEAB recently updated the periodic table to the post-2016 version

O Levels :snoo_simple_smile:

I only notice it now but I just realised the periodic table in the newer Chemistry school exam papers, be it a school or O-Level paper, the periodic table now includes the four elements that were named in 2016- Nihonium (Nh), Moscovium (Mc), Tennessine (Ts), and Oganesson (Og).

This change seems to have been in 2024, as I checked older papers from like 2023 (not sure if it's a school thing), it was the old version that didn't name those four elements.

What I can confirm after checking is that the 2020 syllabus periodic table for O-Levels and A-Levels(at least according to the data sheet) were not yet updated to include them either.

I KNOW IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER FOR US but it always irked me to see the periodic table stop at Livermorium when I flip through my papers. The fact that the four elements were just omitted, without even perhaps including the placeholder names.

FINALLY IT'S FILLED

Posted Sep 28, 2025, 1:32 PM UTC

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