In 1994 a committee of IUPAC recommended that element 107 be named bohrium, not nielsbohrium, since there was no precedence for using a scientist's complete name in the naming of an element.

In 1994 a committee of IUPAC recommended that element 108 be named hahnium ( Hn ), in spite of the long-standing convention to give the discoverer the right to suggest a name.

In 1994 a committee of IUPAC recommended that element 106 be named rutherfordium and adopted a rule that no element can be named after a living person.

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