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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about copernicium, element number 112, which was named very recently.

As the professor explained, Cp was used as an alternative symbol for the element lutetium. What was the alternate name for this element used in some countries before 1950?

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