Identify the incorrect match.

| Name | IUPAC Official Name |
| :--- | :--- |
| (A) Unnilunium | (i) Mendelevium |
| (B) Unniltrium | (ii) Lawrencium |
| (C) Unnilhexium | (iii) Seaborgium |
| (D) Unu

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Identify the incorrect match.

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🧠 Decoding the periodic codes
IUPAC systematically names transfermium elements (Z  100) using Latin roots. Finding a match is about translating these roots back into numbers and then to the official names.

🗺️ The Translation Table
- Roots: nil (0), un (1), bi (2), tri (3), quad (4), pent (5), hex (6), sept (7), oct (8), enn (9).
- (A) Unnilunium (101): Official name is Mendelevium. (Correct match)
- (B) Unniltrium (103): Official name is Lawrencium. (Correct match)
- (C) Unnilhexium (106): Of

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