Fun Flag for Meitnerium - Element 109: Mt

Montana and Meitnerium have the same two letters in their abbreviation: an 'M' and a 'T'.  However with Montana's abbreviation both letters are capitalized, but for Meitnerium only the first letter is capitalized.  Nonetheless, this congruence of letters may make this element a little bit for fun to learn for Americans and Americans from Montana.

On the normal Montana flag the ribbon reads "Oro Y Plata."  But for the Fun Mt flag, the date 1982 is written in reference to Meitnerium's discovery.  Ten years later this element 109 was officially named Meitnerium.  In the central Spanish 'AND' spot is the two letter abbreviation, Mt.  On the left side of the ribbon is the atomic number of this element, which indicates the number of protons. 


This is one of the few elements named after a female scientist: Dr. Meitner, Lise.  She was originally born in Austria 1878 and lived unto year 1868.  She was a part of that special generation to transcend the Civil War Era technologies unto the Space Age.   She also was the Atomic-Jedi Master to China.  Her Padawan leaner was Kan-Chang Wan — it does not get any more Star Warzian like that that!  In fact her apprentice KC Wan was about to discover neutrons, but she was unwilling to risk the resources for young KC Wan's idea about neutrons.  Consequently, China just missing out on discovering the neutron!  Instead another Englishman nabbed that oh so precious honor — James Chadwick.  So no matter, Meitner was a tour de force in the early hay days of science was witness of technology transformation from cowboys to spacemen, or rather, from cowgirls to spacewomen.