Elements by Name Flashcards

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# What is the symbol and number for Manganese

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25 Mn Either the Latin 'magnes', meaning magnet or from the black magnesium oxide, 'magnesia nigra'

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26 Fe the Anglo-Saxon name iren (ferrum in Latin)

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27 Co the German word 'kobald', meaning goblin

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28 Ni the shortened of the German 'kupfernickel' meaning either devil's copper or St. Nicholas's copper

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29 Cu the Old English name coper in turn derived from the Latin 'Cyprium aes', meaning a metal from Cyprus

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30 Zn the German, 'zinc', which may in turn be derived from the Persian word 'sing', meaning stone

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31 Ga France (with the Latin name Gallia)

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32 Ge Germany (with the Latin name Germania)

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33 As the Greek name 'arsenikon' for the yellow pigment orpiment

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34 Se Moon (with the Greek name selene)

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35 Br the Greek 'bromos' meaning stench

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36 Kr the Greek 'kryptos', meaning hidden

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37 Rb the Latin 'rubidius', meaning deepest red

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38 Sr Strontian, a small town in Scotland

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39 Y Ytterby, Sweden

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40 Zr the Persian 'zargun', meaning gold coloured

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41 Nb Niobe, daughter of king Tantalus from Greek mythology

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42 Mo the Greek 'molybdos' meaning lead

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43 Tc the Greek 'tekhnetos' meaning artificial

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44 Ru Russia (with the Latin name Ruthenia)

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45 Rh the Greek 'rhodon', meaning rose coloured

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46 Pd From the asteroid Pallas which had been recently discovered and named at the time. The asteroid was considered a planet when it was discovered

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47 Ag the Anglo-Saxon name siolfur (argentum in Latin)[2]

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48 Cd the Latin name for the mineral calmine, 'cadmia'

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49 In the Latin 'indicium', meaning violet or indigo

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50 Sn the Anglo-Saxon word tin (stannum in Latin, meaning hard)

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51 Sb the Greek 'anti _ monos', meaning not alone (stibium in Latin)

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52 Te Earth, the third planet on solar system (with the Latin word tellus)

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53 I the Greek 'iodes' meaning violet

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54 Xe the Greek 'xenos' meaning stranger

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55 Cs the Latin 'caesius', meaning sky blue

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56 Ba the Greek 'barys', meaning heavy

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57 La the Greek 'lanthanein', meaning to lie hidden

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58 Ce Ceres, the Roman God of agriculture

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59 Pr the Greek 'prasios didymos' meaning green twin

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60 Nd the Greek 'neos didymos' meaning new twin

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61 Pm Prometheus of Greek mythology who stole fire from the Gods and gave it to humans

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62 Sm Samarskite, the name of the mineral from which it was first isolated

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63 Eu Europe

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64 Gd Johan Gadolin, chemist, physicist and mineralogist

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65 Tb Ytterby, Sweden

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66 Dy the Greek 'dysprositos', meaning hard to get

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67 Ho Stockholm, Sweden (with the Latin name Holmia)

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68 Er Ytterby, Sweden

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69 Tm Thule, the ancient name for Scandinavia

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70 Yb Ytterby, Sweden

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71 Lu Paris, France (with the Roman name Lutetia)

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72 Hf Copenhagen, Denmark (with the Latin name Hafnia)

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73 Ta King Tantalus, father of Niobe from Greek mythology

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74 W the Swedish 'tung sten' meaning heavy stone (W is wolfram, the old name of the tungsten mineral wolframite)[2]

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75 Re Rhine, a river that flows from Grisons in the eastern Swiss Alps to the North Sea coast in the Netherlands (with the Latin name Rhenia)

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76 Os the Greek 'osme', meaning smell

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77 Ir Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow

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78 Pt the Spanish 'platina', meaning little silver

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79 Au the Anglo-Saxon word gold (aurum in Latin, meaning glow of sunrise)[2]

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80 Hg Mercury, the first planet in the Solar System (Hg from former name hydrargyrum, from Greek hydr- water and argyros silver)

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81 Tl the Greek 'thallos', meaning a green twig

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82 Pb the Anglo-Saxon lead (plumbum in Latin)[2]

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83 Bi the German 'Bisemutum' a corruption of 'Weisse Masse' meaning white mass

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84 Po Poland, the native country of Marie Curie, who first isolated the element

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85 At the Greek 'astatos', meaning unstable

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86 Rn From radium, as it was first detected as an emission from radium during radioactive decay

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87 Fr France

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88 Ra the Latin 'radius', meaning ray

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89 Ac the Greek 'actinos', meaning a ray

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90 Th Thor, the Scandinavian god of thunder

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91 Pa the Greek 'protos', meaning first, as a prefix to the element actinium, which is produced through the radioactive decay of protactinium

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92 U Uranus, the seventh planet in the Solar System

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93 Np Neptune, the eighth planet in the Solar System

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94 Pu Pluto, a dwarf planet in the Solar System

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95 Am Americas, the continent where the element was first synthesized

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96 Cm Pierre Curie, a physicist, and Marie Curie, a physicist and chemist

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97 Bk Berkeley, California, USA, where the element was first synthesized

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98 Cf State of California, USA, where the element was first synthesized

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99 Es Albert Einstein, physicist

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100 Fm Enrico Fermi, physicist

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101 Md Dmitri Mendeleyev, chemist and inventor

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102 No Alfred Nobel, chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer

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103 Lr Ernest O. Lawrence, physicist

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104 Rf Ernest Rutherford, chemist and physicist

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105 Db Dubna, Russia

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106 Sg Glenn T. Seaborg, scientist

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107 Bh Niels Bohr, physicist

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108 Hs Hesse, Germany, where the element was first synthesized

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109 Mt Lise Meitner, physicist

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110 Ds Darmstadt, Germany, where the element was first synthesized

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111 Rg Wilhelm Conrad R\_ntgen, physicist

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112 Cn Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer

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113 Uut IUPAC systematic element name

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114 Fl Georgy Flyorov, physicist

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115 Uup IUPAC systematic element name

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116 Lv Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, within the city of Livermore, California, USA, which collaborated with JINR on the discovery of the element

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117 Uus IUPAC systematic element name

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118 Uuo IUPAC systematic element name