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What is the symbol and number for

Hydrogen

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H
the Greek ‘hydro’ and ‘genes’ meaning water-forming

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Helium

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He
the Greek, ‘helios’ meaning sun

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What is the symbol and number for

Lithium

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Li
the Greek ‘lithos’ meaning stone

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What is the symbol and number for

Beryllium

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Be
the Greek name for beryl, ‘beryllo’

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What is the symbol and number for

Boron

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B
the Arabic ‘buraq’, which was the name for borax

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What is the symbol and number for

Carbon

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C
the Latin ‘carbo’, meaning charcoal

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What is the symbol and number for

Nitrogen

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N
the Greek ‘nitron’ and ‘genes’ meaning nitre-forming

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What is the symbol and number for

Oxygen

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O
the Greek ‘oxy’ and ‘genes’ meaning acid-forming

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What is the symbol and number for

Fluorine

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F
the Latin ‘fluere’, meaning to flow

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What is the symbol and number for

Neon

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Ne
the Greek ‘neos’, meaning new

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What is the symbol and number for

Sodium

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Na
the English word soda (natrium in Latin)[2]

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What is the symbol and number for

Magnesium

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Mg
Magnesia, a district of Eastern Thessaly in Greece

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What is the symbol and number for

Aluminium

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Al
the Latin name for alum, ‘alumen’ meaning bitter salt

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What is the symbol and number for

Silicon

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Si
the Latin ‘silex’ or ‘silicis’, meaning flint

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What is the symbol and number for

Phosphorus

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P
the Greek ‘phosphoros’, meaning bringer of light

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What is the symbol and number for

Sulfur

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S
Either from the Sanskrit ‘sulvere’, or the Latin ‘sulfurium’, both names for sulfur[2]

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What is the symbol and number for

Chlorine

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Cl
the Greek ‘chloros’, meaning greenish yellow

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What is the symbol and number for

Argon

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Ar
the Greek, ‘argos’, meaning idle

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What is the symbol and number for

Potassium

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K
the English word potash (kalium in Latin)[2]

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What is the symbol and number for

Calcium

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Ca
the Latin ‘calx’ meaning lime

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What is the symbol and number for

Scandium

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Sc
Scandinavia (with the Latin name Scandia)

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What is the symbol and number for

Titanium

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Ti
Titans, the sons of the Earth goddess of Greek mythology

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What is the symbol and number for

Vanadium

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V
Vanadis, an old Norse name for the Scandinavian goddess Freyja

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What is the symbol and number for

Chromium

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Cr
the Greek ‘chroma’, meaning colour

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What is the symbol and number for

Manganese

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Mn
Either the Latin ‘magnes’, meaning magnet or from the black magnesium oxide, ‘magnesia nigra’

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What is the symbol and number for

Iron

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

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What is the symbol and number for

Cobalt

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Co
the German word ‘kobald’, meaning goblin

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What is the symbol and number for

Nickel

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Ni
the shortened of the German ‘kupfernickel’ meaning either devil’s copper or St. Nicholas’s copper

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What is the symbol and number for

Copper

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

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What is the symbol and number for

Zinc

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

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What is the symbol and number for

Gallium

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Ga
France (with the Latin name Gallia)

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What is the symbol and number for

Germanium

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Ge
Germany (with the Latin name Germania)

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What is the symbol and number for

Arsenic

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As
the Greek name ‘arsenikon’ for the yellow pigment orpiment

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What is the symbol and number for

Selenium

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Se
Moon (with the Greek name selene)

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What is the symbol and number for

Bromine

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Br
the Greek ‘bromos’ meaning stench

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What is the symbol and number for

Krypton

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Kr
the Greek ‘kryptos’, meaning hidden

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37
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What is the symbol and number for

Rubidium

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Rb
the Latin ‘rubidius’, meaning deepest red

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What is the symbol and number for

Strontium

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Sr
Strontian, a small town in Scotland

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39
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What is the symbol and number for

Yttrium

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Y
Ytterby, Sweden

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40
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What is the symbol and number for

Zirconium

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Zr
the Persian ‘zargun’, meaning gold coloured

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What is the symbol and number for

Niobium

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Nb
Niobe, daughter of king Tantalus from Greek mythology

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What is the symbol and number for

Molybdenum

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Mo
the Greek ‘molybdos’ meaning lead

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What is the symbol and number for

Technetium

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Tc
the Greek ‘tekhnetos’ meaning artificial

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What is the symbol and number for

Ruthenium

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Ru
Russia (with the Latin name Ruthenia)

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What is the symbol and number for

Rhodium

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Rh
the Greek ‘rhodon’, meaning rose coloured

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What is the symbol and number for

Palladium

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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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What is the symbol and number for

Silver

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

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What is the symbol and number for

Cadmium

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Cd
the Latin name for the mineral calmine, ‘cadmia’

49
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What is the symbol and number for

Indium

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In
the Latin ‘indicium’, meaning violet or indigo

50
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What is the symbol and number for

Tin

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

51
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What is the symbol and number for

Antimony

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Sb
the Greek ‘anti _ monos’, meaning not alone (stibium in Latin)

52
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What is the symbol and number for

Tellurium

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

53
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What is the symbol and number for

Iodine

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I
the Greek ‘iodes’ meaning violet

54
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What is the symbol and number for

Xenon

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Xe
the Greek ‘xenos’ meaning stranger

55
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What is the symbol and number for

Caesium

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Cs
the Latin ‘caesius’, meaning sky blue

56
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What is the symbol and number for

Barium

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Ba
the Greek ‘barys’, meaning heavy

57
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What is the symbol and number for

Lanthanum

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La
the Greek ‘lanthanein’, meaning to lie hidden

58
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What is the symbol and number for

Cerium

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Ce
Ceres, the Roman God of agriculture

59
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What is the symbol and number for

Praseodymium

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Pr
the Greek ‘prasios didymos’ meaning green twin

60
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What is the symbol and number for

Neodymium

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Nd
the Greek ‘neos didymos’ meaning new twin

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What is the symbol and number for

Promethium

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

62
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What is the symbol and number for

Samarium

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

63
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What is the symbol and number for

Europium

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Eu
Europe

64
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What is the symbol and number for

Gadolinium

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Gd
Johan Gadolin, chemist, physicist and mineralogist

65
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What is the symbol and number for

Terbium

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Tb
Ytterby, Sweden

66
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What is the symbol and number for

Dysprosium

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Dy
the Greek ‘dysprositos’, meaning hard to get

67
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What is the symbol and number for

Holmium

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Ho
Stockholm, Sweden (with the Latin name Holmia)

68
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What is the symbol and number for

Erbium

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Er
Ytterby, Sweden

69
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What is the symbol and number for

Thulium

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Tm
Thule, the ancient name for Scandinavia

70
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What is the symbol and number for

Ytterbium

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Yb
Ytterby, Sweden

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What is the symbol and number for

Lutetium

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Lu
Paris, France (with the Roman name Lutetia)

72
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What is the symbol and number for

Hafnium

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Hf
Copenhagen, Denmark (with the Latin name Hafnia)

73
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What is the symbol and number for

Tantalum

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Ta
King Tantalus, father of Niobe from Greek mythology

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What is the symbol and number for

Tungsten

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

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What is the symbol and number for

Rhenium

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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)

76
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What is the symbol and number for

Osmium

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Os
the Greek ‘osme’, meaning smell

77
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What is the symbol and number for

Iridium

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Ir
Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow

78
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What is the symbol and number for

Platinum

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Pt
the Spanish ‘platina’, meaning little silver

79
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What is the symbol and number for

Gold

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

80
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What is the symbol and number for

Mercury

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

81
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What is the symbol and number for

Thallium

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Tl
the Greek ‘thallos’, meaning a green twig

82
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What is the symbol and number for

Lead

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

83
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What is the symbol and number for

Bismuth

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Bi
the German ‘Bisemutum’ a corruption of ‘Weisse Masse’ meaning white mass

84
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What is the symbol and number for

Polonium

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

85
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What is the symbol and number for

Astatine

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85
At
the Greek ‘astatos’, meaning unstable

86
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What is the symbol and number for

Radon

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

87
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What is the symbol and number for

Francium

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Fr
France

88
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What is the symbol and number for

Radium

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Ra
the Latin ‘radius’, meaning ray

89
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What is the symbol and number for

Actinium

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Ac
the Greek ‘actinos’, meaning a ray

90
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What is the symbol and number for

Thorium

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Th
Thor, the Scandinavian god of thunder

91
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What is the symbol and number for

Protactinium

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

92
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What is the symbol and number for

Uranium

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U
Uranus, the seventh planet in the Solar System

93
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What is the symbol and number for

Neptunium

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Np
Neptune, the eighth planet in the Solar System

94
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What is the symbol and number for

Plutonium

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Pu
Pluto, a dwarf planet in the Solar System

95
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What is the symbol and number for

Americium

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Am
Americas, the continent where the element was first synthesized

96
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What is the symbol and number for

Curium

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

97
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What is the symbol and number for

Berkelium

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

98
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What is the symbol and number for

Californium

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

99
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What is the symbol and number for

Einsteinium

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Es
Albert Einstein, physicist

100
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What is the symbol and number for

Fermium

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100
Fm
Enrico Fermi, physicist

101
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What is the symbol and number for

Mendelevium

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Md
Dmitri Mendeleyev, chemist and inventor

102
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What is the symbol and number for

Nobelium

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

103
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What is the symbol and number for

Lawrencium

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Lr
Ernest O. Lawrence, physicist

104
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What is the symbol and number for

Rutherfordium

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104
Rf
Ernest Rutherford, chemist and physicist

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What is the symbol and number for

Dubnium

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105
Db
Dubna, Russia

106
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What is the symbol and number for

Seaborgium

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Sg
Glenn T. Seaborg, scientist

107
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What is the symbol and number for

Bohrium

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Bh
Niels Bohr, physicist

108
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What is the symbol and number for

Hassium

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

109
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What is the symbol and number for

Meitnerium

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Mt
Lise Meitner, physicist

110
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What is the symbol and number for

Darmstadtium

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

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What is the symbol and number for

Roentgenium

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Rg
Wilhelm Conrad R_ntgen, physicist

112
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What is the symbol and number for

Copernicium

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Cn
Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer

113
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What is the symbol and number for

Ununtrium

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Uut
IUPAC systematic element name

114
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What is the symbol and number for

Flerovium

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114
Fl
Georgy Flyorov, physicist

115
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What is the symbol and number for

Ununpentium

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Uup
IUPAC systematic element name

116
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What is the symbol and number for

Livermorium

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

117
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What is the symbol and number for

Ununseptium

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Uus
IUPAC systematic element name

118
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What is the symbol and number for

Ununoctium

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Uuo
IUPAC systematic element name

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