Elements by Number

Question 1

What is element number

1

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What is element number

2

Answer 2

He
Helium
the Greek, ‘helios’ meaning sun

Question 3

What is element number

3

Answer 3

Li
Lithium
the Greek ‘lithos’ meaning stone

Question 4

What is element number

4

Answer 4

Be
Beryllium
the Greek name for beryl, ‘beryllo’

Question 5

What is element number

5

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What is element number

6

Answer 6

C
Carbon
the Latin ‘carbo’, meaning charcoal

Question 7

What is element number

7

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What is element number

8

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What is element number

9

Answer 9

F
Fluorine
the Latin ‘fluere’, meaning to flow

Question 10

What is element number

10

Answer 10

Ne
Neon
the Greek ‘neos’, meaning new

Question 11

What is element number

11

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What is element number

12

Answer 12

Mg
Magnesium
Magnesia, a district of Eastern Thessaly in Greece

Question 13

What is element number

13

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What is element number

14

Answer 14

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

Question 15

What is element number

15

Answer 15

P
Phosphorus
the Greek ‘phosphoros’, meaning bringer of light

Question 16

What is element number

16

Answer 16

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

Question 17

What is element number

17

Answer 17

Cl
Chlorine
the Greek ‘chloros’, meaning greenish yellow

Question 18

What is element number

18

Answer 18

Ar
Argon
the Greek, ‘argos’, meaning idle

Question 19

What is element number

19

Answer 19

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

Question 20

What is element number

20

Answer 20

Ca
Calcium
the Latin ‘calx’ meaning lime

Question 21

What is element number

21

Answer 21

Sc
Scandium
Scandinavia (with the Latin name Scandia)

Question 22

What is element number

22

Answer 22

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

Question 23

What is element number

23

Answer 23

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

Question 24

What is element number

24

Answer 24

Cr
Chromium
the Greek ‘chroma’, meaning colour

Question 25

# What is element number 25

Answer 25

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

Question 26

# What is element number 26

Answer 26

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

Question 27

# What is element number 27

Answer 27

Co Cobalt the German word 'kobald', meaning goblin

Question 28

# What is element number 28

Answer 28

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

Question 29

# What is element number 29

Answer 29

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

Question 30

# What is element number 30

Answer 30

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

Question 31

# What is element number 31

Answer 31

Ga Gallium France (with the Latin name Gallia)

Question 32

# What is element number 32

Answer 32

Ge Germanium Germany (with the Latin name Germania)

Question 33

# What is element number 33

Answer 33

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

Question 34

# What is element number 34

Answer 34

Se Selenium Moon (with the Greek name selene)

Question 35

# What is element number 35

Answer 35

Br Bromine the Greek 'bromos' meaning stench

Question 36

# What is element number 36

Answer 36

Kr Krypton the Greek 'kryptos', meaning hidden

Question 37

# What is element number 37

Answer 37

Rb Rubidium the Latin 'rubidius', meaning deepest red

Question 38

# What is element number 38

Answer 38

Sr Strontium Strontian, a small town in Scotland

Question 39

# What is element number 39

Answer 39

Y Yttrium Ytterby, Sweden

Question 40

# What is element number 40

Answer 40

Zr Zirconium the Persian 'zargun', meaning gold coloured

Question 41

# What is element number 41

Answer 41

Nb Niobium Niobe, daughter of king Tantalus from Greek mythology

Question 42

# What is element number 42

Answer 42

Mo Molybdenum the Greek 'molybdos' meaning lead

Question 43

# What is element number 43

Answer 43

Tc Technetium the Greek 'tekhnetos' meaning artificial

Question 44

# What is element number 44

Answer 44

Ru Ruthenium Russia (with the Latin name Ruthenia)

Question 45

# What is element number 45

Answer 45

Rh Rhodium the Greek 'rhodon', meaning rose coloured

Question 46

# What is element number 46

Answer 46

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

Question 47

# What is element number 47

Answer 47

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

Question 48

# What is element number 48

Answer 48

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

Question 49

# What is element number 49

Answer 49

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

Question 50

# What is element number 50

Answer 50

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

Question 51

# What is element number 51

Answer 51

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

Question 52

# What is element number 52

Answer 52

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

Question 53

# What is element number 53

Answer 53

I Iodine the Greek 'iodes' meaning violet

Question 54

# What is element number 54

Answer 54

Xe Xenon the Greek 'xenos' meaning stranger

Question 55

# What is element number 55

Answer 55

Cs Caesium the Latin 'caesius', meaning sky blue

Question 56

# What is element number 56

Answer 56

Ba Barium the Greek 'barys', meaning heavy

Question 57

# What is element number 57

Answer 57

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

Question 58

# What is element number 58

Answer 58

Ce Cerium Ceres, the Roman God of agriculture

Question 59

# What is element number 59

Answer 59

Pr Praseodymium the Greek 'prasios didymos' meaning green twin

Question 60

# What is element number 60

Answer 60

Nd Neodymium the Greek 'neos didymos' meaning new twin

Question 61

# What is element number 61

Answer 61

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

Question 62

# What is element number 62

Answer 62

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

Question 63

# What is element number 63

Answer 63

Eu Europium Europe

Question 64

# What is element number 64

Answer 64

Gd Gadolinium Johan Gadolin, chemist, physicist and mineralogist

Question 65

# What is element number 65

Answer 65

Tb Terbium Ytterby, Sweden

Question 66

# What is element number 66

Answer 66

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

Question 67

# What is element number 67

Answer 67

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

Question 68

# What is element number 68

Answer 68

Er Erbium Ytterby, Sweden

Question 69

# What is element number 69

Answer 69

Tm Thulium Thule, the ancient name for Scandinavia

Question 70

# What is element number 70

Answer 70

Yb Ytterbium Ytterby, Sweden

Question 71

# What is element number 71

Answer 71

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

Question 72

# What is element number 72

Answer 72

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

Question 73

# What is element number 73

Answer 73

Ta Tantalum King Tantalus, father of Niobe from Greek mythology

Question 74

# What is element number 74

Answer 74

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

Question 75

# What is element number 75

Answer 75

Re Rhenium 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)

Question 76

# What is element number 76

Answer 76

Os Osmium the Greek 'osme', meaning smell

Question 77

# What is element number 77

Answer 77

Ir Iridium Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow

Question 78

# What is element number 78

Answer 78

Pt Platinum the Spanish 'platina', meaning little silver

Question 79

# What is element number 79

Answer 79

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

Question 80

# What is element number 80

Answer 80

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

Question 81

# What is element number 81

Answer 81

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

Question 82

# What is element number 82

Answer 82

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

Question 83

# What is element number 83

Answer 83

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

Question 84

# What is element number 84

Answer 84

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

Question 85

# What is element number 85

Answer 85

At Astatine the Greek 'astatos', meaning unstable

Question 86

# What is element number 86

Answer 86

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

Question 87

# What is element number 87

Answer 87

Fr Francium France

Question 88

# What is element number 88

Answer 88

Ra Radium the Latin 'radius', meaning ray

Question 89

# What is element number 89

Answer 89

Ac Actinium the Greek 'actinos', meaning a ray

Question 90

# What is element number 90

Answer 90

Th Thorium Thor, the Scandinavian god of thunder

Question 91

# What is element number 91

Answer 91

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

Question 92

# What is element number 92

Answer 92

U Uranium Uranus, the seventh planet in the Solar System

Question 93

# What is element number 93

Answer 93

Np Neptunium Neptune, the eighth planet in the Solar System

Question 94

# What is element number 94

Answer 94

Pu Plutonium Pluto, a dwarf planet in the Solar System

Question 95

# What is element number 95

Answer 95

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

Question 96

# What is element number 96

Answer 96

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

Question 97

# What is element number 97

Answer 97

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

Question 98

# What is element number 98

Answer 98

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

Question 99

# What is element number 99

Answer 99

Es Einsteinium Albert Einstein, physicist

Question 100

# What is element number 100

Answer 100

Fm Fermium Enrico Fermi, physicist

Question 101

# What is element number 101

Answer 101

Md Mendelevium Dmitri Mendeleyev, chemist and inventor

Question 102

# What is element number 102

Answer 102

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

Question 103

# What is element number 103

Answer 103

Lr Lawrencium Ernest O. Lawrence, physicist

Question 104

# What is element number 104

Answer 104

Rf Rutherfordium Ernest Rutherford, chemist and physicist

Question 105

# What is element number 105

Answer 105

Db Dubnium Dubna, Russia

Question 106

# What is element number 106

Answer 106

Sg Seaborgium Glenn T. Seaborg, scientist

Question 107

# What is element number 107

Answer 107

Bh Bohrium Niels Bohr, physicist

Question 108

# What is element number 108

Answer 108

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

Question 109

# What is element number 109

Answer 109

Mt Meitnerium Lise Meitner, physicist

Question 110

# What is element number 110

Answer 110

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

Question 111

# What is element number 111

Answer 111

Rg Roentgenium Wilhelm Conrad R\_ntgen, physicist

Question 112

# What is element number 112

Answer 112

Cn Copernicium Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer

Question 113

# What is element number 113

Answer 113

Uut Ununtrium IUPAC systematic element name

Question 114

# What is element number 114

Answer 114

Fl Flerovium Georgy Flyorov, physicist

Question 115

# What is element number 115

Answer 115

Uup Ununpentium IUPAC systematic element name

Question 116

# What is element number 116

Answer 116

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

Question 117

# What is element number 117

Answer 117

Uus Ununseptium IUPAC systematic element name

Question 118

# What is element number 118

Answer 118

Uuo Ununoctium IUPAC systematic element name