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Elements by Number Flashcards

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What is element number

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

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He
Helium
the Greek, ‘helios’ meaning sun

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What is element number

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Li
Lithium
the Greek ‘lithos’ meaning stone

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Be
Beryllium
the Greek name for beryl, ‘beryllo’

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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C
Carbon
the Latin ‘carbo’, meaning charcoal

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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F
Fluorine
the Latin ‘fluere’, meaning to flow

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What is element number

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Ne
Neon
the Greek ‘neos’, meaning new

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Mg
Magnesium
Magnesia, a district of Eastern Thessaly in Greece

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Cl
Chlorine
the Greek ‘chloros’, meaning greenish yellow

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What is element number

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Ar
Argon
the Greek, ‘argos’, meaning idle

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Ca
Calcium
the Latin ‘calx’ meaning lime

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What is element number

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Sc
Scandium
Scandinavia (with the Latin name Scandia)

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What is element number

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

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

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What is element number

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Cr
Chromium
the Greek ‘chroma’, meaning colour

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Co
Cobalt
the German word ‘kobald’, meaning goblin

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Ga
Gallium
France (with the Latin name Gallia)

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What is element number

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Ge
Germanium
Germany (with the Latin name Germania)

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Se
Selenium
Moon (with the Greek name selene)

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What is element number

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Br
Bromine
the Greek ‘bromos’ meaning stench

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What is element number

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Kr
Krypton
the Greek ‘kryptos’, meaning hidden

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What is element number

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Rb
Rubidium
the Latin ‘rubidius’, meaning deepest red

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What is element number

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Sr
Strontium
Strontian, a small town in Scotland

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What is element number

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Y
Yttrium
Ytterby, Sweden

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What is element number

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Zr
Zirconium
the Persian ‘zargun’, meaning gold coloured

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What is element number

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Nb
Niobium
Niobe, daughter of king Tantalus from Greek mythology

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What is element number

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Mo
Molybdenum
the Greek ‘molybdos’ meaning lead

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What is element number

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Tc
Technetium
the Greek ‘tekhnetos’ meaning artificial

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What is element number

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Ru
Ruthenium
Russia (with the Latin name Ruthenia)

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What is element number

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Rh
Rhodium
the Greek ‘rhodon’, meaning rose coloured

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What is element number

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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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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In
Indium
the Latin ‘indicium’, meaning violet or indigo

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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I
Iodine
the Greek ‘iodes’ meaning violet

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What is element number

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Xe
Xenon
the Greek ‘xenos’ meaning stranger

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What is element number

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Cs
Caesium
the Latin ‘caesius’, meaning sky blue

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What is element number

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Ba
Barium
the Greek ‘barys’, meaning heavy

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What is element number

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La
Lanthanum
the Greek ‘lanthanein’, meaning to lie hidden

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What is element number

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Ce
Cerium
Ceres, the Roman God of agriculture

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What is element number

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Pr
Praseodymium
the Greek ‘prasios didymos’ meaning green twin

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What is element number

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Nd
Neodymium
the Greek ‘neos didymos’ meaning new twin

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Eu
Europium
Europe

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What is element number

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Gd
Gadolinium
Johan Gadolin, chemist, physicist and mineralogist

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What is element number

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Tb
Terbium
Ytterby, Sweden

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What is element number

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Dy
Dysprosium
the Greek ‘dysprositos’, meaning hard to get

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Er
Erbium
Ytterby, Sweden

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What is element number

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Tm
Thulium
Thule, the ancient name for Scandinavia

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What is element number

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Yb
Ytterbium
Ytterby, Sweden

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Ta
Tantalum
King Tantalus, father of Niobe from Greek mythology

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What is element number

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W
Tungsten
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 element number

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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)

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What is element number

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Os
Osmium
the Greek ‘osme’, meaning smell

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What is element number

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Ir
Iridium
Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow

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What is element number

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Pt
Platinum
the Spanish ‘platina’, meaning little silver

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Tl
Thallium
the Greek ‘thallos’, meaning a green twig

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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At
Astatine
the Greek ‘astatos’, meaning unstable

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Fr
Francium
France

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What is element number

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Ra
Radium
the Latin ‘radius’, meaning ray

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What is element number

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Ac
Actinium
the Greek ‘actinos’, meaning a ray

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What is element number

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Th
Thorium
Thor, the Scandinavian god of thunder

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What is element number

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Pa
Protactinium
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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What is element number

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U
Uranium
Uranus, the seventh planet in the Solar System

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What is element number

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Np
Neptunium
Neptune, the eighth planet in the Solar System

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What is element number

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Pu
Plutonium
Pluto, a dwarf planet in the Solar System

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Es
Einsteinium
Albert Einstein, physicist

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What is element number

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Fm
Fermium
Enrico Fermi, physicist

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What is element number

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Md
Mendelevium
Dmitri Mendeleyev, chemist and inventor

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Lr
Lawrencium
Ernest O. Lawrence, physicist

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What is element number

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Rf
Rutherfordium
Ernest Rutherford, chemist and physicist

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What is element number

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Db
Dubnium
Dubna, Russia

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What is element number

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Sg
Seaborgium
Glenn T. Seaborg, scientist

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What is element number

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Bh
Bohrium
Niels Bohr, physicist

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Mt
Meitnerium
Lise Meitner, physicist

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What is element number

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

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What is element number

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Rg
Roentgenium
Wilhelm Conrad R_ntgen, physicist

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What is element number

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Cn
Copernicium
Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer

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What is element number

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Uut
Ununtrium
IUPAC systematic element name

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What is element number

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Fl
Flerovium
Georgy Flyorov, physicist

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What is element number

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Uup
Ununpentium
IUPAC systematic element name

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What is element number

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Lv
Livermorium
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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What is element number

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Uus
Ununseptium
IUPAC systematic element name

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What is element number

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Uuo
Ununoctium
IUPAC systematic element name

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