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What element has symbol:

H

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

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What element has symbol:

He

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Helium
the Greek, ‘helios’ meaning sun

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What element has symbol:

Li

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Lithium
the Greek ‘lithos’ meaning stone

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What element has symbol:

Be

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Beryllium
the Greek name for beryl, ‘beryllo’

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What element has symbol:

B

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

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What element has symbol:

C

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Carbon
the Latin ‘carbo’, meaning charcoal

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What element has symbol:

N

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

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What element has symbol:

O

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

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What element has symbol:

F

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Fluorine
the Latin ‘fluere’, meaning to flow

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What element has symbol:

Ne

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Neon
the Greek ‘neos’, meaning new

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What element has symbol:

Na

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

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What element has symbol:

Mg

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Magnesium
Magnesia, a district of Eastern Thessaly in Greece

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What element has symbol:

Al

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

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What element has symbol:

Si

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

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What element has symbol:

P

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Phosphorus
the Greek ‘phosphoros’, meaning bringer of light

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What element has symbol:

S

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

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What element has symbol:

Cl

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Chlorine
the Greek ‘chloros’, meaning greenish yellow

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What element has symbol:

Ar

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Argon
the Greek, ‘argos’, meaning idle

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What element has symbol:

K

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

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What element has symbol:

Ca

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Calcium
the Latin ‘calx’ meaning lime

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What element has symbol:

Sc

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Scandium
Scandinavia (with the Latin name Scandia)

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What element has symbol:

Ti

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

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What element has symbol:

V

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

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What element has symbol:

Cr

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Chromium
the Greek ‘chroma’, meaning colour

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What element has symbol:

Mn

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

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What element has symbol:

Fe

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

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What element has symbol:

Co

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Cobalt
the German word ‘kobald’, meaning goblin

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What element has symbol:

Ni

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

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What element has symbol:

Cu

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

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What element has symbol:

Zn

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

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What element has symbol:

Ga

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Gallium
France (with the Latin name Gallia)

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What element has symbol:

Ge

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Germanium
Germany (with the Latin name Germania)

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What element has symbol:

As

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

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What element has symbol:

Se

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Selenium
Moon (with the Greek name selene)

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What element has symbol:

Br

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Bromine
the Greek ‘bromos’ meaning stench

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What element has symbol:

Kr

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Krypton
the Greek ‘kryptos’, meaning hidden

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What element has symbol:

Rb

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Rubidium
the Latin ‘rubidius’, meaning deepest red

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What element has symbol:

Sr

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Strontium
Strontian, a small town in Scotland

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What element has symbol:

Y

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Yttrium
Ytterby, Sweden

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What element has symbol:

Zr

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Zirconium
the Persian ‘zargun’, meaning gold coloured

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What element has symbol:

Nb

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Niobium
Niobe, daughter of king Tantalus from Greek mythology

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What element has symbol:

Mo

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Molybdenum
the Greek ‘molybdos’ meaning lead

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What element has symbol:

Tc

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Technetium
the Greek ‘tekhnetos’ meaning artificial

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What element has symbol:

Ru

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Ruthenium
Russia (with the Latin name Ruthenia)

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What element has symbol:

Rh

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Rhodium
the Greek ‘rhodon’, meaning rose coloured

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What element has symbol:

Pd

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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 element has symbol:

Ag

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

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What element has symbol:

Cd

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

49
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What element has symbol:

In

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Indium
the Latin ‘indicium’, meaning violet or indigo

50
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What element has symbol:

Sn

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

51
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What element has symbol:

Sb

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

52
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What element has symbol:

Te

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

53
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What element has symbol:

I

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Iodine
the Greek ‘iodes’ meaning violet

54
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What element has symbol:

Xe

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Xenon
the Greek ‘xenos’ meaning stranger

55
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What element has symbol:

Cs

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Caesium
the Latin ‘caesius’, meaning sky blue

56
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What element has symbol:

Ba

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Barium
the Greek ‘barys’, meaning heavy

57
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What element has symbol:

La

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Lanthanum
the Greek ‘lanthanein’, meaning to lie hidden

58
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What element has symbol:

Ce

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Cerium
Ceres, the Roman God of agriculture

59
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What element has symbol:

Pr

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Praseodymium
the Greek ‘prasios didymos’ meaning green twin

60
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What element has symbol:

Nd

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Neodymium
the Greek ‘neos didymos’ meaning new twin

61
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What element has symbol:

Pm

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

62
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What element has symbol:

Sm

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

63
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What element has symbol:

Eu

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Europium
Europe

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What element has symbol:

Gd

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Gadolinium
Johan Gadolin, chemist, physicist and mineralogist

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What element has symbol:

Tb

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Terbium
Ytterby, Sweden

66
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What element has symbol:

Dy

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Dysprosium
the Greek ‘dysprositos’, meaning hard to get

67
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What element has symbol:

Ho

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Holmium
Stockholm, Sweden (with the Latin name Holmia)

68
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What element has symbol:

Er

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Erbium
Ytterby, Sweden

69
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What element has symbol:

Tm

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Thulium
Thule, the ancient name for Scandinavia

70
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What element has symbol:

Yb

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Ytterbium
Ytterby, Sweden

71
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What element has symbol:

Lu

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Lutetium
Paris, France (with the Roman name Lutetia)

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What element has symbol:

Hf

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Hafnium
Copenhagen, Denmark (with the Latin name Hafnia)

73
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What element has symbol:

Ta

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Tantalum
King Tantalus, father of Niobe from Greek mythology

74
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What element has symbol:

W

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

75
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What element has symbol:

Re

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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)

76
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What element has symbol:

Os

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Osmium
the Greek ‘osme’, meaning smell

77
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What element has symbol:

Ir

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Iridium
Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow

78
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What element has symbol:

Pt

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Platinum
the Spanish ‘platina’, meaning little silver

79
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What element has symbol:

Au

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

80
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What element has symbol:

Hg

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Mercury
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 element has symbol:

Tl

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Thallium
the Greek ‘thallos’, meaning a green twig

82
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What element has symbol:

Pb

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

83
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What element has symbol:

Bi

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

84
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What element has symbol:

Po

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

85
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What element has symbol:

At

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Astatine
the Greek ‘astatos’, meaning unstable

86
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What element has symbol:

Rn

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

87
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What element has symbol:

Fr

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87
Francium
France

88
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What element has symbol:

Ra

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Radium
the Latin ‘radius’, meaning ray

89
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What element has symbol:

Ac

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Actinium
the Greek ‘actinos’, meaning a ray

90
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What element has symbol:

Th

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Thorium
Thor, the Scandinavian god of thunder

91
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What element has symbol:

Pa

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Protactinium
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 element has symbol:

U

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Uranium
Uranus, the seventh planet in the Solar System

93
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What element has symbol:

Np

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Neptunium
Neptune, the eighth planet in the Solar System

94
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What element has symbol:

Pu

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Plutonium
Pluto, a dwarf planet in the Solar System

95
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What element has symbol:

Am

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

96
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What element has symbol:

Cm

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

97
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What element has symbol:

Bk

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

98
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What element has symbol:

Cf

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

99
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What element has symbol:

Es

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Einsteinium
Albert Einstein, physicist

100
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What element has symbol:

Fm

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Fermium
Enrico Fermi, physicist

101
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What element has symbol:

Md

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Mendelevium
Dmitri Mendeleyev, chemist and inventor

102
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What element has symbol:

No

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Nobelium
Alfred Nobel, chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer

103
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What element has symbol:

Lr

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Lawrencium
Ernest O. Lawrence, physicist

104
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What element has symbol:

Rf

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Rutherfordium
Ernest Rutherford, chemist and physicist

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What element has symbol:

Db

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105
Dubnium
Dubna, Russia

106
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What element has symbol:

Sg

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Seaborgium
Glenn T. Seaborg, scientist

107
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What element has symbol:

Bh

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Bohrium
Niels Bohr, physicist

108
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What element has symbol:

Hs

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

109
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What element has symbol:

Mt

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Meitnerium
Lise Meitner, physicist

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What element has symbol:

Ds

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Darmstadtium
Darmstadt, Germany, where the element was first synthesized

111
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What element has symbol:

Rg

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Roentgenium
Wilhelm Conrad R_ntgen, physicist

112
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What element has symbol:

Cn

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Copernicium
Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer

113
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What element has symbol:

Uut

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Ununtrium
IUPAC systematic element name

114
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What element has symbol:

Fl

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Flerovium
Georgy Flyorov, physicist

115
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What element has symbol:

Uup

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Ununpentium
IUPAC systematic element name

116
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What element has symbol:

Lv

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Livermorium
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 element has symbol:

Uus

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Ununseptium
IUPAC systematic element name

118
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What element has symbol:

Uuo

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Ununoctium
IUPAC systematic element name

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