Elements - name derivations Flashcards
Actinium
Beam
Aluminium
Alum
Americum
America
Antimony
Antimonium
Argon
Inactive
Arsenic
Yellow orpiment
Astatine
Unstable
Barium
Heavy
Berkelium
University
Berylium
Beryl
Bismuth
uncertain
Bohrium
Niels Bohr
Boron
Arabic, Buraq
Bromine
Stench
Cadmium
Zinc ore
Caesium
Silvery-white
Calcium
Lime
Californium
California
Carbon
Charcoal
Cerium
Asteroid Ceres
Chlorine
Greenigh-yellow
Chromium
Colour
Cobalt
Goblin
Copernicum
Nicolaus Copernicus
Copper
Cyprus
Curium
Pierre and Marie Curie
Darmsadtium
Darmstadt, Germany
Dubnium
Dubna, Russia
Dysprosium
Hard to get at
Einsteinium
Albert Einstein
Erbium
Ytterby, Sweden
Europium
Europe
Fermium
Enrico Fermi
Flevorium
Flerov lab, Dubna
Flourine
Flowing
Francium
France
Gadolium
Johan Gadolin
Gallium
Cock
Germanium
Germany
Gold
Colour Gold
Hafnium
Copenhagen
Hahnium
Otto Hahn
Hassium
Hasse, Germany
Helium
Sun
Holmium
Stockholm
Hydrogen
Water-producing
Indium
Indigo
Iodine
Voilet
Iridium
Rainbow (Iris)
Iron
Anglo-saxon
Krypton
Hidden
Lanthanum
Lie unseen
Lawrencium
Ernest Lawrence
Lead
Anglo-saxon
Lithium
Stone
Livermorium
Livermore, California
Lutetium
Paris
Magnesium
Magnesia
Manganese
Magnet
Meitnerium
Lise Meitner
Mendelevium
DI Menedelev
Mercury
Planet Mercury
Molybdenum
Lead
Muscovium
Moscow
Neodymium
New twin
Neon
New
Neptunium
Planet Neptune
Nickel
Copper demon
Niobium
Tantalus’s daughter
Nitrogen
Nitre-forming
Nobelium
Nobel Institute, Sweden
Nohomium
Japan
Organesson
Yuri Organessian
Osmium
Smell
Oxygen
Acid-producing
Palladium
Asteroid Pallas
Phospherus
Light-bringer
Platinum
Silvery element
Plutonium
Planet Pluto
Polonium
Poland
Potassium
Potash
Praseodymium
Green twin
Promethium
Promethius
Protactinium
First actinium
Radium
Ray
Radon
Radium
Rhenium
Rhine
Rhodium
Rose
Roentgenium
William Roentgen
Rubidium
Dark red
Ruthenium
Russia
Rutherfordium
Ernest Rutherford
Samarium
Samarsite
Scandium
Scandanavia
Seaborgium
Glenn T Seaborg
Seleniun
Moon
Silicon
Hard stone
Silver
Colour silver
Sodium
Soda
Strontium
Stronium, Scotland
Sulphur
Sulpher
Tantalum
Tantalus
Technetium
Man-made
Tellerium
Earth
Tennessine
Oak Ridge and Vanderbilt labs, Tennessee
Terbium
Ytterby, Sweden
Thallium
Green shoot
Thorium
Thor
Thulium
Thule
Tin
Anglo-saxon
Titanium
Titans
Tungsten
Heavy Stone
Uranium
Planet Uranus
Vanadium
Norse Goddess
Xenon
Stranger
Ytterbium
Ytterby, Sweden
Yttrium
Ytterby, Sweden
Zinc
German
Zirconium
Golden