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Actinium

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Beam

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Aluminium

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Alum

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Americum

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America

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Antimony

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Antimonium

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Argon

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Inactive

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Arsenic

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Yellow orpiment

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Astatine

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Unstable

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Barium

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Heavy

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Berkelium

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University

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Berylium

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Beryl

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Bismuth

A

uncertain

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Bohrium

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Niels Bohr

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Boron

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Arabic, Buraq

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Bromine

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Stench

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Cadmium

A

Zinc ore

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Caesium

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Silvery-white

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Calcium

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Lime

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Californium

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California

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Carbon

A

Charcoal

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Cerium

A

Asteroid Ceres

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Chlorine

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Greenigh-yellow

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Chromium

A

Colour

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Cobalt

A

Goblin

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Copernicum

A

Nicolaus Copernicus

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Copper

A

Cyprus

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Curium

A

Pierre and Marie Curie

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Darmsadtium

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Darmstadt, Germany

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Dubnium

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Dubna, Russia

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Dysprosium

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Hard to get at

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Einsteinium

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Albert Einstein

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Erbium

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Ytterby, Sweden

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Europium

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Europe

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Fermium

A

Enrico Fermi

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Flevorium

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Flerov lab, Dubna

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Flourine

A

Flowing

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Francium

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France

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Gadolium

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Johan Gadolin

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Gallium

A

Cock

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Germanium

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Germany

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Gold

A

Colour Gold

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Hafnium

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Copenhagen

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Hahnium

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Otto Hahn

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Hassium

A

Hasse, Germany

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Helium

A

Sun

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Holmium

A

Stockholm

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Hydrogen

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Water-producing

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Indium

A

Indigo

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Iodine

A

Voilet

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Iridium

A

Rainbow (Iris)

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Iron

A

Anglo-saxon

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Krypton

A

Hidden

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Lanthanum

A

Lie unseen

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Lawrencium

A

Ernest Lawrence

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Lead

A

Anglo-saxon

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Lithium

A

Stone

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Livermorium

A

Livermore, California

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Lutetium

A

Paris

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Magnesium

A

Magnesia

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Manganese

A

Magnet

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Meitnerium

A

Lise Meitner

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Mendelevium

A

DI Menedelev

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Mercury

A

Planet Mercury

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Molybdenum

A

Lead

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Muscovium

A

Moscow

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Neodymium

A

New twin

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Neon

A

New

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Neptunium

A

Planet Neptune

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Nickel

A

Copper demon

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Niobium

A

Tantalus’s daughter

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Nitrogen

A

Nitre-forming

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Nobelium

A

Nobel Institute, Sweden

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Nohomium

A

Japan

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Organesson

A

Yuri Organessian

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Osmium

A

Smell

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Oxygen

A

Acid-producing

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Palladium

A

Asteroid Pallas

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Phospherus

A

Light-bringer

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Platinum

A

Silvery element

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Plutonium

A

Planet Pluto

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Polonium

A

Poland

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Potassium

A

Potash

82
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Praseodymium

A

Green twin

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Promethium

A

Promethius

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Protactinium

A

First actinium

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Radium

A

Ray

86
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Radon

A

Radium

87
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Rhenium

A

Rhine

88
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Rhodium

A

Rose

89
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Roentgenium

A

William Roentgen

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Rubidium

A

Dark red

91
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Ruthenium

A

Russia

92
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Rutherfordium

A

Ernest Rutherford

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Samarium

A

Samarsite

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Scandium

A

Scandanavia

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Seaborgium

A

Glenn T Seaborg

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Seleniun

A

Moon

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Silicon

A

Hard stone

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Silver

A

Colour silver

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Sodium

A

Soda

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Strontium

A

Stronium, Scotland

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Sulphur

A

Sulpher

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Tantalum

A

Tantalus

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Technetium

A

Man-made

104
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Tellerium

A

Earth

105
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Tennessine

A

Oak Ridge and Vanderbilt labs, Tennessee

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Terbium

A

Ytterby, Sweden

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Thallium

A

Green shoot

108
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Thorium

A

Thor

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Thulium

A

Thule

110
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Tin

A

Anglo-saxon

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Titanium

A

Titans

112
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Tungsten

A

Heavy Stone

113
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Uranium

A

Planet Uranus

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Vanadium

A

Norse Goddess

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Xenon

A

Stranger

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Ytterbium

A

Ytterby, Sweden

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Yttrium

A

Ytterby, Sweden

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Zinc

A

German

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Zirconium

A

Golden

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