List of Chemical Elements

List  of  Chemical  Elements

Atomic No	Name of element	Chemical symbol	Origin of name
89	Actinium	Ac	From the Greek word aktinos (ray)
13	Aluminium	Al	From the Latin word alumen (alum)
95	Americium	Am	From America where it was discovered
51	Antimony	Sb	From the Greek words anti + monos meaning not alone
18	Argon	Ar	From the Greek word argos meaning inactive
33	Arsenic	As	From the Greek word arsenikon meaning yellow orpiment (orpiment is arsenic trisulphide)
85	Astatine	At	From the Greek word astatos meaning unstable
56	Barium	Ba	From the Greek word barus meaning heavy
97	Berkelium	Bk	Named after Berkeley, USA where it was discovered
4	Beryllium	Be	From the Greek word beryllos meaning beryl
83	Bismuth	Bi	From the German word bisemutum
107	Bohrium	Bh	Named after Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist
5	Boron	B	From the Arabic word buraq or the Persian word burah
35	Bromine	Br	From the Greek word bromos meaning stench
48	Cadmium	Cd	From the Latin word cadmia or Greek word kadmeia both meaning calamine
55	Caesium	Cs	From the Latin word caesius meaning sky blue
20	Calcium	Ca	From the Latin word calx meaning lime
96	Californium	Cf	Named after the University of California, USA where it was discovered
6	Carbon	C	From the Latin word carbo meaning charcoal
58	Cerium	Ce	Named after the Asteroid Ceres, which had been discovered in 1801, two years before the element
17	Chlorine	Cl	From the Greek word chloros meaning pale green
24	Chromium	Cr	From the Greek word chrome meaning colour
27	Cobalt	Co	From the German word kobald meaning goblin or evilspirit
29	Copper	Cu	From cuprum, the Latin name for the island of Cyprus
96	Curium	Cm	Named after Pierre & Marie Curie
110	Darmstadium	Ds	Named after Darmstadt, Germany where it was discovered
105	Dubnium	Db	Named after Dubnia, USSR where it was discovered
66	Dysprosium	Dy	From the Greek word dysprositos meaning hard to obtain
99	Einsteinium	Es	Named after Albert Einstein
68	Erbium	Er	Named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden, where the mineral from which it was extracted came from
63	Europium	Eu	Named after Europe
100	Fermium	Fm	Named after Enrico Fermi, the Italian physicist
9	Fluorine	F	From the Latin word fluere meaning to flow
87	Francium	Fr	Named after France
64	Gadolinium	Gd	Named after Johan Gadolin, the Finnish chemist and mineralogist
31	Gallium	Ga	From the Latin word Gallia meaning France
32	Germanium	Ge	From the Latin word Germania meaning Germany
79	Gold	Au	From the German word gold, which was itself derived from an earlier word meaning yellow
72	Hafnium	Hf	From the Latin word Hafnia meaning Copenhagen
108	Hassium	Hs	From the Latin word Hassium, for the German State of Hess
2	Helium	He	From the Greek word helios meaning sun
67	Holmium	Ho	From the Greek word Holmia meaning Sweden
1	Hydrogen	H	From the Greek words hydro genes meaning water and generator
49	Indium	In	Named after the indigo line in its atomic spectrum
53	Iodine	I	From the Greek word iodes meaning violet
77	Iridium	Ir	From the Greek word iris meaning rainbow
26	Iron	Fe	From isarn the old Saxon word for iron
36	Krypton	Kr	From the Greek word kryptos meaning hidden
57	Lanthanum	La	From the Greek word lanthanein meaning to lie hidden
103	Lawrencium	Lr	Named after Ernest O. Lawrence, the inventor of the cyclotron
82	Lead	Pb	From the Anglo-Saxon word lead
3	Lithium	Li	From the Greek word lithos meaning stone
71	Lutetium	Lu	From the Greek word Lutetia meaning Paris
12	Magnesium	Mg	From the Greek word Magnesia, a district of Thessaly
25	Manganese	Mn	From the Latin word magnes meaning magnet
108	Meitnerium	Mt	Named after Lise Meitner, the Austrian physicist
101	Mendelevium	Md	Named after Dimitri Mendeleev, the Russian chemist
80	Mercury	Hg	Named after the planet Mercury
42	Molybdenum	Mo	From the Greek word molybdos meaning lead
60	Neodymium	Nd	From the Greek words neos didymos meaning new twin
10	Neon	Ne	From the Greek word neon meaning new
93	Neptunium	Np	Named after the planet Neptune
28	Nickel	Ni	From the German word kupfernickel meaning devil’s scopper
41	Niobium	Nb	Named after Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus in Greek mythology
7	Nitrogen	N	From the Greek words nitron genes meaning nitre and forming
102	Nobelium	No	Named after Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist
76	Osmium	Os	From the Greek word osme meaning smell
8	Oxygen	O	From the Greek words oxy genes meaning acid and forming
46	Palladium	Pd	Named after the asteroid pallas which was discovered at about the same time. Derived from Pallas Athene, the Greek goddess of wisdom
15	Phosphorus	P	From the Greek word phospheros meaning bringer of light
78	Platinum	Pt	From the Spanish word platina meaning silver
94	Plutonium	Pu	Named after the planet Pluto
84	Polonium	Po	Named after Poland, birthplace of Marie Curie
19	Potassium	K	From the English word potash, the ashes remaining in the pot after plant leaves were burnt and from which potassium carbonate was obtained
59	Praseodymium	Pr	From the Greek words prasios didymos meaning greentwin
61	Promethium	Pm	Named after Prometheus, who stole fire from heaven and gave it to humans, according to Greek mythology
91	Protactinium	Pa	From the Greek word protos meaning first
86	Radon	Rn	Named after the element radium, from which it was derived
88	Radium	Ra	From the Latin word radius meaning ray
75	Rhenium	Re	From Rhenus, the Latin for river Rhine, where one of the discoverers was born
45	Rhodium	Rh	From the Greek word rhodon meaning rose
111	Roentgenium	Rg	Named after Wilhelm C. Roentgen, the German physicist
37	Rubidium	Rb	From the Latin word rubidius meaning dark red
44	Ruthenium	Ru	From Ruthenia, the Latin word for Russia
104	Rutherfordium	Rf	Named after Ernest R. Rutherford, the New Zealand physicist and chemist
62	Samarium	Sm	Named after samarskite the mineral from which it was isolated
21	Scandium	Sc	From the Latin word Scandia meaning Scandinavia
106	Seaborgium	Sg	Named after Glen T. Seaborg, the American nuclear chemist
34	Selenium	Se	From the Greek word selene meaning moon
14	Silicon	Si	From the Latin word silicis meaning flint
47	Silver	Ag	From siluvar, the Old Saxon word for silver
11	Sodium	Na	From soda, the English word for sodium carbonate
38	Strontium	Sr	Named after Strontian, Scotland where the mineral from which it was isolated was found
16	Sulphur	S	From sulphurium, the Latin word for sulphur
73	Tantalum	Ta	Named after King Tantalus, the father of Niobe in Greek mythology
43	Technetium	Tc	From the Greek word technikos meaning artificial
52	Tellurium	Te	From the Latin word tellus meaning earth
65	Terbium	Tb	Named after Ytterby a town in Sweden where its ore was found
81	Thallium	Tl	From the Greek word thallos meaning green twig
90	Thorium	Th	Named after Thor, the Scandinavian God of war
69	Thulium	Tm	Named after Thule the ancient name for Scandinavia
50	Tin	Sn	From the Anglo-Saxon word tin
22	Titanium	Ti	Named after the Titans, the elder gods who ruled the earth before the Olympian gods, in Greek mythology
74	Tungsten	W	From the Swedish words tung sten meaning heavy stone
92	Uranium	U	Named after the planet Uranus
23	Vanadium	V	Named after Vanadis, the goddess of beauty in Scandinavian mythology
54	Xenon	Xe	From the Greek word xenon meaning stranger
70	Ytterbium	Yb	Named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden where its ore was found
39	Yttrium	Y	Named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden where its ore was found
30	Zinc	Zn	From the German word zink
40	Zirconium	Zr	From the Arabic word zargun meaning goldcolour
Atomic No	Name of element	Chemical symbol	Origin of name

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