Strontium Sr
Strontium - (Sr) is named after Strontian (pronounced Strawn-TEE-an, not Stronshan) a village on the Ardgour peninsula in the West Highlands.
Strontium was named by Humphry Davy (inventor of the mining safety lamp that bears his name) in 1808. He isolated the element by electolysis and named it after Strontian, a mining village in Scotland where it was first found.
A mineral found near Strontian in Scotland was found to contain a new element in 1790 by A crawford.
Ytterbium, Erbium, and Terbium are all named after Ytterby, Sweden.
The element named for a Cajun country is Americium, which is named after the United States of America.
There is nowhere in Scotland named Kyole but there is a place by the name of Kyogle in Australia.
Hafnium is named after Hafnia, the Latin name for Copenhagen, where it was discovered.
STRONTIUMStrontium (pronounced /ˈstrɒnʃiəm/ STRON-shee-əm, /ˈstrɒntiəm/ STRON-tee-əm, or /ˈstrɒnʃəm/ STRON-shəm) is a chemical element with the symbol Sr and the atomic number 38. An alkaline earth metal, strontium is a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element that is highly reactive chemically. The metal turns yellow when exposed to air. It occurs naturally in the minerals celestine and strontianite. The 90Sr isotope is present in radioactive fallout and has a half-life of 28.90 years. Both strontium and strontianite are named after Strontian, a village in Scotland near which the mineral was first discovered.
Strontium - (Sr) is named after Strontian (pronounced Strawn-TEE-an, not Stronshan) a village on the Ardgour peninsula in the West Highlands.
There are quite a few places named Argyle there is Argyle Txas and Argyle Wisconsin and Argyle NorthWestern Minnesota.All of which are named after Argyle in Scotland.
Strontium was named by Humphry Davy (inventor of the mining safety lamp that bears his name) in 1808. He isolated the element by electolysis and named it after Strontian, a mining village in Scotland where it was first found.
It's named 'Edinburgh' and yes, it is real. It is a city in Scotland.
He was named the "Guardian of Scotland."
A mineral found near Strontian in Scotland was found to contain a new element in 1790 by A crawford.
Lanark Blue is named after the town of the Royal Burgh of Lanark, Scotland.
The element's name is darmstadtium. It is named after the place of its discovery in Germany.
Element named after a US state: Californium. This is the only element named after a US state. But, there is also Americium. Americium is named after America.