For the university one is californium called after California state university.
* After towns or villages: darmstadtium, dubnium, erbium, terbium, ytterbium yttrium, lutetium, holmium, hafnium, berkelium
* After continents: americium, europium
* After countries: francium, germanium, indium, ruthenium, polonium
* After a region : hassium, scandium, thullium
* After a river: rhenium
There are about 114 chemical elements with recognized names. Many of these names are based on the names of a city, state, country, or continent. The record goes to an otherwise small and fairly unimportant town in Northern Sweden called Ytterby. It is the source of the names of four different elements: 39 Y -- yttrium 65 Tb -- terbium 68 Er -- erbium 70 Yb -- ytterbium otherwise: Small towns and regions 38 Sr -- strontium -- after Strontian in Scotland 44 Ru -- ruthenium -- after the region of Ruthenia in Eastern Europe (currently part of the Ukraine?) 45 Rh -- rhodium -- after the island of Rhodos in Greece 75 Re -- rhenium -- after the Rhine River region in Germany 97 Bk -- berkelium -- after Berkeley, California 105 Db -- dubnium -- after Dubna, Russia Major cities 67 Ho -- holmium -- after Stockholm Sweden 71 Lu -- lutetium -- after Paris France: Roman name Lutetia 72 Hf -- hafnium -- after Copenhagen Denmark: Koebenhavn States 98 Cf -- californium -- after California Countries 29 Cu -- copper (cuprum) -- after Cyprus: Kupros (or was it before Cyprus? this is historically unclear. but Cyprus was the original source of the copper that fuelled the Bronze age) 31 Ga -- gallium -- after France: Roman Gaul 32 Ge -- germanium -- after Germany 47 Ag -- silver (argentum) -- was clearly named before Argentina, not after it! 49 In -- indium -- after India 84 Po -- polonium -- after Poland Sub-Continents 21 Sc -- Scandium -- after Scandinavia 69 Tm -- Thulium -- also after Scandinavia: Greek Thule Continents 63 Eu -- Europium -- after Europe 95 Am -- Americium -- after America That list might not be complete. Perhaps others will be able to add to it any that I have overlooked.
Elements named after a place or country include francium, gallium (named after the Latin name for present-day France, Gallia), polonium, americium, berkelium, californium, europium, and (at least arguably) helium, named from the Greek word for the Sun, helios. (Helium was named based on discovery of spectrum lines predicted for it in the light from the Sun, before a terrestrial sample of it had been isolated.)
Californium was named for California.
germanium and californium
what element was named after albert enstine
Any man-made element was named after a today country.
The element 'helium' is named after 'Helios' (the sun) as the element was first found in the sun. 25 years later is was then found on earth.
The element named after Ruthenia is Ruthernium.
Einsteinium is a metallic, synthetic element with atomic number 99 and is named after Albert Einstein.
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.
Californium.
Californium is a metallic element named after California.
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Californium is the only element named after a U.S. state. Its atomic number is 98.It's radioactive and was discovered in Berkeley university and named after California.
That would be Cf which is californium
I believe there is only one element named after a state, and that is Californium. However, there is in fact an element named Berkelium (check spelling?) that originates from Berkely, Calfornia.
The name of the chemical element californium is derived from the name of the state California, USA.
one is californium. atomic # 98. named after California
sherbon ... combination of name sherlyn claros and carbon..
The name of the chemical element californium is derived from the name of the state California, USA.