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sherbon ... combination of name sherlyn claros and carbon..
Californium (Cf) is named after California, the American State. This is because the element was synthesized at the University of California, Berkeley.
The element Uranium was named after Uranus.
Any element is named for a cajun country.
The element uranium is named for the seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus.
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.
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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.
California is called the Golden State because of the California Gold Rush in San Francisco in 1849. (That gold rush also named the San Francisco 49ers football team).
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