Californium.
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 is a metallic element named after California.
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Californium
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
Roentgenium, element 111, named after the discoverer of the X-ray, Wilhelm Roentgen.
Cf in the periodic table is named after the University of California, Berkeley, where the element was first discovered in 1950. The element californium was named after the state of California in the United States where the university is located.
The name of the chemical element californium is derived from the name of the state California, USA.
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.
one is californium. atomic # 98. named after California
sherbon ... combination of name sherlyn claros and carbon..