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Inverse ! The chemical element seaborgium is named in the honor of the chemist Glenn Seaborg.

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What element is named after an american scientist?

Element 106 was named seaborgium after Glenn T. Seaborg, an american scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Peace Prize in Chemistry. Einsteinium was named for German physicist Albert Einstein, however, he gained American citizenship and worked for the American government.


What element of the periodic table is named after Glenn Seaborg?

This element is seaborgium (Sg).


Is seaborgium the only element named after a living person?

yes !


What scientist had an element names after him while he was still alive?

Glenn T Seaborg -- Seaborgium (sp?)


What element is named after glen seaborg?

Element 106 is named seaborgium. Seaborg was instrumental in the discovery of plutonium and worked on the Manhattan Project.


What element was named after Seaborg?

Element 106, with the systematic element name Unnilhexium, was renamed seaborgium in 1997, after having rejected the name Rutherfordium as the IUPAC dictate that no element can be named after a living person.Glenn T. Seaborg (April 19, 1912 - February 25, 1999) was an American scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements."


What can element seaborgium do?

Seaborgium has not practical uses.


Is seaborgium man made?

Seaborgium is a man made element.


How reactive is the element seaborgium?

Seaborgium is supposed to be as reactive as wolfram.


Which chemist discovered a element that isn't named after them?

Most elements are not named after those who discovered them. Only one element was named after a person who was still alive at the time: Seaborgium was named after Glenn Seaborg, who was credited as a co-discoverer. By this time all newly discovered elements had to be synthesized in particle accelerators and therefore their discovery could not be attributed to any single scientist.


What are three elements named after scientist?

Einsteinium and mendelevium, Thorium, Curium, Fermium, Rutherfordium, Bohrium, Seaborgium, etc., etc.


What group is the element seaborgium in?

Seaborgium is in the group 6 of the periodic table.