Hexa means six. Uranium hexafluoride, is UF6, it has six fluorine atoms.
The element Uranium was named after Uranus.
It was the other way round. Uranium was named after a planet. That planet was Uranus.
It was the other way round. Uranium was named after a planet. That planet was Uranus.
The name uranium is derived from the name of the Uranus planet.
The name of the natural radioactive chemical element uranium is derived from the name of the planet Uranus. Uranium was discovered (as an oxide) by Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1789.
Uranium is named after the planet Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun.
The element Uranium was named after Uranus.
Uranium is named after the seventh planet from the sun, Uranus.
It was the other way round. Uranium was named after a planet. That planet was Uranus.
It was named for the planet Uranus
It was the other way round. Uranium was named after a planet. That planet was Uranus.
Uranium
None. Although Mercury, Uranium and Plutonium might seem to be named after planets they were not. They were named after ancient deities.
Hexa is a prefix derived from the Greek word for 6.
Yes, hexa does mean 6. It is derived from the Greek word "hex" which means six.
The name uranium is derived from the name of the Uranus planet.
The Greek prefix for 6 is "hexa-".