It was named in 1957 from the Nobel Institute in Sweden where it was discovered.
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nobelium
The Synthetic Element Nobelium was named for Him.
Nobelium (No, 102)Named after Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prize
Because Alfred Nobel was a known chemist (inventor of dynamite), philanthropist and creator of the Nobel Prize.
Mendelevium, element 101 and abbreviated Md, was named in honor of Dmitri Mendeleev (note the spelling difference) who came up with the first working concept of a periodic table.
nobelium
Nobelium is named after Alfred Nobel
The Synthetic Element Nobelium was named for Him.
Nobelium (No, 102)Named after Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prize
No (sic). Nobelium is a synthetic element with the symbol No and atomic number 102, named after Alfred Nobel.
Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemical engineer and founder of Nobel Prize.
The element with chemical symbol No is Nobelium. It is named after influential scientist Alfred Nobel who invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize. Nobelium is a synthetic, radioactive element in the unofficial Ytterbium family. It is also an Actinide and resides next to Mendelevium (named after the inventor of the Periodic Table) and Lawrencium (named after scientist Ernest Lawrence).
Nobelium
The element with chemical symbol No is Nobelium. It is named after influential scientist Alfred Nobel who invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize. Nobelium is a synthetic, radioactive element in the unofficial Ytterbium family. It is also an Actinide and resides next to Mendelevium (named after the inventor of the Periodic Table) and Lawrencium (named after scientist Ernest Lawrence).
Because Alfred Nobel was a known chemist (inventor of dynamite), philanthropist and creator of the Nobel Prize.
Mendelevium, element 101 and abbreviated Md, was named in honor of Dmitri Mendeleev (note the spelling difference) who came up with the first working concept of a periodic table.
Nobel invented dynamite, so I guess Nobelium was named after him