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Sometimes they are named after Greek or Roman gods, like Plutonium (Pluto). Others are named after prominent physicists and chemists (Einsteinium).
There are also elements named after countries (Germanium), regions (Scandium), cities (Holmium is named after Stockholm), small towns (Ytterbium), continents (Europium), Chemical properties (Argon is Greek for "lazy", Tungsten is Swedish for "heavy stone"), or factors to do with their discovery (Neon for "new", Helium after Greek helios = sun, because an important feature of its discovery on Earth was that it matched previously unassigned lines in the spectrum of the sun)
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe name origin of an element is the language/object/property/person that gives an element its name. Some elements have been assigned names of famous scientists, important mythological characters, or places. Other element's names come from foreign languages, such as Latin. The most recently discovered elements have a temporary, systematic name, assigned by IUPAC.
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∙ 12y agoChemical Elements are usually named after significant scientific places of discovery, significant scientists or the name historical civilisations gave to the elements.
Examples:
Roentgenium - Name after German Physicist Wilhelm Röntgen (English: Roentgen)
Darmstadtium - Named after it's place of discovey - Darmstadt.
Silver - From Anglo-Saxon - Literally to refine, smelt.
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∙ 11y agoSome of them were given their names in antiquity. Others were named after the place where they were first discovered or identified. Many have been named after their discoverers. Some were named after planets and mostly their Latin names.
For an excellent reference on the history and naming of the elements, I recommend the book The Disappearing Spoon, by Sam Kean.
1. Place where they are discovered
- Germanium (Germany)
- Californium (California)
- Americium (America)
- Europium (Europe)
- Berkelium (Berkeley, CA)
- Francium (France)
- Scandium (Scandinavia)
- Ytterium (Ytterby, Sweden)
2. Name of discoverer
- Bohrium (Bh, 107) - Niels Bohr
- Curium (Cm, 96) - Pierre and Marie Curie
- Einsteinium (Es, 99) - Albert Einstein
- Lawrencium (Lr, 103) - Ernest Lawrence
- Nobelium (No, 102) - Alfred Nobel
- Rutherfordium (Rf, 104) - Ernest Rutherford
- Seaborgium (Sg, 106) - Glenn T. Seaborg
3. Name after planets
- Plutonium - Pluto
- Neptunium - Neptune
4. Colors
- Indium - Indigo
5. Irregular Names (Latin)
- Antimony (Sb from stibium)
- Copper (Cu from cuprum)
- Gold (Au from aurum)
- Iron (Fe from ferrum)
- Lead (Pb from plumbum)
- Mercury (Hg from hydragyrum)
- Potassium (K from kalium )
- Ruthenium (Ru from Ruthenia)
- Scandium (Sc from Scandia)
- Silicon (s from silicis)
- Silver (Ag from argentum)
- Sodium (Na from natrium)
- Tin (Sn from stannum)
- Tungsten (W from wolfram)
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∙ 14y agoThere mainly named after the person that discovered them.
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∙ 10y agoBecause in the Periodic Table all chemical elements are organized in periods (rows) and groups (columns).
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Names of the five elements with the highest densities?
names of the five elements with the highist densities
What are the names for a pereodic table?
These names are the names of chemical elements.
Why do some symbols have one letter some have two letters and some have three letters?
Elements are give symbols consisting of letters, and these are related to the names of the elements (in some language at some date). There are 26 letters in many alphabets, but more than four times that number of elements. So it is necessary to use some mechanism to distinguish among elements with names that start with the same letter. Adding numbers is done to designate the number of atoms in a compound, the isotope, and so on. The best solutions is to use pairs of letters for most elements.
Why do some element have symbol that are different from the English name of the elements?
Some like iron (fe) take thier symbols from the Latin names
Where do elements get their names?
- from the names of planets - from the name of scientists - from toponyms - from mythology - from some characteristics of the chemical elements - from old words (in Greek, Latin, Arabian, Persan)
Why do some element have unusual letter for their symbols?
some elements do not use their first letters of their English names as their symbols. The symbols for these elements may come from the names of the elements in a different language.
Where did the elements got there names and symbols?
Many elements names are of Greek and Latin words. Some elements are name after where named after countries like France, German ect.
Where do elements on the periodic table get their symbols from?
Some elements are named after the compound that they came from, or some attribute of it. Other elements are named after some aspect of the way in which the element was found. Still, there are other elements that get their names from places. Another interesting group of names comes from mythology. -Nev Singhota
What elements have English names?
english-names of elements.
Where does the elements get their names?
Elements got their names from their latin names,greek gods,or from the names of the persons who discovered them.
What are the names for some elements?
Don't know but play minecraft and it can tell you what you can make with it.
Do elements have one word names?
Yes. Elements have one word names.
Why some elements were given names likr einsteinium?
These names were established to honor the memory of great scientists in chemistry or physics.
Names of the five elements with the highest densities?
names of the five elements with the highist densities
What languages were used in developing the names of some of the elements?
english,spanish,swedish and chinese
What are the names for a pereodic table?
These names are the names of chemical elements.
Why do some elements start with a different letter on the periodic table?
some of the symbols for elements in the periodic table differ from their names as their syymbols are base on their latin names, for instance, sodium, symbol Na comes from natrium the latin name, same for other elements such as lead (plumbum) and tin (selenium) and so on
