What were the first elements found?

Answer 1

Elements were discovered at various times throughout history for instance copper was discovered around 9000 B.C. and is thought to be one of the earliest discovered elements and was used as a solid building material for weapons and crafting. For a full list of when the elements were discovered you can visit the external link for a chronological time line of when the elements were discovered.
There are now 118 chemical elements each with a different date of discovery. They weren't all suddenly discovered.

One of the earliest elements, copper, was said to be used as early as 9000 BC however the Periodic Table was around the 1860's AD. For a complete range of elements in their time periods check the related link below.
There are hundreds of elements each with a different date of discovery. They weren't all suddenly discovered.

One of the earliest elements, copper, was said to be used as early as 9000 BC however the periodic table was around the 1860's AD. For a complete range of elements in their time periods check the related link below

Answer 2

Elements have been discovered all over the world and some are named after places where they were discovered. Some such as iron, gold, silver, copper etc have been known since antiquity and nobody knows where they were discovered.

Many of the elements beyond Uranium were discovered in the atomic age in the USA. Terbium and other lanthanides were discovered in Sweden and named after towns in that country.

Answer 3

Certain elements occur naturally in their pure form.

• Carbon
• Gold
• Copper
• Platinum
• Nitrogen
• Oxygen

Of these Carbon would be the most abundant and obvious. Of these others, despite their occurring naturally were not recognized until the 119th century.

Answer 4

Iron, copper, tin, silver, gold, sulfur, and possibly lead were have all be known since ancient times.

A little more chronological order.

1. Carbon (as charcoal, or diamond)
2. Gold (Naturally occurring nuggets)
3. Copper (Naturally occurring nuggets)
4. Sulfur (Brimstone, from burning coal)
5. Tin
6. Lead
7. Zinc
8. Silver
9. Iron
10. Antimony and Arsenic

Answer 5

Dmitir Mendeleev
Element Name Discovered By Year Actinium André-Louis Debierne 1899 Aluminum Hans Christian Oersted 1825 Americium Glenn T. Seaborg

Ralph A. James

Leon O. Morgan

Albert Ghiorso 1944 Antimony Known since ancient times ? Argon Sir William Ramsay

Lord Rayleigh 1894 Arsenic Known since ancient times ? Astatine Dale R. Carson

K.R. MacKenzie

Emilio Segrè 1940 Barium Sir Humphry Davy 1808 Berkelium Stanley G. Thompson

Glenn T. Seaborg

Kenneth Street, Jr.

Albert Ghiorso 1949 Beryllium Louis-Nicholas Vauquelin 1798 Bismuth Claude Geoffroy the Younger 1753 Bohrium Scientists at Dubna, Russia 1976 Boron Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac

Louis-Jaques Thénard

Sir Humphry Davy 1808

1808 Bromine Antoine-Jérôme Balard 1826 Cadmium Friedrich Strohmeyer 1817 Calcium Sir Humphry Davy 1808 Californium Stanley G. Thompson

Glenn T. Seaborg

Kenneth Street, Jr.

Albert Ghiorso 1950 Carbon Known since ancient times ? Cerium Jöns Jacob Berzelius

Wilhelm von Hisinger

Martin Heinrich Klaproth 1803

1803 Cesium Robert Wilhelm Bunsen

Gustav Robert Kirchoff 1860 Chlorine Carl Wilhelm Scheele 1774 Chromium Louis-Nicholas Vauquelin 1797 Cobalt Georg Brandt 1739 Copernicium Peter Armbruster

Gottfried Münzenber 1996 Copper Known since ancient times ? Curium Glenn T. Seaborg

Ralph A. James

Albert Ghiorso 1944 Darmstadtium Peter Armbruster

Gottfried Münzenber 1994 Dubnium Scientists at Dubna, Russia

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 1967

1970 Dysprosium Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran 1886 Einsteinium Albert Ghiorso et. al. 1952 Erbium Carl Gustaf Mosander 1843 Europium Eugène-Antole Demarçay 1896 Fermium Albert Ghiorso et. al. 1952 Fluorine Ferdinand Frederic Henri Moissan 1886 Francium Marguerite Catherine Perey 1939 Gadolinium Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac 1880 Gallium Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran 1875 Germanium Clemens Winkler 1886 Gold Know to the Ancients ? Hafnium Dirk Coster

Charles de Hevesy 1923 Hassium Peter Armbruster

Gottfried Münzenber 1984 Helium Pierre-Jules-César Janssen 1868 Holmium Per Theodor Cleve 1879 Hydrogen Henry Cavendish 1766 Indium Ferdinand Reich

Hieronymus Theodor Richter 1863 Iodine Barnard Courtois 1811 Iridium Smithson Tennant 1803 Iron Known since ancient times ? Krypton Sir William Ramsay

Morris M. Travers 1898 Lanthanum Carl Gustaf Mosander 1839 Lawrencium Albert Ghiorso

Torbjørn Sikkeland

Almon E. Larsh

Robert M. Latimer 1961 Lead Known since ancient times ? Lithium Johann August Arfvedson 1817 Lutetium Georges Urbain 1907 Magnesium Sir Humphry Davy 1808 Manganese Johan Gottlieb Gahn 1774 Meitnerium Peter Armbruster

Gottfried Münzenber 1982 Mendelevium Stanley G. Thompson

Glenn T. Seaborg

Bernard G. Harvey

Gregory R. Choppin

Albert Ghiorso 1955 Mercury Known since ancient times ? Molybdenum Carl Welhelm Scheele 1778 Neodymium Carl F. Auer von Welsbach 1885 Neon Sir William Ramsay

Morris M. Travers 1898 Neptunium Edwin M. McMillian

Philip H. Abelson 1940 Nickel Axel Fredrik Cronstedt 1751 Niobium Charles Hatchett 1801 Nitrogen Daniel Rutherford 1772 Nobelium Albert Ghiorso

Glenn T. Seaborg

Torbørn Sikkeland

John R. Walton 1958 Osmium Smithson Tennant 1803 Oxygen Joseph Priestley 1774 Palladium William Hyde Wollaston 1803 Phosphorus Hennig Brand 1669 Platinum Known to pre-Columbian Indians

Antonio de Ulloa ?

1735 Plutonium Glenn T. Seaborg

Joseph W. Kennedy

Edward M. McMillan

Arthur C. Wohl 1941 Polonium Marie Sklodowska Curie 1898 Potassium Sir Humphry Davy 1807 Praseodymium Carl F. Auer von Welsbach 1885 Promethium Jacob A. Marinsky

Lawrence E. Glendenin

Charles D. Coryell 1944 Protactinium Kasimir Fajans

O.H. Göhring 1913 Radium Marie Sklodowska Curie

Pierre Curie 1898 Radon Friedrich Ernst Dorn 1900 Rhenium Ida Tacke-Noddack

Walter Noddack

Otto Carl Berg 1925 Rhodium William Hyde Wollaston 1803 Roentgenium Peter Armbruster

Gottfried Münzenber 1994 Rubidium Robert Bunsen

Gustav Kirchoff 1861 Ruthenium Karl Karlovich Klaus 1844 Rutherfordium Scientists at Dubna, Russia

Albert Ghiorso et. al. 1964

1969

Samarium Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac 1853 Scandium Lars Fredrik Nilson 1879 Seaborgium Albert Ghiorso et. al. 1974 Selenium Jöns Jacob Berzelius 1817 Silicon Jöns Jacob Berzelius 1824 Silver Known since ancient times ? Sodium Sir Humphry Davy 1807 Strontium Adair Crawford 1790 Sulfur Known since ancient times ? Tantalum Anders Gustaf Ekenberg 1802 Technetium Carlo Perrier

Emilio Segrè 1937 Tellurium Franz Joseph Müller von Reichenstein 1782 Terbium Carl Gustaf Mosander 1843 Thallium Sir William Crookes 1861 Thorium Jöns Jacob Berzelius 1828 Thulium Per Theodor Cleve 1879 Tin Known since ancient times ? Titanium The Reverend William Gregor 1791 Tungsten Juan José

Fausto Elhuyar 1783 Ununhexium Scientists at Dubna, Russia 2001 Ununoctium Y. T. Oganessian et. al. 2006 Ununpentium Y. T. Oganessian et. al. 2004 Ununquadium Scientists at Dubna, Russia 1998 Ununseptium Not Yet Produced NA Ununtrium Y. T. Oganessian et. al. 2004 Uranium Martin Heinrich Klaproth 1789 Vanadium Andrés Manuel del Rio

Nils Gabriel Sefstrôm 1801

1830 Xenon Sir William Ramsay

Morris M. Travers 1898 Ytterbium Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac 1878 Yttrium Johan Gadolin 1789 Zinc Known since ancient times ? Zirconium Martin Heinrich Klaproth 1789

Answer 6

There aren't four elements. There is 110 known elements at the moment. Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water are NOT elements, but they were discovered when the first humans came along, so millions of years ago.

Answer 7

Most of the elements were discovered in the 1700's-1800's but some have been known since ancient times.

Answer 8

Copper in 9000 BC

Answer 9

copper, gold, and lead