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Curium, atomic number 96, named after Marie Curie. Meitnerium, atomic number 109, named after Lise Meitner. Niobium, atomic number 41, was named for the Greek goddess, Niobe.
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∙ 9y agoAs of June 2014, there are two elements named after women. Curium was named after Marie Curie and Meitnerium was named after Lise Meitner.
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∙ 12y agoCurium, named for Ms. Curie, and meitnerium, named after Ms. Meitner.
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∙ 15y agovanadium,niobium,marie curie, meitnerium.
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Many of the first discovered elements were named by?
many of the first discovered elements were named by greek and roman philosophers
Which two elements are named after large regions containing multiple countries?
Scandium is named after the entire Scandinavian peninsula which contains three countries (Norway, Sweden, and Finland). Thulium is named after the northernmost part of the world.
What was the element americium named after?
America, the country it was discovered in. Many elements are named after the country where they were first found.
Are there Elements named after town?
there's Copper Harbor, in MI.
What element named after the 8th planet from the sun?
Many elements have been named after scientists, almost always posthumously. Only one element was named after a scientist still alive: Seaborgium, element number 106, Symbol Sb, was officially named and accepted internationally in 1997. The element was named after Glenn T. Seaborg who discovered the actinide series of the Periodic Table, and was principle in discovering 8 elements, and two more on research teams, totalling 10 elements discovered in his lifetime. He died in 1999, 2 years after Seaborgium was officially named, although he did not discover that element.
What Elements are named for famous women scientists?
Curium, named after Marie (and Pierre) Currie.Meitnerium, named after Lise Meitner.
How are elements named?
They are named by the first two letters of their Latin name.
What is the two elements named for large regions?
Americium and Europium are the elements named for large regions which include several countries.
Which European country has two elements on periodic table of elements named after it?
sweden and germany
Name two elements named after a person?
Einsteinium Rutherfordium
What are elements named for ancient lands?
There are two elements that are known to be named after ancient lands. These two elements are ruthenium (after the ancient name, Ruthenia, an Eastern European cross-section) and gallium (after Gaul, the ancient name for France).
Which are the books named after women?
In the bible there are only two books named after women, both are in the old testament they are Ruth and Esther.
How many women in the bible named tamar?
two
Which are only two elements in the periodic table named after woman?
Curium is named after Marie Curie and meitnerium is named after Lise Meitner.
What elements are named after geographic locations?
There are no elements named after places since an element is atoms which are all the same not a mixture of two types of atoms nor a compound which is more than three.
Name two elements named after heavenly bodies?
uranium-uranus plutonium-pluto
Name two elements that are named after their finders?
Curium after Marie Curie Einsteinium after Albert Einstein
