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.
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.
Many of the first discovered elements were named by their discoverer or the location where they were discovered, such as hydrogen, named by Antoine Lavoisier, and uranium, named after the planet Uranus.
The symbols of the elements named after planets are: Lead (Pb) named after the planet Saturn Mercury (Hg) named after the planet Mercury Platinum (Pt) named after the dwarf planet Pluto Uranium (U) named after the planet Uranus Other elements also have symbols that may resemble planet symbols, but these are specifically named after planets.
Yes, there is a chemical element named Francium, which was named after France, where it was discovered.
Yes, there are elements named after these ancient lands. The element Gallium is named after Gaul (modern-day France) and the element Ruthenium is named after Ruthenia (an old name for parts of Eastern Europe, including Russia).
Curium, named after Marie (and Pierre) Currie.Meitnerium, named after Lise Meitner.
They are named by the first two letters of their Latin name.
Americium and Europium are the elements named for large regions which include several countries.
sweden and germany
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).
Einsteinium Rutherfordium
In the bible there are only two books named after women, both are in the old testament they are Ruth and Esther.
two
The two elements named after continents are europium (named after Europe) and americium (named after America).
Maybe Scandium, Europium, Berkelium - there are probably many more. - Californium -
I can think of Germanium, Indium, Polonium, Francium, Americium and Nihonium.
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.