What element is named after a state?

Answer 1

For the university one is californium called after California state university.

* After towns or villages: darmstadtium, dubnium, erbium, terbium, ytterbium yttrium, lutetium, holmium, hafnium, berkelium

* After continents: americium, europium

* After countries: francium, germanium, indium, ruthenium, polonium

* After a region : hassium, scandium, thullium

* After a river: rhenium

Answer 2

There are eleven elements that are named after states, countries an geographical features. Californium is named after California. Francium is named after France. Gallium is named after the Latin word for France, Gallia. Germanium was named after Germany, Germania.

Answer 3

There are about 114 chemical elements with recognized names. Many of these names are based on the names of a city, state, country, or continent. The record goes to an otherwise small and fairly unimportant town in Northern Sweden called Ytterby. It is the source of the names of four different elements: 39 Y -- yttrium 65 Tb -- terbium 68 Er -- erbium 70 Yb -- ytterbium otherwise: Small towns and regions 38 Sr -- strontium -- after Strontian in Scotland 44 Ru -- ruthenium -- after the region of Ruthenia in Eastern Europe (currently part of the Ukraine?) 45 Rh -- rhodium -- after the island of Rhodos in Greece 75 Re -- rhenium -- after the Rhine River region in Germany 97 Bk -- berkelium -- after Berkeley, California 105 Db -- dubnium -- after Dubna, Russia Major cities 67 Ho -- holmium -- after Stockholm Sweden 71 Lu -- lutetium -- after Paris France: Roman name Lutetia 72 Hf -- hafnium -- after Copenhagen Denmark: Koebenhavn States 98 Cf -- californium -- after California Countries 29 Cu -- copper (cuprum) -- after Cyprus: Kupros (or was it before Cyprus? this is historically unclear. but Cyprus was the original source of the copper that fuelled the Bronze age) 31 Ga -- gallium -- after France: Roman Gaul 32 Ge -- germanium -- after Germany 47 Ag -- silver (argentum) -- was clearly named before Argentina, not after it! 49 In -- indium -- after India 84 Po -- polonium -- after Poland Sub-Continents 21 Sc -- Scandium -- after Scandinavia 69 Tm -- Thulium -- also after Scandinavia: Greek Thule Continents 63 Eu -- Europium -- after Europe 95 Am -- Americium -- after America That list might not be complete. Perhaps others will be able to add to it any that I have overlooked.

Answer 4

Elements named after a place or country include francium, gallium (named after the Latin name for present-day France, Gallia), polonium, americium, berkelium, californium, europium, and (at least arguably) helium, named from the Greek word for the Sun, helios. (Helium was named based on discovery of spectrum lines predicted for it in the light from the Sun, before a terrestrial sample of it had been isolated.)

Answer 5

Californium is an element named after the state of California. It was discovered at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1950.

Answer 6

Californium was named for California.

Answer 7

germanium and californium