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# After a celestial object: Mercury, Tellurium, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Selenium, Cerium, Helium

# After a Place: Ytterbium, Yttrium, Polonium, Scandium

# After a mythical person: thorium, Promethium, Titanium

# After a famous person: Einsteinium, Mendelevium, Lawrencium, # After some property of the element: Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Florine, Phosphorus, Indium

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They get a "placeholder" name in dog Latin until the discovery can be confirmed and primacy can be established. At that time, the first team to synthesize the new element is allowed to suggest a name (or names); the actual final name is determined by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

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Group names of Periodic Table: alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, scandium-titanium-vanadium-chromium-manganese-iron-cobalt-nickel-zinc-boron-carbon groups, pnictogens, chalcogens, halogens, noble gases.

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The person (or people) who discovers the element tend to be given the privilege of naming it.

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Names are based on the latin names. Copper (Cuprum in latin) is Cu.

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