The name scandium is derived from Scandinavia.
The element named for a Cajun country is Americium, which is named after the United States of America.
The element Uranium was named after Uranus.
The element europium is named after the continent Europe.
The element named after a river is 'samarium,' which is named after the Vistula River in Poland.
Element number 21, Scandium, was named after Scandinavia.
The element scandium was named after the country Scandinavia.
Scandium.
Scandium.
In 1879, Lars Fredrik Nilson found a new element in the minerals euxenite and gadolinite from Scandinavia. Hence, he named it 'scandium', from the Latin word 'Scandia'meaning "Scandinavia".
the element named by the scandonavians Sefström and Berzelius was the element Vanadium, in honor of Vanadis,the Scandinavian goddess Freya
It is named after Scandinavia, a region in northern Europe where it was historically mined. It was identified as an element in 1879 when Lars Nilson isolated scandium oxide from euxenite and gadolinite ores. It was not until 1937 that it was isolated in pure metallic form.
Nilson prepared 2 grams of scandium oxide of high purity. He named the element scandium, from the Latin Scandia meaning "Scandinavia".
Thulium is named after the ancient name for Scandinavia, Thule. This element was discovered in 1879 by Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve.
The original name of scandium is derived from the Latin word "Scandia," which means Scandinavia. Scandium was named after Scandinavia because it was first discovered in rare minerals found in Scandinavia.
Scandium, which is named for Scandinavia, a region in Europe that includes the countries of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.
In Norway.