This element is Americium (Am).
Amerigo Vespucci, he was named in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, for his discovery of the mainland of the New World.
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America was named after an Italian explorer by the name of Amerigo Vespucci.
Amerigo Vespucci
Both the District of Columbeia and Washington State were named in honor of George Washington.
* America was named in honor of the Italian sailor Amrico Vespucio.
Americium
Poland (polonia) = polonium France = francium (pronounced "froggium" in the UK) America = Americium Germany = Germanium
The cartographer who named the New World was Martin Waldseemüller. He named it "America" in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, who was an early explorer of the region.
Americium is the element named in honor of America. It was synthesized in 1944 during the Manhattan Project and is used in smoke detectors and some medical applications.
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer after whom America was named. Amerigo explored the south cost of America and named the continent in his honor.
Yes, americium is named after the Americas. It was discovered by a team of scientists in the United States and was named in honor of the country where it was first produced in significant quantities.
If you are referring to the United States of America, it was named in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian mapmaker. He was not an explorer in the true sense of the word.
Amerigo Vespucci, he was named in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, for his discovery of the mainland of the New World.
George Washington was the person that the capital of the United States of America (Washington DC) was named after. George Washington was the first President of the USA.
The name of the chemical element americium is derived from the name of the continent America.
America's Walk of Honor was created in 1997.