Elements by Symbol Flashcards
(118 cards)
1
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What element has symbol:
H
A
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Hydrogen
the Greek ‘hydro’ and ‘genes’ meaning water-forming
2
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What element has symbol:
He
A
2
Helium
the Greek, ‘helios’ meaning sun
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What element has symbol:
Li
A
3
Lithium
the Greek ‘lithos’ meaning stone
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What element has symbol:
Be
A
4
Beryllium
the Greek name for beryl, ‘beryllo’
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What element has symbol:
B
A
5
Boron
the Arabic ‘buraq’, which was the name for borax
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What element has symbol:
C
A
6
Carbon
the Latin ‘carbo’, meaning charcoal
7
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What element has symbol:
N
A
7
Nitrogen
the Greek ‘nitron’ and ‘genes’ meaning nitre-forming
8
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What element has symbol:
O
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8
Oxygen
the Greek ‘oxy’ and ‘genes’ meaning acid-forming
9
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What element has symbol:
F
A
9
Fluorine
the Latin ‘fluere’, meaning to flow
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What element has symbol:
Ne
A
10
Neon
the Greek ‘neos’, meaning new
11
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What element has symbol:
Na
A
11
Sodium
the English word soda (natrium in Latin)[2]
12
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What element has symbol:
Mg
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Magnesium
Magnesia, a district of Eastern Thessaly in Greece
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What element has symbol:
Al
A
13
Aluminium
the Latin name for alum, ‘alumen’ meaning bitter salt
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What element has symbol:
Si
A
14
Silicon
the Latin ‘silex’ or ‘silicis’, meaning flint
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What element has symbol:
P
A
15
Phosphorus
the Greek ‘phosphoros’, meaning bringer of light
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What element has symbol:
S
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Sulfur
Either from the Sanskrit ‘sulvere’, or the Latin ‘sulfurium’, both names for sulfur[2]
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What element has symbol:
Cl
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Chlorine
the Greek ‘chloros’, meaning greenish yellow
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What element has symbol:
Ar
A
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Argon
the Greek, ‘argos’, meaning idle
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What element has symbol:
K
A
19
Potassium
the English word potash (kalium in Latin)[2]
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What element has symbol:
Ca
A
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Calcium
the Latin ‘calx’ meaning lime
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What element has symbol:
Sc
A
21
Scandium
Scandinavia (with the Latin name Scandia)
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What element has symbol:
Ti
A
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Titanium
Titans, the sons of the Earth goddess of Greek mythology
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What element has symbol:
V
A
23
Vanadium
Vanadis, an old Norse name for the Scandinavian goddess Freyja
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What element has symbol:
Cr
A
24
Chromium
the Greek ‘chroma’, meaning colour
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# What element has symbol:
Mn
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Manganese
Either the Latin 'magnes', meaning magnet or from the black magnesium oxide, 'magnesia nigra'
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# What element has symbol:
Fe
26
Iron
the Anglo-Saxon name iren (ferrum in Latin)
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# What element has symbol:
Co
27
Cobalt
the German word 'kobald', meaning goblin
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# What element has symbol:
Ni
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Nickel
the shortened of the German 'kupfernickel' meaning either devil's copper or St. Nicholas's copper
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# What element has symbol:
Cu
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Copper
the Old English name coper in turn derived from the Latin 'Cyprium aes', meaning a metal from Cyprus
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# What element has symbol:
Zn
30
Zinc
the German, 'zinc', which may in turn be derived from the Persian word 'sing', meaning stone
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# What element has symbol:
Ga
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Gallium
France (with the Latin name Gallia)
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# What element has symbol:
Ge
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Germanium
Germany (with the Latin name Germania)
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# What element has symbol:
As
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Arsenic
the Greek name 'arsenikon' for the yellow pigment orpiment
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# What element has symbol:
Se
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Selenium
Moon (with the Greek name selene)
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# What element has symbol:
Br
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Bromine
the Greek 'bromos' meaning stench
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# What element has symbol:
Kr
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Krypton
the Greek 'kryptos', meaning hidden
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# What element has symbol:
Rb
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Rubidium
the Latin 'rubidius', meaning deepest red
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# What element has symbol:
Sr
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Strontium
Strontian, a small town in Scotland
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# What element has symbol:
Y
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Yttrium
Ytterby, Sweden
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# What element has symbol:
Zr
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Zirconium
the Persian 'zargun', meaning gold coloured
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# What element has symbol:
Nb
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Niobium
Niobe, daughter of king Tantalus from Greek mythology
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# What element has symbol:
Mo
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Molybdenum
the Greek 'molybdos' meaning lead
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# What element has symbol:
Tc
43
Technetium
the Greek 'tekhnetos' meaning artificial
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# What element has symbol:
Ru
44
Ruthenium
Russia (with the Latin name Ruthenia)
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# What element has symbol:
Rh
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Rhodium
the Greek 'rhodon', meaning rose coloured
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# What element has symbol:
Pd
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Palladium
From the asteroid Pallas which had been recently discovered and named at the time. The asteroid was considered a planet when it was discovered
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# What element has symbol:
Ag
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Silver
the Anglo-Saxon name siolfur (argentum in Latin)[2]
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# What element has symbol:
Cd
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Cadmium
the Latin name for the mineral calmine, 'cadmia'
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# What element has symbol:
In
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Indium
the Latin 'indicium', meaning violet or indigo
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# What element has symbol:
Sn
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Tin
the Anglo-Saxon word tin (stannum in Latin, meaning hard)
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# What element has symbol:
Sb
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Antimony
the Greek 'anti _ monos', meaning not alone (stibium in Latin)
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# What element has symbol:
Te
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Tellurium
Earth, the third planet on solar system (with the Latin word tellus)
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# What element has symbol:
I
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Iodine
the Greek 'iodes' meaning violet
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# What element has symbol:
Xe
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Xenon
the Greek 'xenos' meaning stranger
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# What element has symbol:
Cs
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Caesium
the Latin 'caesius', meaning sky blue
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# What element has symbol:
Ba
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Barium
the Greek 'barys', meaning heavy
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# What element has symbol:
La
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Lanthanum
the Greek 'lanthanein', meaning to lie hidden
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# What element has symbol:
Ce
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Cerium
Ceres, the Roman God of agriculture
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# What element has symbol:
Pr
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Praseodymium
the Greek 'prasios didymos' meaning green twin
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# What element has symbol:
Nd
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Neodymium
the Greek 'neos didymos' meaning new twin
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# What element has symbol:
Pm
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Promethium
Prometheus of Greek mythology who stole fire from the Gods and gave it to humans
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# What element has symbol:
Sm
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Samarium
Samarskite, the name of the mineral from which it was first isolated
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# What element has symbol:
Eu
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Europium
Europe
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# What element has symbol:
Gd
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Gadolinium
Johan Gadolin, chemist, physicist and mineralogist
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# What element has symbol:
Tb
65
Terbium
Ytterby, Sweden
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# What element has symbol:
Dy
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Dysprosium
the Greek 'dysprositos', meaning hard to get
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# What element has symbol:
Ho
67
Holmium
Stockholm, Sweden (with the Latin name Holmia)
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# What element has symbol:
Er
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Erbium
Ytterby, Sweden
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# What element has symbol:
Tm
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Thulium
Thule, the ancient name for Scandinavia
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# What element has symbol:
Yb
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Ytterbium
Ytterby, Sweden
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# What element has symbol:
Lu
71
Lutetium
Paris, France (with the Roman name Lutetia)
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# What element has symbol:
Hf
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Hafnium
Copenhagen, Denmark (with the Latin name Hafnia)
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# What element has symbol:
Ta
73
Tantalum
King Tantalus, father of Niobe from Greek mythology
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# What element has symbol:
W
74
Tungsten
the Swedish 'tung sten' meaning heavy stone (W is wolfram, the old name of the tungsten mineral wolframite)[2]
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# What element has symbol:
Re
75
Rhenium
Rhine, a river that flows from Grisons in the eastern Swiss Alps to the North Sea coast in the Netherlands (with the Latin name Rhenia)
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# What element has symbol:
Os
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Osmium
the Greek 'osme', meaning smell
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# What element has symbol:
Ir
77
Iridium
Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow
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# What element has symbol:
Pt
78
Platinum
the Spanish 'platina', meaning little silver
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# What element has symbol:
Au
79
Gold
the Anglo-Saxon word gold (aurum in Latin, meaning glow of sunrise)[2]
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# What element has symbol:
Hg
80
Mercury
Mercury, the first planet in the Solar System (Hg from former name hydrargyrum, from Greek hydr- water and argyros silver)
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# What element has symbol:
Tl
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Thallium
the Greek 'thallos', meaning a green twig
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# What element has symbol:
Pb
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Lead
the Anglo-Saxon lead (plumbum in Latin)[2]
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# What element has symbol:
Bi
83
Bismuth
the German 'Bisemutum' a corruption of 'Weisse Masse' meaning white mass
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# What element has symbol:
Po
84
Polonium
Poland, the native country of Marie Curie, who first isolated the element
85
# What element has symbol:
At
85
Astatine
the Greek 'astatos', meaning unstable
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# What element has symbol:
Rn
86
Radon
From radium, as it was first detected as an emission from radium during radioactive decay
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# What element has symbol:
Fr
87
Francium
France
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# What element has symbol:
Ra
88
Radium
the Latin 'radius', meaning ray
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# What element has symbol:
Ac
89
Actinium
the Greek 'actinos', meaning a ray
90
# What element has symbol:
Th
90
Thorium
Thor, the Scandinavian god of thunder
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# What element has symbol:
Pa
91
Protactinium
the Greek 'protos', meaning first, as a prefix to the element actinium, which is produced through the radioactive decay of protactinium
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# What element has symbol:
U
92
Uranium
Uranus, the seventh planet in the Solar System
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# What element has symbol:
Np
93
Neptunium
Neptune, the eighth planet in the Solar System
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# What element has symbol:
Pu
94
Plutonium
Pluto, a dwarf planet in the Solar System
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# What element has symbol:
Am
95
Americium
Americas, the continent where the element was first synthesized
96
# What element has symbol:
Cm
96
Curium
Pierre Curie, a physicist, and Marie Curie, a physicist and chemist
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# What element has symbol:
Bk
97
Berkelium
Berkeley, California, USA, where the element was first synthesized
98
# What element has symbol:
Cf
98
Californium
State of California, USA, where the element was first synthesized
99
# What element has symbol:
Es
99
Einsteinium
Albert Einstein, physicist
100
# What element has symbol:
Fm
100
Fermium
Enrico Fermi, physicist
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# What element has symbol:
Md
101
Mendelevium
Dmitri Mendeleyev, chemist and inventor
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# What element has symbol:
No
102
Nobelium
Alfred Nobel, chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer
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# What element has symbol:
Lr
103
Lawrencium
Ernest O. Lawrence, physicist
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# What element has symbol:
Rf
104
Rutherfordium
Ernest Rutherford, chemist and physicist
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# What element has symbol:
Db
105
Dubnium
Dubna, Russia
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# What element has symbol:
Sg
106
Seaborgium
Glenn T. Seaborg, scientist
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# What element has symbol:
Bh
107
Bohrium
Niels Bohr, physicist
108
# What element has symbol:
Hs
108
Hassium
Hesse, Germany, where the element was first synthesized
109
# What element has symbol:
Mt
109
Meitnerium
Lise Meitner, physicist
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# What element has symbol:
Ds
110
Darmstadtium
Darmstadt, Germany, where the element was first synthesized
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# What element has symbol:
Rg
111
Roentgenium
Wilhelm Conrad R\_ntgen, physicist
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# What element has symbol:
Cn
112
Copernicium
Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer
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# What element has symbol:
Uut
113
Ununtrium
IUPAC systematic element name
114
# What element has symbol:
Fl
114
Flerovium
Georgy Flyorov, physicist
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# What element has symbol:
Uup
115
Ununpentium
IUPAC systematic element name
116
# What element has symbol:
Lv
116
Livermorium
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, within the city of Livermore, California, USA, which collaborated with JINR on the discovery of the element
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# What element has symbol:
Uus
117
Ununseptium
IUPAC systematic element name
118
# What element has symbol:
Uuo
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Ununoctium
IUPAC systematic element name
