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Periodic Table
All the elements and their symbols
| Element | Symbol |
|---|---|
| Alkali Metals | 6 |
| Cesium | Cs Latin, caesius (sky blue) |
| Francium | Fr France |
| Potassium | K Latin, kalium (alkali) (potassium-from potash) |
| Lithium | Li Greek, lithos (stone) |
| Sodium | Na Latin, natrium (form of hydrated NaCO3) |
| Rubidium | Rb Latin, rubidus (red) |
| Alkaline Earth Metals | 6 |
| Barium | Ba Greek, barys (heavy) |
| Beryllium | Be beryl (gem mineral) |
| Calcium | Ca Latin, calx (time) |
| Magnesium | Mg Magnesia, Greece |
| Radium | Ra Latin, radius (ray) |
| Strontium | Sr Latin, Strontian (first found in mines of Strontia, Scotland) |
| Transition Metals | 38 |
| Sliver | Ag Latin, argentum (word for silver) |
| Cadmium | Cd Corruption of Greek kadmia (mineral calamine) |
| Cobalt | Co Corruption of German kobold (goblin) |
| Chromium | Cr Greek, chroma (color) |
| Copper | Cu Latin, curprum |
| Iron | Fe Latin, ferrum |
| Manganese | Mn Latin, magnes (magnet and Magnesia) |
| Molybdenum | Mo Greek, molybdos (lead) |
| Niobium | Nb Niobe (Greek mythology-daughter of Tantalus) |
| Nickel | Ni German, kupfernickel (copper of the devil) |
| Palladium | Pd The asteroid, Pallas |
| Rhodium | Rh Greek, rhodon (rose color) |
| Ruthenium | Ru Latin, Ruthenia (Russia) |
| Scandium | Sc Scandinavia |
| Technetium | Tc Greek, technetos (artificial) |
| Titanium | Ti The Titans (greek mythology) |
| Vanadium | V Vanadis (mineral vadanite-brown lead) |
| Yttrium | Y Ytterby, Sweden |
| Zinc | Zn German zin (tin) |
| Zirconium | Zr Zircon (gold like) |
| Gold | Au Latin, aurum (glow of sunrise) |
| Bohrium | Bh Neils Bohr |
| Copernicium | Cn Nicholas Copernicus |
| Dubnium | Db Dubna, Russia (location of nuclear research lab) |
| Darmstadtium | Ds Darmstadt, Germany (where it was first made) |
| Hafnium | Hf Latin, Hafnia (Copenhagen) |
| Mercury | Hg Latin, hydrargyrum (liquid silver) |
| Hassium | Hs Hesse, Germany (where it was first made) |
| Iridium | Ir Greek, iris (goddess of the rainbow) |
| Meitnerium | Mt Lise Meitner |
| Osmium | Os Greek, osme (odor) |
| Platinum | Pt Greek, platina (sliver) |
| Rhenium | Re German, Rheinprovinz (Rhine providence) |
| Rutherfordium | Rf Ernest Rutherford |
| Roentgenium | Rg Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen |
| Seaborgium | Sg Glenn T. Seaborg |
| Tantalum | Ta King Tantalus (Greek mythology) |
| Tungsten | W German, wolfram (heavy stone) |
| Other Metals | 9 |
| Bismuth | Bi Corruption of the German wissmuth (white mass) |
| Gallium | Ga Latin, Gallia |
| Indium | In Indigo blue |
| Lead | Pb Latin, plumbum (soft metal) |
| Tin | Sn Latin, stannum |
| Thallium | Tl Greek, thallos (green twig) |
| Muscovium | Mc Synthesized in Moscow |
| Flevorium | Fl Geory Flyorov (soviet physicist, founder of place where discovered) |
| Nihonium | Nh Japan (their first synthesized element) |
| Metalloids (8): Aluminum | Al Latin, alumen (bitter salt) |
| Arsenic | As Greek, arsenikos (yellow mineral) |
| Boron | B Borax |
| Germanium | Ge Germany |
| Polonium | Po Poland (discovered by the Curies) |
| Antimony | Sb Latin, stibium (eye liner) |
| Silicon | Si Latin, silex (flint) |
| Tellurium | Te Greek, tellus (earth) |
| RARE EARTH METALS (31): Actinium | Ac Greek, aktinos (ray) |
| Americium | Am America (where it was first made) |
| Berkelium | Bk Berkeley, California (where it was first made) |
| Cerium | Ce Ceres (named after the asteroid) |
| Californium | Cf State and University of California (where it was first made) |
| Curium | Ce In honor of Pierre and Marie Curie |
| Darmstadtium | Ds Darmstadt, Germany (where it was first made) |
| Dysprosium | Dy Greek, dysprositos (hard to get) |
| Erbium | Er Ytterby, Sweden |
| Einsteinium | Es Albert Einstein |
| Europium | Eu Europe |
| Fermium | Fm Enrico Fermi |
| Gadolinium | Gd Gadolinite (John Gadolin) |
| Holmium | Ho Latin, Holmia (Stockholm) |
| Lanthanum | La Greek, lanthanien (to lie hidden) |
| Lawrencium | Lr Ernest O. Lawrence |
| Lutetium | Lu Latin, Lutetia (Paris) |
| Mendelevium | Md Dmitri Mendeleyev |
| Neodymium | Nd Greek, neos didymos (new twin) |
| Nobelium | No Alfred Nobel |
| Neptunium | Np Neptune |
| Protactinium | Pa Greek, protos and actinium (first actinide element) |
| Promethium | Pm Prometheus (Greek Titan) |
| Praseodymium | Pr Greek, prasios (green twin) |
| Plutonium | Pu Pluto |
| Samarium | Sm The mineral samarskite |
| Terbium | Tb Ytterby, Sweden |
| Thorium | Th Thor, Norse god of thunder |
| Thulium | Tm Thule, Scandinavia |
| Uranium | U Uranus |
| Ytterbbium | Yb Ytterby, Sweden |
| NOBLE GASES (7): Argon | Ar Greek, argon (idle) |
| Helium | He Greek, helios (sun) |
| Krypton | Kr Greek, kryptos (concealment, hidden) |
| Neon | Ne Greek, neos (new one) |
| Radon | Rn Contraction of Radium emanation |
| Oganeson | Og In honor of Russian Yuri Oganessia (led discovery of 3 elements) |
| Xenon | Xe Greek, xenos (alien) |
| HALOGENS (6): Astatine | At Greek, astatos (unstable) |
| Bromine | Br Greek, bromos (stench) |
| Chlorine | Cl Greek, chloros (greenish-yellow) |
| Fluorine | F Latin, fluo |
| Iodine | I Greek, ioeides (violet) |
| Tennesssine | Ts Tenessee (location of Oak ridge lab where it was made) |
| OTHER NON-METALS (7): Carbon | C Latin, carbo (charcoal) |
| Hydrogen | H Greek, hydror (water forming) |
| Nitrogen | N Greek, nitrogene (forms saltpeter - KNO₃) |
| Oxygen | O Greek, oxys (acid-former) |
| Phosphorus | P Greek, phosphoros (light bearer) |
| Sulfur (Sulphur) | S Latin, sulfur |
| Selenium | Se Greek, selene (moon) |
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