Origin Of Elements
Origin of Elements Colors: A. named after colors 1. Chromium(Cr, 24): Khroma (Greek) for color 2. Chlorine (Cl,17): Khloros (Greek) for yellow green 3. Iodine (I, 55): Ioeides (Greek) means violet 4. Rhodium (Rh, 45): Rhodon (Greek) means rose 5. Iridium (Ir, 77): Iris (Greek meaning rainbow) 6. Cesium (Cs, 55) : Caesius (Latin), which the ancients used to designatethe blue of the upper part of the firmament. 7. Rubidium (Rb, 37) fromRubidus (Latin) which, with the ancients, servedto designate the deepest red. 8. Thallium (Tl, 81): Thallus (Latin) means sprouting green twig. 9. Indium (In, 49): Indicum (Latin) means indigo. B. named after people 1. Bohrium (Bh, 107)– Niels Bohr 2. Curium (Cm, 96)– Pierre and Marie Curie 3. Einsteinium (Es, 99)– Albert Einstein 4. Fermium (Fm, 100)– Enrico Fermi 5. Gallium (Ga, 31)– both named after Gallia (Latin for France) and itsdiscoverer, Lecoq de Boisba