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 Boisbaudran (le coq, the French word for
'rooster'translates to gallus in Latin)
6.
Lawrencium (Lr, 103)– Ernest Lawrence
7.
Meitnerium (Mt, 109)– Lise Meitner
8.
Mendelevium (Md, 101)– Dmitri Mendeleev
9.
Nobelium (No, 102)– Alfred Nobel
10.
Roentgenium (Rg, 111)– Wilhelm Roentgen(formerly Ununumium)
11.
Rutherfordium (Rf, 104)– Ernest Rutherford
12.
Seaborgium (Sg, 106)– Glenn T. Seaborg
13.
Samarium (Sm, 62) - Discovered in 1879. Named for Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets,
the first person to have an element named after himself, was a 19th century
Russian mining engineer.
C.
named
after places
- Americium – America, the
Americas
- Berkelium – University of
California at Berkeley
- Californium –
State of California and University of California at Berkeley
- Copper - probably named for
Cyprus
- Darmstadtium – Darmstadt,
Germany
- Dubnium – Dubna, Russia
- Erbium – Ytterby, a town in
Sweden
- Europium – Europe
- Francium – France
- Gallium – Gallia, Latin for
France. Also named for Lecoq de Boisbaudran, the element's discoverer
(Lecoq in Latin is gallus)
- Germanium – Germany
- Hafnium – Hafnia, Latin for
Copenhagen
- Hassium – Hesse, Germany
- Holmium –
Holmia, Latin for Stockholm
- Lutetium – Lutecia, an
ancient name for Paris
- Magnesium – Magnesia
prefecture in Thessaly, Greece
- Polonium –
Poland
- Rhenium – Rhenus, Latin for
the Rhine, a German province
- Ruthenium – Ruthenia, Latin
for Russia
- Scandium – Scandia, Latin
for Scandinavia
- Strontium – Strontian, a
town in Scotland
- Terbium – Ytterby, Sweden
- Thulium –
Thule, a mythical island in the far north (perhaps in Scandinavia)
- Ytterbium – Ytterby, Sweden
- Yttrium – Ytterby, Sweden
D.
named
after heavenly bodies
1.
Cerium– Ceres, the first asteroid to be discovered. Roman
goddess ofgrain, similar to the Greek’s Demeter.
2.
Helium– Helios, the Greek name for the Sun
3.
Mercury– Mercury, a planet. Winged Roman god of travel.
4.
Neptunium– Neptune, a blue planet. The roman god of the sea.
5.
Palladium– Pallas, the second asteroid to be discovered. Greek
name given to Athena after she killed a playmate named Pallas or, according to
some legends, the giant Pallas. Palladium was also the name of a sacred image
kept in the temple of Athena at Troy.
E.
with
names of Greek origin
1.
Actinium- Greek
"aktis meaning beam or ray"
2.
Argon- Greek
"argon" meaning lazy
3.
Arsenic- Greek "arsenikos" meaning male from the
belief that metals were different sexes.
4.
Astantine- Greek "astatos" meaning unstable
5.
Barium - Greek
"barys" meaning heavy
F.
with
names of Latin origin
1.
Cadmium- Latin
"cadmia" ancient name for calamine, a mineral
2.
Calcium- Latin
"calx" meaning lime or limestone
3.
Gallium- Latin
"gallia" meaning France
4.
Germanium- Latin
"germania" meaning germany
5.
Gold- Latin "arum"
meaning 'shining dawn'
References:
Links:
https://www.scribd.com/document/434914950/Elements-Named-After-Different-Colors
http://www2.ucdsb.on.ca/tiss/stretton/Database/element_origins.html
https://www.thoughtco.com/which-elements-are-named-for-places-608821
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