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1 Dr. John Andraos, 1 ORIGINS OF ELEMENT NAMES Dr. John Andraos, Department of Chemistry, York University 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ONTARIO M3J 1P3, CANADA For suggestions, corrections, additional information, and comments please send s to c1000@careerchem.com Places Regions Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece Scandinavia Rhine, Germany Cyprus Europe America California, USA Hess, Germany Countries France Magnesium Scandium, Thulium Rhenium Copper Europium Americium Californium Hassium Gallium (Gaul), Francium

2 Dr. John Andraos, 2 Germany Russia Poland Sweden Cities Ytterby, Sweden Dubna, Russia Copenhagen, Denmark Paris, France Stockholm, Sweden Strontian, Scotland Berkeley, California, USA Darmstadt, Germany Germanium Ruthenium Polonium Holmium Yttrium, Terbium, Erbium, Ytterbium Dubnium Hafnium Lutetium Holmium Strontium Berkelium Darmstadtium Colours Colour White pale green colour deepest red gold colour yellow orpiment rose Boron Chlorine Chromium Rubidium Zirconium Arsenic Rhodium

3 Dr. John Andraos, 3 indigo violet sky blue green twin rainbow White mass silver green twig Indium Iodine Cesium Iridium Bismuth Platinum Thallium Gods/Goddesses God/Goddess Aurora Iris Titans Freyja Vanadis Niobe Goblin Tantalos Thor Prometheus Aurium (gold) Iridium Titanium Vanadium Niobium Cobalt, Nickel Tantalum Thorium Celestial Bodies

4 Dr. John Andraos, 4 Celestial Body moon Pallas Sun Ceres Uranus Neptune Pluto Selenium Palladium Helium Cerium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium People Name of Person Johan Gadolin Cadmus, mythological King of Phoenicia Albert Einstein Enrico Fermi Dimitri Mendeleev Alfred Nobel Lise Meitner Ernest O. Lawrence Marie and Pierre Curie Gadolinium Cadmium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Meitnerium Lawrencium Curium

5 Dr. John Andraos, 5 Ernest Rutherford Colonel Samarski Glenn T. Seaborg Niels Bohr Wilhelm Roentgen Rutherfordium Samarium Seaborgium Bohrium Roentgenium Properties Property water forming nitre forming acid forming Stringent taste to flow inactive Alkaline Firmness magnetic stench hidden artificial not alone stranger heavy Hydrogen Nitrogen Oxygen Aluminum Fluorine Argon Potassium Iron (ferrum) Manganese Bromine Krypton Technetium Antimony Xenon Barium

6 Dr. John Andraos, 6 hard to obtain to lie hidden smell first Found with tin Twin, found together unstable Dysprosium Lanthanum Osmium Protactinium Tungsten (wolfram) Praseodymium, neodymium Astatine Light Words Associated With Light bringer of light ray Phosphorus Radium, Actinium Minerals Mineral stone charcoal alum lime Devil's copper earth calamine Lithium Carbon Aluminum Calcium Nickel Tellurium Cadmium

7 Dr. John Andraos, 7 samarskite heavy stone Samarium Tungsten Other names for elements Old Name(s) of Alabamine Aldebaranium Argentum Aurum Austrium Cassiopeium Celtium Columbium Cyclonium Demonium Didymium Dwi-manganese (two below Mn) Eka-aluminum (one below Al) Eka-boron (one below B) Eka-cesium (one below Cs) Eka-iodine (one below I) Eka-manganese (one below Mn) Eka-silicon (one below Si) Eka-tantalum (one below Ta) Erythronium Ferrum Florentium Glucinium, Glucinum Hydrargyrum Illinium Modern Name of Astatine Ytterbium Silver Gold Impure gallium Lutetium Lutetium Niobium Dysprosium Neodynium + Praseodymium Rhenium Gallium Scandium Francium Astatine technetium Germanium Protactinium Vanadium Iron Beryllium

8 Dr. John Andraos, 8 Kalium Masurium Natrium Neoytterbium Niton Plumbum Quicksilver Radium emanation Stannum Stibium Virginium Wolfram(ium) Potassium Technetium Sodium Ytterbium Radon Lead Radon Tin Antimony Francium Tungsten Note: "eka" = one (Sanskrit); "dwi" = two (Sanksrit) References: Emsley, John, The s, 3rd. ed., Clarendon Press: Oxford, Bohlke, J.K.; De Bievre, P.; Hidika, H.; Pieser, H.S.; Rosman, K.J.R.; Taylor, P.D.P. Pure Appl. Chem. 2003, 75, , Atomic weights of the elements: review Lange, Norbert A. Handbook of Chemistry, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.: New York, 1961, p. 92

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