CHEMICAL ELEMENT
1 | Hydrogen | उदजन | H | Greek elements hydro- and -gen, 'water-forming' | |
2 | Helium | यानाति | He | Greek hḗlios, 'sun' | |
3 | Lithium | लघ्वातु | Li | Greek líthos, 'stone' | |
4 | Beryllium | विडूर | Be | Beryl, a mineral (ultimately from the name of Belur in southern India) | |
5 | Boron | टांकण | B | Borax, a mineral (from Arabic bawraq) | |
6 | Carbon | प्रांगार | C | Latin carbo, 'coal' | |
7 | Nitrogen | भूयाति | N | Greek nítron and -gen, 'niter-forming' | |
8 | Oxygen | प्राणवायु, जारक | O | Greek oxy- and -gen, 'acid-forming' | |
9 | Fluorine | तरस्विनी | F | Latin fluere, 'to flow' | |
10 | Neon | शिथिराति | Ne | Greek néon, 'new' | |
11 | Sodium | क्षारातु | Na | English (from medieval Latin) soda Symbol Na is derived from New Latin natrium, coined from German Natron, 'natron' | |
12 | Magnesium | भ्राजातु | Mg | Magnesia, a district of Eastern Thessaly in Greece | |
13 | Aluminium | स्फट्यातु | Al | Alumina, from Latin alumen (gen. aluminis), 'bitter salt, alum' | |
14 | Silicon | सैकता | Si | Latin silex, 'flint' (originally silicium) | |
15 | Phosphorus | भास्वर | P | Greek phōsphóros, 'light-bearing' | |
16 | Sulfur | गंधक | S | Latin sulphur, 'brimstone' | |
17 | Chlorine | नीरजी | Cl | Greek chlōrós, 'greenish yellow' | |
18 | Argon | मंदाति | Ar | Greek argós, 'idle' (because of its inertness) | |
19 | Potassium | दहातु | K | New Latin potassa, 'potash', itself from pot and ash , Symbol K is derived from Latin kalium | |
20 | Calcium | चूर्णातु | Ca | Latin calx, 'lime' | |
21 | Scandium | स्तोकातु | Sc | Latin Scandia, 'Scandinavia' | |
22 | Titanium | रंजातु | Ti | Titans, the sons of the Earth goddess of Greek mythology | |
23 | Vanadium | रोचातु | V | Vanadis, an Old Norse name for the Scandinavian goddess Freyja | |
24 | Chromium | वर्णातु | Cr | Greek chróma, 'colour' | |
25 | Manganese | अयस | Mn | Corrupted from magnesia negra; see § magnesium | |
26 | Iron | लोहा | Fe | English word Symbol Fe is derived from Latin ferrum | |
27 | Cobalt | केत्वातु | Co | German Kobold, 'goblin' | |
28 | Nickel | गिलट | Ni | Nickel, a mischievous sprite of German miner mythology | |
29 | Copper | ताँबा, ताम्र | Cu | English word, from Latin cuprum, from Ancient Greek Kýpros 'Cyprus' | |
30 | Zinc | जस्ता | Zn | Most likely from German Zinke, 'prong' or 'tooth', though some suggest Persian sang, 'stone' | |
31 | Gallium | द्रवातु | Ga | Latin Gallia, 'France' | |
32 | Germanium | सिकातु | Ge | Latin Germania, 'Germany' | |
33 | Arsenic | संखिया, नैपाली | As | French arsenic, from Greek arsenikón 'yellow arsenic' (influenced by arsenikós, 'masculine' or 'virile'), from a West Asian wanderword ultimately from Old Iranian *zarniya-ka, 'golden' | |
34 | Selenium | मेचाग्नि | Se | Greek selḗnē, 'moon' | |
35 | Bromine | दुराघ्री | Br | Greek brômos, 'stench' | |
36 | Krypton | लीनाति | Kr | Greek kryptós, 'hidden' | |
37 | Rubidium | दीपातु | Rb | Latin rubidus, 'deep red' | |
38 | Strontium | शोणातु | Sr | Strontian, a village in Scotland, where it was found | |
39 | Yttrium | भृशला | Y | Ytterby, Sweden, where it was found; see also terbium, erbium, ytterbium | |
40 | Zirconium | गोमेदातु | Zr | Zircon, a mineral, from Persian zargun, 'gold-hued' | |
41 | Niobium | काशातु | Nb | Niobe, daughter of king Tantalus from Greek mythology; see also tantalum | |
42 | Molybdenum | संवर्णातु | Mo | Greek molýbdaina, 'piece of lead', from mólybdos, 'lead', due to confusion with lead ore galena (PbS) | |
43 | Technetium | चेष्टातु | Tc | Greek tekhnētós, 'artificial' | |
44 | Ruthenium | नक्षरातु | Ru | New Latin Ruthenia, 'Russia' | |
45 | Rhodium | नाम्लातु | Rh | Greek rhodóeis, 'rose-coloured', from rhódon, 'rose' | |
46 | Palladium | निचूषातु | Pd | Pallas, an asteroid, considered a planet at the time | |
47 | Silver | चाँदी, रजत | Ag | English word Symbol Ag is derived from Latin argentum | |
48 | Cadmium | मृज्यातु | Cd | New Latin cadmia, from King Kadmos | |
49 | Indium | नैलातु | In | Latin indicum, 'indigo', the blue colour found in its spectrum | |
50 | Tin | त्रपु | Sn | English word Symbol Sn is derived from Latin stannum | |
51 | Antimony | अंजन | Sb | Latin antimonium, the origin of which is uncertain: folk etymologies suggest it is derived from Greek antí ('against') + mónos ('alone'), or Old French anti-moine, 'Monk's bane', but it could plausibly be from or related to Arabic ʾiṯmid, 'antimony', reformatted as a Latin word Symbol Sb is derived from Latin stibium 'stibnite' | |
52 | Tellurium | वंगक | Te | Latin tellus, 'the ground, earth' | |
53 | Iodine | जंबुकी | I | French iode, from Greek ioeidḗs, 'violet' | |
54 | Xenon | कोटयाति | Xe | Greek xénon, neuter form of xénos 'strange' | |
55 | Caesium | द्युतातु | Cs | Latin caesius, 'sky-blue' | |
56 | Barium | हर्यातु | Ba | Greek barýs, 'heavy' | |
57 | Lanthanum | सुजारला | La | Greek lanthánein, 'to lie hidden' | |
58 | Cerium | पुष्कला | Ce | Ceres, a dwarf planet, considered a planet at the time | |
59 | Praseodymium | श्यामला | Pr | Greek prásios dídymos, 'green twin' | |
60 | Neodymium | आपीतला | Nd | Greek néos dídymos, 'new twin' | |
61 | Promethium | पिविरला | Pm | Prometheus, a figure in Greek mythology | |
62 | Samarium | धूसरला | Sm | Samarskite, a mineral named after V. Samarsky-Bykhovets, Russian mine official | |
63 | Europium | किंविरला | Eu | Europe | |
64 | Gadolinium | योनिला | Gd | Gadolinite, a mineral named after Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist | |
65 | Terbium | इद्भृशला | Tb | Ytterby, Sweden, where it was found; see also yttrium, erbium, ytterbium | |
66 | Dysprosium | चुम्बला | Dy | Greek dysprósitos, 'hard to get' | |
67 | Holmium | पांडुला | Ho | New Latin Holmia, 'Stockholm' | |
68 | Erbium | रक्तला | Er | Ytterby, Sweden, where it was found; see also yttrium, terbium, ytterbium | |
69 | Thulium | व्याहरिला | Tm | Thule, the ancient name for an unclear northern location | |
70 | Ytterbium | श्वेतला | Yb | Ytterby, Sweden, where it was found; see also yttrium, terbium, erbium | |
71 | Lutetium | निर्वर्णला | Lu | Latin Lutetia, 'Paris' | |
72 | Hafnium | गावातु | Hf | New Latin Hafnia, 'Copenhagen' (from Danish havn, harbour) | |
73 | Tantalum | सहातु | Ta | King Tantalus, father of Niobe from Greek mythology; see also niobium | |
74 | Tungsten | चण्डातु | W | Swedish tung sten, 'heavy stone' Symbol W is from Wolfram, originally from Middle High German wolf-rahm 'wolf's foam' describing the mineral wolframite | |
75 | Rhenium | बाष्पातु | Re | Latin Rhenus, 'the Rhine' | |
76 | Osmium | गुर्वातु | Os | Greek osmḗ, 'smell' | |
77 | Iridium | घनातु | Ir | Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow | |
78 | Platinum | महातु | Pt | Spanish platina, 'little silver', from plata 'silver' | |
79 | Gold | सोना, स्वर्ण | Au | English word Symbol Au is derived from Latin aurum | |
80 | Mercury | पारा | Hg | Mercury, Roman god of commerce, communication, and luck, known for his speed and mobility Symbol Hg is derived from its Latin name hydrargyrum, from Greek hydrárgyros, 'water-silver' | |
81 | Thallium | सिक्ष्यातु | Tl | Greek thallós, 'green shoot or twig' | |
82 | Lead | सीसा | Pb | English word Symbol Pb is derived from Latin plumbum | |
83 | Bismuth | भिदातु | Bi | German Wismut, from weiß Masse 'white mass', unless from Arabic | |
84 | Polonium | तोयातु | Po | Latin Polonia, 'Poland', home country of Marie Curie | |
85 | Astatine | लावणी | At | Greek ástatos, 'unstable' | |
86 | Radon | तैजसाति | Rn | Radium emanation, originally the name of the isotope Radon-222 | |
87 | Francium | क्षुद्रातु | Fr | France, home country of discoverer Marguerite Perey | |
88 | Radium | तेजातु | Ra | French radium, from Latin radius, 'ray' | |
89 | Actinium | एजातु | Ac | Greek aktís, 'ray' | |
90 | Thorium | ह्रसातु | Th | Thor, the Scandinavian god of thunder | |
91 | Protactinium | प्रैजातु | Pa | Proto- (from Greek prôtos, 'first, before') + actinium, since actinium is produced through the radioactive decay of protactinium | |
92 | Uranium | किरणातु | U | Uranus, the seventh planet in the Solar System | |
93 | Neptunium | दृढ़ातु | शp | Neptune, the eighth planet in the Solar System | |
94 | Plutonium | मलिनातु | Pu | Pluto, a dwarf planet, considered a planet in the Solar System at the time | |
95 | Americium | रुचातु | Am | The Americas, where the element was first synthesised, by analogy with its homologue § europium | |
96 | Curium | पीवरातु | Cm | Pierre Curie and Marie Curie, French physicists and chemists | |
97 | Berkelium | कोमलातु | Bk | Berkeley, California, where the element was first synthesised | |
98 | Californium | उच्चरातु | Cf | California, where the element was first synthesised in the LBNL laboratory | |
99 | Einsteinium | Es | Albert Einstein, German physicist | ||
100 | Fermium | Fm | Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist | ||
101 | Mendelevium | Md | Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist who proposed the periodic table | ||
102 | Nobelium | No | Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer | ||
103 | Lawrencium | Lr | Ernest Lawrence, American physicist | ||
104 | Rutherfordium | Rf | Ernest Rutherford, chemist and physicist from New Zealand | ||
105 | Dubnium | Db | Dubna, Russia, where the element was discovered in the JINR laboratory | ||
106 | Seaborgium | Sg | Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist | ||
107 | Bohrium | Bh | Niels Bohr, Danish physicist | ||
108 | Hassium | Hs | New Latin Hassia, 'Hesse', a state in Germany | ||
109 | Meitnerium | Mt | Lise Meitner, Austrian physicist | ||
110 | Darmstadtium | Ds | Darmstadt, Germany, where the element was first synthesised in the GSI laboratories | ||
111 | Roentgenium | Rg | Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, German physicist | ||
112 | Copernicium | Cn | Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer | ||
113 | Nihonium | Uut | Japanese Nihon, 'Japan', where the element was first synthesised in the Riken laboratories | ||
114 | Flerovium | Fl | Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, part of JINR, where the element was synthesised; itself named after Georgy Flyorov, Russian physicist | ||
115 | Moscovium | Uup | Moscow, Russia, where the element was first synthesised in the JINR laboratories | ||
116 | Livermorium | Lv | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California | ||
117 | Tennessine | Uus | Tennessee, United States, where Oak Ridge National Laboratory is located | ||
118 | Oganesson | Uuo | Yuri Oganessian, Russian physicist |
names etymology
nature
- hydro
- helio
- phospho(light)
- argos
- selen
- pallas (planet)
- tellus (earth)
- ceres (planet)
- uranus
- neptune
- pluto
miscellaneous
- krypton (hidden)
- neon (new)
- fluorine (flow)
- ferrum (
- oxygen (sharp -
- techni
- xenon
- barys (heavy)
- lantha (hide)
named after person , place , country
- belur
- magnesia
- scandinavia
- gallia (france)
- germany (germanium)
- strontium
- ytterby
- ruthenia
- europe
- samarskite
- gadoline
- holmia (stockholm)
- erbium
- lutetia
- hafnia
- polonia
- california
named after mythology
- niobe
- titans
- vanadis
- goblin (cobalt)
- nickel
- cadma
- prometheus
- tantalus
- mercury
- iris
named after stones or minerals or ash
- bowraq
- soda ash (nitrogen , sodium)
- pot ash
- coal
- litho
- salt
- sulphur (brimstone)
- flint (pebble ,cobble stone)
- lime
- zircon
- molybdena
named after colours
- chloro *(green yellow
- chromium
- rubidus
- rhodes
- indium
- iodes
- caesius
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