INDEX
Discovery of the Elements
Discovery of
The Elements

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DATE At. # SYMBOL ELEMENT DISCOVERER NATIONALITY
17661H HydrogenCavendishBritish
18682HeHeliumJanssen
Ramsay
French
British
18173Li LithiumArfvedsonSwedish
18284BeBerylliumWöhler
Bussy
German
French
18085BBoronDavy
Gay-Lussac
Thenard
British
French
French
Ancient6CCarbon
1772 7NNitrogenRutherfordBritish
17748OOxygenPriestley
Scheele
British
Swedish
18869FFluorineMoissanFrench
189810NeNeonRamsay
Travers
British
British
180711NaSodiumDavyBritish
180812MgMagnesiumDavyBritish
182713AlAluminumWöhlerGerman
182414SiSiliconBerzeliumSwedish
166915PPhosphorusBrandtGerman
Ancient16S Sulphur
177417ClChlorineScheeleSwedish
189418ArArgonRaleigh
Ramsay
British
British
180719KPotassiumDavyBritish
180820NaSodiumDavyBritish
187921ScScandiumNilsonSwedish
179122TiTitaniumGregorBritish
180123VVanadiumdel RioSpanish
179724CrChromiumVauquelinFrench
177425MnManganeseGahnSwedish
Ancient26Fe Iron
173527Co CobaltBrandtGerman
175128NiNickelCronstodtSwedish
Ancient29CuCopper
174630Zn ZincMargrafGerman
187531GaGalliumde BoisbeaudranFrench
188632GeGermaniumWinklerGerman
125033As ArsenicMagnusGerman
181734SeSeleniumBerzeliusSwedish
182635BrBromineBalardFrench
189836KrKryptonRamsay
Travers
British
British
186137RbRubidiumBunsen
Kirchhoff
German
German
180838SrStrontiumDavyBritish
184339YYttriumMosanderSwedish
178940ZrZirconiumKlaprothGerman
180141NbNiobiumHatchettBritish
177842MoMolybdenumScheeleSwedish
193743TcTechnetiumPerrier
Segre
Italian
Italian
184444RuRutheniumKlausRussian
180445RhRhodiumWollastonBritish
180346PdPalladiumWollastonBritish
Ancient47AgSilver
181748CdCadmiumStromeyerGerman
186349InIndiumRichter
Reich
German
German
Ancient50SnTin
Ancient51SbAntimony
178252TeTelluriumMüllerAustrian
181153IIodineCourtoisFrench
189854XeXenonRamsay
Travers
British
British
186055CsCæsiumBunsen
Kirchhoff
German
German
180856BaBariumDavyBritish
183957LaLanthanumMosanderSwedish
180358CeCeriumBerzelius
Hissinger
Klaproth
Swedish
Swedish
German
188559PrPræsodymiumvonWelsbachAustrian
188560NdNeodymiumvonWelsbachAustrian
194561PmPromethiumMarinsky
Glendennin
Coryell
American
American
American
187962SmSamariumdeBoisbaudranFrench
189663EuEuropiumDemarcayFrench
188064GdGadolinumMarignacFrench
184365TbTerbiumMosanderSwedish
188666DyDysprosiumdeBoisbaudranFrench
187967HoHolmiumCleveSwedish
184368ErErbiumMosanderSwedish
187969TmThuliumCleveSwedish
190770YbYtterbiumUrbainFrench
190771LuLutetiumUrbain
vonWelshbach
French
Austrian
192372HfHafniumCoster
vonHevest
Dutch
Hungarian
180273TaTantalumEkebergSwedish
178374WTungstendeElluyarSpanish
192575ReRheniumNoddack
Tacke
German
German
180376OsOsmiumTennantBritish
180377IrIridiumTennantBritish
173578PtPlatinumdeUllosSpanish
Ancient79AuGold
Ancient80HgMercury
186181TlThalliumCrookesBritish
Ancient82PbLead
175383BiBismuthGeoffroyFrench
189884PoPoloniumM. CuriePolish
194085AtAstatineCorson
MacKenzie
Segre
American
American
American
190086RnRadonDornGerman
193987FrFranciumPereyFrench
189888RaRadiumM. Curie
P. Curie
Polish
French
189989AcActiniumDebierneFrench
182890ThThoriumBerzeliusSwedish
191791PaProtactiniumHahn
Meitner
German
Austrian
178992UUraniumKlaprothGerman
194093NpNeptuniumMcMillan
Abelson
American
American
194094PuPlutoniumSeaborg
McMillan
Kennedy
Wahl
American
American
American
American
194495AmAmericiumGhiorso
James
Seaborg
Thompson
American
American
American
American
194496CmCuriumSeaborg
James
Ghiorso
American
American
American
195097BkBerkeliumSeaborg
Thompson
Ghiorso
American
American
American
195098CfCaliforniumSeaborg
Thompson
Ghiorso
Street Jr.
American
American
American
American
195299EsEinsteiniumGhiorsoAmerican
1953100FmFermiumGhiorsoAmerican
1955101MdMendeleviumGhiorso
Choppin
Seaborg
Harvey
Thompson
American
American
American
American
American
1958102NoNobeliumGhiorso
Sikkeland
Walton
Seaborg
American
American
American
American
1961103LrLawrenciumGhiorso
Sikkeland
Larsh
Latimer
American
American
American
American
1964104KuKurchatoriumFlerovRussian
1970105HaHahniumGhiorsoAmerican


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