Elements - name derivations Flashcards by Dan Adler

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Actinium

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Beam

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Aluminium

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Alum

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Americum

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America

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Antimony

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Antimonium

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Argon

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Inactive

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Arsenic

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Yellow orpiment

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Astatine

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Unstable

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Barium

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Heavy

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Berkelium

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University

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Berylium

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Beryl

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Bismuth

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uncertain

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Bohrium

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Niels Bohr

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Boron

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Arabic, Buraq

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Bromine

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Stench

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Cadmium

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Zinc ore

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Caesium

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Silvery-white

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Calcium

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Lime

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Californium

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California

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Carbon

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Charcoal

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Cerium

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Asteroid Ceres

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Chlorine

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Greenigh-yellow

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Chromium

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Colour

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Cobalt

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Goblin

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Copernicum

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Copper

Cyprus

Curium

Pierre and Marie Curie

Darmsadtium

Darmstadt, Germany

Dubnium

Dubna, Russia

Dysprosium

Hard to get at

Einsteinium

Albert Einstein

Erbium

Ytterby, Sweden

Europium

Europe

Fermium

Enrico Fermi

Flevorium

Flerov lab, Dubna

Flourine

Flowing

Francium

France

Gadolium

Johan Gadolin

Gallium

Cock

Germanium

Germany

Gold

Colour Gold

Hafnium

Copenhagen

Hahnium

Otto Hahn

Hassium

Hasse, Germany

Helium

Sun

Holmium

Stockholm

Hydrogen

Water-producing

Indium

Indigo

Iodine

Voilet

Iridium

Rainbow (Iris)

Iron

Anglo-saxon

Krypton

Hidden

Lanthanum

Lie unseen

Lawrencium

Ernest Lawrence

Lead

Anglo-saxon

Lithium

Stone

Livermorium

Livermore, California

Lutetium

Paris

Magnesium

Magnesia

Manganese

Magnet

Meitnerium

Lise Meitner

Mendelevium

DI Menedelev

Mercury

Planet Mercury

Molybdenum

Lead

Muscovium

Moscow

Neodymium

New twin

Neon

New

Neptunium

Planet Neptune

Nickel

Copper demon

Niobium

Tantalus's daughter

Nitrogen

Nitre-forming

Nobelium

Nobel Institute, Sweden

Nohomium

Japan

Organesson

Yuri Organessian

Osmium

Smell

Oxygen

Acid-producing

Palladium

Asteroid Pallas

Phospherus

Light-bringer

Platinum

Silvery element

Plutonium

Planet Pluto

Polonium

Poland

Potassium

Potash

Praseodymium

Green twin

Promethium

Promethius

Protactinium

First actinium

Radium

Ray

Radon

Radium

Rhenium

Rhine

Rhodium

Rose

Roentgenium

William Roentgen

Rubidium

Dark red

Ruthenium

Russia

Rutherfordium

Ernest Rutherford

Samarium

Samarsite

Scandium

Scandanavia

Seaborgium

Glenn T Seaborg

Seleniun

Moon

Silicon

Hard stone

Silver

Colour silver

Sodium

Soda

Strontium

Stronium, Scotland

Sulphur

Sulpher

Tantalum

Tantalus

Technetium

Man-made

Tellerium

Earth

Tennessine

Oak Ridge and Vanderbilt labs, Tennessee

Terbium

Ytterby, Sweden

Thallium

Green shoot

Thorium

Thor

Thulium

Thule

Tin

Anglo-saxon

Titanium

Titans

Tungsten

Heavy Stone

Uranium

Planet Uranus

Vanadium

Norse Goddess

Xenon

Stranger

Ytterbium

Ytterby, Sweden

Yttrium

Ytterby, Sweden

Zinc

German

Zirconium

Golden