What are 5 elements named after places?
Which Elements Are Named for 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.
What are 3 elements named after countries?
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| Location | Element | Z |
|---|---|---|
| Cyprus | Copper | 29 |
| France (ancient name Gaul) | Francium | 87 |
| Gallium | 31 | |
| Lutetia, Latin name for Paris | Lutetium | 71 |
What are 4 elements named after countries?
Four other countries have elements named after them: francium for France, germanium for Germany, polonium for Poland, and americium for the United States.
What element is named after Europe?
Europium It's somehow rather appropriate that the discovery of europium, the element named after the continent of Europe, should be the subject of a dispute between England and France….
| Discovery date | 1901 |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Eugène-Anatole Demarçay |
| Origin of the name | Europium is named after Europe |
| Allotropes |
What element is named after America?
Americium
| Discovery date | 1944 |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Glenn Seaborg and colleagues |
| Origin of the name | Americium is named for America where it was first made. |
| Allotropes |
What element is named after Germany?
Germanium Germanium – Element information, properties and uses | Periodic Table.
What element is named after the country of Poland?
Scientific element: Polonium It was the first element to be discovered by Marie Curie in 1898 and is named after her native country of Poland.
What element is named after the country of Scandinavia?
It was discovered as scandium in 1879, by Lars Frederik Nilson of the University of Uppsala, Sweden.