j-stengade noter diverse periodic
| 1 H |
Greek elements hydro- and -gen, 'water-forming'
Atomic weight: 1.0080
Primordial
Gas
| 2 He |
Greek helios, 'sun'
Atomic weight: 4.0026
Primordial
Gas
| 3 Li |
Greek líthos, 'stone'
Atomic weight: 6.94
Primordial
Solid
| 4 Be |
Beryl, a mineral (ultimately from the name of Belur in southern India)
Atomic weight: 9.0122
Primordial
Solid
| 5 B |
Borax, a mineral (from Arabic bawraq, Middle Persian *borag)
Atomic weight: 10.81
Primordial
Solid
| 6 C |
Latin carbo, 'coal'
Atomic weight: 12.011
Primordial
Solid
| 7 N |
Greek nítron and -gen, 'niter-forming'
Atomic weight: 14.007
Primordial
Gas
| 8 O |
Greek oxy- and -gen, 'acid-forming'
Atomic weight: 15.999
Primordial
Gas
| 9 F |
Latin fluere, 'to flow'
Atomic weight: 18.998
Primordial
Gas
| 10 Ne |
Greek néon, 'new'
Atomic weight: 20.180
Primordial
Gas
| 11 Na |
English (from medieval Latin) soda · Symbol Na is derived from Neo-Latin natrium, coined from German Natron, 'natron'
Atomic weight: 22.990
Primordial
Solid
| 12 Mg |
Magnesia, a district of Eastern Thessaly in Greece
Atomic weight: 24.305
Primordial
Solid
| 13 Al |
Alumina, from Latin alumen (gen. aluminis), 'bitter salt, alum'
Atomic weight: 26.982
Primordial
Solid
| 14 Si |
Latin silex, 'flint' (originally silicium)
Atomic weight: 28.085
Primordial
Solid
| 15 P |
Greek phosphóros, 'light-bearing'
Atomic weight: 30.974
Primordial
Solid
| 16 S |
Latin sulphur, 'brimstone'
Atomic weight: 32.06
Primordial
Solid
| 17 Cl |
Greek chlorós, 'greenish yellow'
Atomic weight: 35.45
Primordial
Gas
| 18 Ar |
Greek argós, 'idle' (because of its inertness)
Atomic weight: 39.95
Primordial
Gas
| 19 K |
Neo-Latin potassa, 'potash', itself from pot and ash. Symbol K is derived from Latin kalium
Atomic weight: 39.098
Primordial
Solid
| 20 Ca |
Latin calx, 'lime'
Atomic weight: 40.078
Primordial
Solid
| 21 Sc |
Latin Scandia, 'Scandinavia'
Atomic weight: 44.956
Primordial
Solid
| 22 Ti |
Titans, the sons of the Earth goddess of Greek mythology
Atomic weight: 47.867
Primordial
Solid
| 23 V |
Vanadis, an Old Norse name for the Scandinavian goddess Freyja
Atomic weight: 50.942
Primordial
Solid
| 24 Cr |
Greek chróma, 'colour'
Atomic weight: 51.996
Primordial
Solid
| 25 Mn |
Corrupted from magnesia negra; see § magnesium
Atomic weight: 54.938
Primordial
Solid
| 26 Fe |
English word, from Proto-Celtic *isarnom ('iron'), from a root meaning 'blood'. Symbol Fe is derived from Latin ferrum
Atomic weight: 55.845
Primordial
Solid
| 27 Co |
German Kobold, 'goblin'
Atomic weight: 58.933
Primordial
Solid
| 28 Ni |
Nickel, a mischievous sprite of German miner mythology
Atomic weight: 58.693
Primordial
Solid
| 29 Cu |
English word, from Latin cuprum, from Ancient Greek Kýpros 'Cyprus'
Atomic weight: 63.546
Primordial
Solid
| 30 Zn |
Most likely from German Zinke, 'prong' or 'tooth', though some suggest Persian sang, 'stone'
Atomic weight: 65.38
Primordial
Solid
| 31 Ga |
Latin Gallia, 'France'
Atomic weight: 69.723
Primordial
Solid
| 32 Ge |
Latin Germania, 'Germany'
Atomic weight: 72.630
Primordial
Solid
| 57 La | 58 Ce | 59 Pr | 60 Nd | 61 Pm | 62 Sm | 63 Eu | 64 Gd | 65 Tb | 66 Dy | 67 Ho | 68 Er | 69 Tm | 70 Yb |
The term "lanthanide" was introduced by Victor Goldschmidt in 1925. Despite their abundance, the technical term "lanthanides" is interpreted to reflect a sense of elusiveness on the part of these elements, as it comes from the Greek λανθανειν (lanthanein), "to lie hidden".
Rather than referring to their natural abundance, the word reflects their property of "hiding" behind each other in minerals. The term derives from lanthanum, first discovered in 1838, at that time a so-called new rare-earth element "lying hidden" or "escaping notice" in a cerium mineral,[12] and it is an irony that lanthanum was later identified as the first in an entire series of chemically similar elements and gave its name to the whole series.
| 89 Ac | 90 Th | 91 Pa | 92 U | 93 Np | 94 Pu | 95 Am | 96 Cm | 97 Bk | 98 Cf | 99 Es | 100 Fm | 101 Md | 102 No |
Like the lanthanides, the actinides form a family of elements with similar properties. Within the actinides, there are two overlapping groups: transuranium elements, which follow uranium in the periodic table; and transplutonium elements, which follow plutonium. Compared to the lanthanides, which (except for promethium) are found in nature in appreciable quantities, most actinides are rare. Most do not occur in nature, and of those that do, only thorium and uranium do so in more than trace quantities. The most abundant or easily synthesized actinides are uranium and thorium, followed by plutonium, americium, actinium, protactinium, neptunium, and curium.