The Periodic Table of Chemical Elements

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The Periodic Table of Chemical Elements ¤Æ¾Ç¤¸¯Àªí
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H He
Hydrogen Helium
1 2
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Li Be B C N O F Ne
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbom Nitrogen Oxygen Flourine Neon
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
¶u ¿ø   ¾T Öº ÁC ²¸ ´â ´ã
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorous Sulphur Clorine Argon
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
¹[ ¶t Üp Üg ³« »Ì Áâ ÅK ¹W Âì »É ¾N ñS ëã ¯~ Ö´ ·Í Õß
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
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Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pa Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
ä£ ¾X Lanthanide Series ä¦ àº Âë ëä èr äv ¹` ª÷ ¨E à® ¹] ¹c °z ¥Û¦ã Ïl
Cs Ba Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Ceasium Barium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury Thallium Lead Bismuth Pollonium Actinium Radon
55 56 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
Üb ÅJ Actinide Series ÆD ª÷¨u
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Fr Ra Rf Ha / Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Uun Uuu
Francium Radium Rutherfordium Hahnium
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Dubnium
Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Ununnilium Unununium
87 88 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111
 
Lanthanides Series ùS à° ôê ×ý ¹d ×ü ä} ÐÁ èi Ãé Üd äz ä· ö^ ª÷¾|
La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dyspropsium Holonium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium
57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
Actinides Series ëè ØA ôõ ¹\ ª÷®³ ª÷¤£ ª÷¬Ü ª÷§½
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Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cm Es Fm Md No Lr
Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendeleevium Nobelium Lawrencium
89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103

 No B5   UnC-V3 UN UN-DEC Symbol Name      Mandarin Cantonese
  1 ²B   U+6C2B ²B 27691    H   hydrogen      qing1  hing1
  2 ®ó   U+6C26 ®ó 27686    He  helium        hai4   hoi6
  3 ¾Y   U+92F0 ¾Y 37616    Li  litium        li3    lei5
  4 ¹e   U+9239 ¹e 37433    Be  beryllium     pi1    pei1
  5 ¸N   U+787C ¸N 30844    B   boron         peng2  pang4
  6 ºÒ   U+78B3 ºÒ 30899    C   carbon        tan4   taan3
  7 ´á   U+6C2E ´á 27694    N   nitrogen      dan4   daam6
  8 ®ñ   U+6C27 ®ñ 27689    O   oxygen        yang3  yeung5
  9 ¬t   U+6C1F ¬t 27679    F   flourine      fu2    fat7
 10 ¦»   U+6C16 ¦» 27670    Ne  neon          nai3   naai5
 11 ¶u   U+9209 ¶u 37385    Na  sodium        na4    naap9
 12 ¿ø   U+9333 ¿ø 37683    Mg  magnesium     meng3  maang5
 13 ¾T   U+92C1 ¾T 37569    Al  aluminium     lu3    lui5
 14 Öº   U+7845 Öº 30789    Si  silicon       gui1   gwai1
 15 ÁC   U+78F7 ÁC 30967    P   phosphorous   lin2   lun4
 16 ²¸   U+F9CE 硫 63950    S   sulphur       liu2   lau4
 17 ´â   U+6C2F ´â 27695    Cl  chlorine      lu4    luk9
 18 ´ã   U+6C2C ´ã 27692    Ar  argon         ya4    a3
 19 ¹[   U+9240 ¹[ 37400    K   potassium     jia3   gaap8
 20 ¶t   U+9223 ¶t 37411    Ca  calcium       gai4   koi3
 21 Üp   U+9227 Üp 37415    Sc  scandium      kang4  kong3
 22 Üg   U+9226 Üg 37414    Ti  titanium      tai4   taai3
 23 ³«   U+91E9 ³« 37353    V   vanadium      fan2   faan4
 24 »Ì   U+927B »Ì 37499    Cr  chromium      ming2  ming5
 25 Áâ   U+9382 Áâ 37622    Mn  manganese     mei3   mei5
 26 ÅK   U+9435 ÅK 37941    Fe  iron          tie3   tit8
 27 ¹W   U+9237 ¹W 37431    Co  cobalt        gu1    goo1
 28 Âì   U+93B3 Âì 37811    Ni  nickel        nie4   nip7
 29 ȃ   U+9285 ȃ 37509    Cu  copper        tong2  tung4
 30 ¾N   U+92C5 ¾N 37573    Zn  zinc          xin1   san1
 31 ñS   U+93B5 ñS 37813    Ga  gallium       jia1   ga1
 32 ëã   U+937A ëã 37754    Ge  germanium     zhe3   je2
 33 ¯~   U+7837 ¯~ 30775    As  arsenic       shen1  san1
 34 Ö´   U+7852 Ö´ 30802    Se  selenium      xi1    sai1
 35 ·Í   U+6EB4 ·Í 28340    Br  bromine       xiu4   chau3
 36 Õß   U+6C2A Õß 27690    Kr  krypton       ke4    hak7
 37 ä§   U+92A3 ä§ 37539    Rb  rubidium      ru2    yue6
 38 îÖ   U+9376 îÖ 37750    Sr  strontium     si1    si1
 39 ÐÀ   U+91D4 ÐÀ 37332    Y   yttrium       yi1    yuet9
 40 èp   U+92EF èp 37615    Zr  zirconium     gao4   go3
 41 à·   U+922E à· 37422    Nb  niobium       ni2    lei4
 42 à»   U+926C à» 37484    Mo  molybdenum    mu4    muk9
 43 ª÷¥¹ U+9340 鍀 37696    Tc  technetium    de2    dak7
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 44 ÔB   U+91D5 ÔB 37333    Ru  ruthenium     liao3  liu5
 45 ä{   U+92A0 ä{ 37536    Rh  rhodium       lao3   lo5
 46 Üj   U+9200 Üj 37376    Pa  palladium     ba3    ba2
 47 »È   U+9280 »È 37504    Ag  silver        yin2   ngan4
 48 Âð   U+9398 Âð 37784    Cd  cadmium       ge2    gaak8
 49 ä¡   U+92A6 ä¡ 37542    In  indium        yin1   yan1
 50 ¿ü   U+932B ¿ü 37675    Sn  tin           xi2    sik8
 51 ¾O   U+92BB ¾O 37563    Sb  antimony      ti4    tai1
 52 âë   U+78B2 âë 30898    Te  tellerium     di4    dai3
 53 ¸K   U+7898 ¸K 30872    I   iodine        dian3  din2
 54 ËI   U+6C19 ËI 27673    Xe  xenon         xian1  sin1
 55 ä£   U+92AB ä£ 37547    Cs  caesium       se4    sik7
 56 ¾X   U+92C7 ¾X 37575    Ba  barium        bei4   booi3
 57 ùS   U+946D ùS 37997    La  lanthanum     lan4   laan4
 58 à°   U+9230 à° 37424    Ce  cerium        shi4   si5
 59 ôê   U+9420 ôê 37920    Pr  praseodymium  pu3    po2
 60 ×ý   U+91F9 ×ý 37369    Nd  neodymium     nu3    lui5
 61 ¹d   U+9245 ¹d 37445    Pm  promethium    ju4    gui6
 62 ×ü   U+91E4 ×ü 37348    Sm  samarium      shan4  saam1
 63 ä}   U+92AA ä} 37546    Eu  europium      you3   yau5
 64 ÐÁ   U+91D3 ÐÁ 37331    Gd  gadolinium    ga2    ga1
 65 èi   U+92F1 èi 37617    Tb  terbium       te4    tik7
 66 Ãé   U+93D1 Ãé 37841    Dy  dysprosium    di2    dik9
 67 Üd   U+9225 Üd 37413    Ho  holmium       huo2   foh2
 68 äz   U+927A äz 37498    Er  erbium        er3    yi5
 69 ä·   U+92A9 ä· 37545    Tm  thulium       diu1   diu1
 70 ö^   U+943F ö^ 37951    Yb  ytterbium     yi4    yi3
 71 ª÷¾| U+9465 鑥 37989    Lu  lutetium      lu3    lou5
 72 ä¦   U+927F ä¦ 37503    Hf  hafnium       jia2   hap9
 73 ຠ  U+926D ຠ37485    Ta  tantalum      dan4   taan2
 74 Âë   U+93A2 Âë 37794    W   tungsten      wu1    woo1
 75 ëä   U+9338 ëä 37688    Re  rhenium       lai2   loi4
 76 èr   U+92E8 èr 37608    Os  osmium        e2     oh4
 77 äv   U+92A5 äv 37541    Ir  iridium       yi1    yi1
 78 ¹`   U+9251 ¹` 37457    Pt  platinum      bo2    bok9
 79 ª÷   U+91D1 ª÷ 37329    Au  gold          jin1   gam1
 80 ¨E   U+6C5E ¨E 27742    Hg  mercury       gong3  hung3
 81 à®   U+9248 à® 37448    Tl  thallium      she2   ta1
 82 ¹]   U+925B ¹] 37467    Pb  lead          qian1  yuen4
 83 ¹c   U+924D ¹c 37453    Bi  bismuth       bi4    bei3
 84 °z   U+91D9 °z 37337    Po  pollonium     pu2    pok8
 85 ¥Û¦ã U+7839 砹 30777    At  astatine      ai4    ngaai6
 86 Ïl   U+6C21 Ïl 27681    Rn  radon         dong1  dung1
 87 Üb   U+9201 Üb 37377    Fr  francium      fang1  fong1
 88 ÅJ   U+9433 ÅJ 37939    Ra  radium        lei2   lui4
 89 ëè   U+9312 ëè 37650    Ac  actinium      ei1    a1
 90 ØA   U+91F7 ØA 37367    Th  thorium       tu3    to2
 91 ôõ   U+93F7 ôõ 37879    Pa  protactinium  pu2    pok8
 92 ¹\   U+923E ¹\ 37438    U   uranium       you2   yau4
 93 ª÷®³ U+93BF 鎿 37823    Np  neptunium     na2    na4
 94 ª÷¤£ U+9208 鈈 37384    Pu  plutonium     bu4    bat7
 95 ª÷¬Ü U+9387 鎇 37767    Am  americium     mei2   mei4
 96 ª÷§½ U+92E6 èv 37606    Cm  curium        ju2    guk9
 97 ª÷¥ß U+9307 錇 37639    Bk  berkelium     pei2   pui4
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 98 ª÷¶} U+9426 鐦 37926    Cm  californium   kai1   hoi1
 99 ª÷«s U+9384 鎄 37764    Es  einsteinium   ai1    oi1
100 ôð   U+9428 ôð 37928    Fm  fermium       fei4   fai3
101 ëê   U+9346 ëê 37702    Md  mendelevium   men2   moon4
102 ª÷­Y U+9369 鍩 37737    No  nobelium      nuo4   nok9
103 ôù   U+9412 ôù 37906    Lr  lawrencium    lao2   lo4
104 ÆD   U+946A ÆD 37994    Rf  rutherfordium lu2    lo4
105 ª÷¨u [Not in Unicode]   Ha  Hahnium       han3   hon2 #
    ª÷§ù [Not in Unicode]   Db  Dubnium       du4    do6
106 ª÷³ß [Not in Unicode]   Sg  Seaborgium    xi3    hei2
107 ª÷ªi [Not in Unicode]   Bh  Bohrium       bo1    boh1
108 ª÷¶Â [Not in Unicode]   Hs  Hassium       hei1   hak7
109 ª÷³Á [Not in Unicode]   Mt  Meitnerium    mai4   maak9
# Now superceeded by Dubnium.

Transuranic elements

Elements 104 and 105 was discovered at the heavy-ion cyclotron at Dubna, near Moscow USSR, in 1964 and 1968 respectively. The latter was named after the cyclotron site, and the former was named after a New Zealand Physicist, Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), who was prominent in early investigations into radioactivity.

Element 106 was named after Glenn Theodore Seaborg (b.1912) and American chemist and Nobel laureate (shared Chemistry, 1951, with American physicist Edwin MacMillan). He is known for his part in the discovery of many transuranic elements.

Element 107 is named after Niels Henrik David Bohr, a Danish physicist who first proposed energy levels and proponent of the early quantum theory at the beginning of the twentieth century. At first the proposal was to call this element Nielsbohrium, but since it was unprecedented to include the first name, it was left to the Danish to decide, and it is now Bohrium. The reason for the proposal "NielsBohrium" is probably to distinguish the intended physicist Niels Bohr, rather than his son, Aage Niels Bohr, who with Ben R. Mottleson proposed by James Rainwater put forward a doctoral thesis on the deformation of the nucleus and show its ability to vibrate and rotate. A.N. Bohr, B.R. Mottleson and J. Rainwater shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1975 for this explanation.

Elements 108 and 109 were discovered at the Unilac accelarator in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1984 and 1982 respectively. Hassium is derived from Hassias, an old latin term referring to an old German state.

Element 109 was named after Lise Meitner (1878-1968). Her contribution to science was that she worked out the mechanics of nuclear fission via chain reaction, and published the first paper on this topic in 1939. During 1926-1933, she was professor of physics at the University of Berlin. Her jewish roots caused her to move to Stockholm, Sweden, in 1938.

Only twenty years ago when I was still at school, there weren't any names for the transuranic elements beyond lawrencium (103). The following were stand-ins, if I may call them that. Some of those elements greater than 109 have been reported, but haven't been named as yet.


104 Unq Unnilquadium
105 Unp Unnilpentium
106 Unh Unnilhexium
107 Uns Unnilseptium
108 Uno Unniloctium
109 Unn Unnilnonium
110 Uun Ununnillium
111 Uuu Unununium
112 Uub Ununbium
113 Uut Ununtrium
114 Uuq Ununquadium
115 Uup Ununpentium
116 Uuh Ununhexium
117 Uus Ununseptium
118 Uuo Ununoctium
119 Uue Ununennium
120 Ubn Unbinilium

The general method seems to be to use latin number roots to indicate the digits. The name for the digits which have been agreed are as follows:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
nil un bi tri quad pent hex sept oct enn
n u b t q p h s o e

Elements 110 and 111 were discovered in 1994, at Darmstadt, Germany. Also, elements 114 and 116 have been reported. None of the transuranium elements occurs naturally in nature.


With thanks to "Uncle Al" and others for the names of the transuranium elements who answered my questions on sci.physics and alt.sci.physics from Tuesday 6 April 1999, in the thread "request, elements".

Source

  • Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, ISBN 0-19-583768-1. (1990) Appendix 11 "Table of Chemical Elements."
  • The Wordsworth Pocket Encyclopedia, ISBN 1-85326-301-X. (1987, 1994), pp. 442-443.
  • Encarta 96, Microsoft. (1993-1995)
  • http://web.tiscalinet.it/cmc/transuranici.gifTransuranic Elements from Pierpaolo Bernardi bernardp_[at]_cli.di.unipi.it which first appeared in the unicode list unicode_[at]_unicode.org on Tuesday 23rd January 2001. The gif comes from the 1999 edition of Xiandai Hanyu Cidian ²{¥Nº~»yµü¨å¡C

    Sites

  • http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iupac/AtWt/element.html
  • http://www.webelements.com/index.html
  • http://www.chemdex.org/chemdex/periodic-tables.html


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