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seaborgium
# (Sg, 106) — Glenn T. Seaborg
25 points - added 3 years ago by mdolleris - 4 comments
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this is sooo great thanx
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helped me a lot with my howmework thanks!! :))
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this helps me a lot thx
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REALLY HELPED ME WITH HOMEWORK :)
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Einsteinium (Albert Einstein)
This element is a synthetic element and is extremely radioactive and highly toxic.
24 points - added 3 years ago by mdolleris - 1 comment
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that helped me thanks alot
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Gadolinium
Gadolinium is named from the mineral gadolinite, which is named after the Finnish chemist/geologist Johan Gadolin.
21 points - added 3 years ago by mdolleris - 1 comment
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helped me with home work
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Mendelevium (Dmitri Mendeleev)
Mendeleev is credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements. With it, he predicted the properties of elements yet to be discovered.
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Lawrencium (Ernest Lawrence)
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Curium (Pierre and Marie Curie)
Marie Curie and her husband Pierre are famous for discovering radium and for their work in radioactivity.
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Meitnerium (Lise Meitner)
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Titanium (the Titans, from Greek mythology)
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Tantalum (Tantalus, from Greek mythology)
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Promethium (Prometheus, a Titan from Greek mythology)
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Niobium (Niobe, a mortal woman in Greek mythology)
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Rutherfordium (Ernest Rutherford)
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Roentgenium (Wilhelm Roentgen)
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Fermium (Enrico Fermi)
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Nobelium (Alfred Nobel)
Scientists in 1957 at the Nobel Institute in Sweden claimed to have discovered this element.
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Bohrium (Niels Bohr)
Some scientists suggested the name nielsbohrium, but the naming committee rejected that since there was no precedent for using a scientist's complete name in the naming of an element. So now it's just bohrium.
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Californium
Named after the State of California
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Vanadium (Scandinavian goddess Vanadis)
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Thorium (Thor, the Norse god of thunder)
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Iridium (Iris, from Greek mythology)
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Gallium
gallium (Ga, 31) — although named after Gallia (Latin for France), the discoverer of the metal Lecoq de Boisbaudran subtly attached an association with his name. Lecoq (rooster) in Latin is gallus.
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Samarium
Samarium is named from the mineral samarskite which is named after Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets, a Russian mine official.
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