Elementymology & Elements Multidict |
Elements are also sorted by "atomic weight", and the atomic weights of the known elements differ from their actual atomic weights. One explanation is that with the discovery of subspace, chemistry underwent a revolution to translate the subspace properties of elements. It is also interesting to note that the size of the atom itself (as seen in the Okudagram of the Table of Elements) does not affect the atomic weight. This can be seen with the element Poi, the heaviest element, and that its physical atomic size is much smaller than that of the element Hawkeye, which is much lighter in terms of atomic weight.
The table from Rascals was later used for the classroom scenes on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. However, in at least one case, in the episode Cardassians, the table had a different color code. It is unknown if this table was also labeled with different elements than those seen in Rascals. Another version of the Periodic Table can be found in the Starfleet Medical Reference Manual (illustration below) which is devoid of the "in jokes" found on the Next Generation version.
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TRANSONIC SERIES | |||||||||
| 01 H Hydrogen |
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32 Rx Mazdaium* |
84 Es Estonianium* |
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| 03 Li Lithium |
04 Be Beium/Berium |
32 Rx Mazdaium* |
164 Br Brownfieldium |
230 Po Poi* |
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| 11 Na Sodium |
12 Mg Magnumium PI |
HYPERSONIC SERIES |
GAMMA SERIES |
OMEGA SERIES |
WORLD SERIES |
164 Br Brownfieldium |
32 Fr Freedonia |
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| 19 K Sodium |
19 Ca Californium |
84 Es Estonianium* |
19 La Stoogeian |
23 Ca Paramount |
56 Sn Snarkium |
99 Ra Johnsonium |
32 Fr Freedonia |
66 Ed Chanockian |
55 Mi Pillerium |
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| 37 Rb Rhubarbium |
37 Cs Cosmoium |
230 Po Poi* |
10 Mo Stoogeium |
70 Qu Potatoeium |
37 Qk Quarkian |
88 Mx Harpo |
66 Ed Chanockian |
87 Sw Cheeseium |
19 An Neskoromnium |
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| 01 Cs Hydrogen |
68 Ba Babaloo |
01 Kr Kryptonite |
90 Cr Curly |
123 Rj Jamesium |
92 Ri Craftium |
22 Mr Groucho |
22 Ke Keiyurium |
89 CO Cavorite |
55 Fx Chronister |
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| 87 Fr Franconium |
87 Mx Grouchoian |
87 Dt Dilithium |
77 Di Princessium |
92 Hg Redskinium |
100 Wc Fieldium |
87 Mx Zeppo |
01 Ca Hobbes |
87 Ch Jonesium |
87 Ma Stimsonium |
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| 108 Ac Accurentum |
39 Br Yacobian |
66 Tm Purseronite |
77 St Tngonian |
100 Wc Fieldium |
66 Al Smutkoian |
87 Ar Dentium |
87 Br Bermanium |
55 Tx Averyonium |
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| 55 Ab Chico |
MEGA SERIES |
87 Sn Exitstageleft |
55 Bi Thomsonian |
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| 189 Cd Meeseian |
87 Dy Disneyium |
120 Bu Bugsonian |
87 Da Daffyduckium |
156 Wy Drapanas |
189 Da Duckdodgers |
55 Sy Sufferin'sucat |
87 Ef Hawkeye* |
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| 87 Py Monty |
87 Mx Zeppo |
87 Md Hawkeye* |
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| Hypersonic series | Gamma series | Omega series |
| World series | Transonic series | Mega series |
| Other | ||
| Wt. | Element Name | Symbol | Name origin (underlined the origin of the symbol), and/or remarks |
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| 01 | Hobbes | Ca | Presumably the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes |
| 01 | Hydrogen | Cs or H | — |
| 01 | Kryptonite | Kr | The fictional element from stories of Superman published by DC Comics. For what it is worth, the DC version of Kryptonite is number 126 on the table |
| 03 | Lithium | Li | — |
| 04 | Beium or Berium | Be | ? |
| 10 | Stoogeium | Mo | Moe Howard of the Three Stooges. A similar element is Stoogeian. |
| 11 | Sodium | Na | Oddly, in Rascals, sodium was on the Table of Elements twice, once under the symbol Na (symbol in real life), and again under the symbol K (In real life the atomic symbol for potassium). |
| 12 | Magnumium PI | Mg | The television show Magnum PI |
| 19 | Californium | Ca | The producers might have created the name not knowing it was an actual element. The symbol is that of Calcium in real life. |
| 19 | Neskoromnium | An | Andrew Neskoromny, production associate (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion) |
| 19 | Sodium | K | Oddly, in Rascals, sodium was on the Table of Elements twice, once under the symbol Na (symbol in real life), and again under the symbol K (In real life the atomic symbol for potassium) |
| 19 | Stoogeian | La | Larry Fine of the Three Stooges. A similar element is Stoogeian. |
| 22 | Groucho | Mr | Groucho Marx of the Marx Brothers. A similar element was Grouchoian. |
| 22 | Keiyurium | Ke | According to technical illustrator and modeller Rick Sternbach, this is a joke reference to the Japanese anime franchise Dirty Pair with assistance from scenic art supervisor and technical consultant Michael Okuda |
| 23 | Paramount | Ca | Paramount Pictures, which is the company that produced Star Trek: The Next Generation. |
| 32 | Freedonia | Fr | Country run by Rufus T. Firefly in the Marx Brothers movie, Duck Soup. |
| 32 | Mazdaium | Rx | The automobile Mazda RX |
| 37 | Cosmoium | Cs | Ihe fictional element from John W. Campbell, Jr's. Invasion of the Infinite. Cosmoium was supposedly composed of solidified light, in the form of exotic cosmic ray photons instead of ordinary light. Its specific gravity was 5007.89 and tensile strength about two hundred thousand times that of steel. |
| 37 | Quarkian | Qk | Named after subatomic quark, but it may have been named after the DS9 character Quark, since Deep Space Nine was in pre-production at the time. |
| 37 | Rhubarbium | Rb | Presumably the vegetable rhubarb. |
| 39 | Estonianium | Es | Presumably the country of Estonia. |
| 39 | Yacobian | Br | Brad Yacobian, Unit Production Manager and Producer for three of the of the Star Trek spin-off series. |
| 55 | Averyonium | Tx | Tex Avery, animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director. |
| 55 | Chico | Ab | Presumably Chico Marx of the Marx Brothers. |
| 55 | Chronister | Fx | Likely after Richard Chronister, special effects (F/X) assistant for Star Trek: Insurrection |
| 55 | Pillerium | Mi | Michael Piller, TNG executive producer. |
| 55 | Sufferin'sucat | Sy | Sylvester the Cat, whose famous line was "Sufferin' succotash" |
| 55 | Thomsonian | Bi | Likely after William "Bill" Thomson who developed the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature measurement. |
| 56 | Barium | Ba | — |
| 56 | Snarkium | Sn | Likely after SNARK, which is a reasoning system created by Jean-Louis Laurière in 1985. |
| 66 | Chanockian | Ed | Ed Charnock, Jr., a paint director for Star Trek productions |
| 66 | Purseronite | Tm | Tom Purser, production associate. |
| 66 | Smutkoian | Al | Al Smutko, Construction Coordinator for Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager. |
| 68 | Babaloo | Ba | Likely after the Desi Arnaz song Babalu. |
| 70 | Potatoeium | Qu | Potato. Spelled potato"e"ium, possibly as a reference to the infamous 1992 Dan Quayle Spelling Bee event. |
| 77 | Princessium | Di | Princess Diana. |
| 77 | Tngonian | St | TNG - Star Trek: The Next Generation. |
| 84 | Estonianium | Es | Presumably the country of Estonia. |
| 87 | Bermanium | Br | Rick Berman, executive producer. |
| 87 | Cheeseium | Sw | Swiss cheese. |
| 87 | Daffyduckium | Da | Daffy Duck, animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. |
| 87 | Dentium | Ar | The character Arthur Dent in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams. |
| 87 | Dilithium | Dt | Use of the prefix 'di-; denotes two atoms, suggesting dilithium consists of two atoms of lithium. Used to power the warp drive systems of many starships. |
| 87 | Disneyium | Dy | Walt Disney. |
| 87 | Exitstageleft | Sn | Reference to the cartoon character Snagglepuss, whose favorite catchphrase was "Exit, stage left!" |
| 87 | Franconium | Fr | Presumably an homage to The Wild Wild West, which featured the fictional radioactive element franconium in two episodes: The Night of the Glowing Corpse (1965) and The Night of the Cadre (1967). |
| 87 | Grouchoian | Mx | Groucho Marx of the Marx Brothers. A similar element was Groucho. |
| 87 | Hawkeye | Ef or Md | MASH character Hawkeye Pierce, M.D. |
| 87 | Jonesium | Ch | Chuck Jones, cartoonist. |
| 87 | Monty | Py | English comedy troupe Monty Python |
| 87 | Stimsonium | Ma | ? |
| 87 | Zeppo | Mx | Zeppo Marx of the Marx Brothers. |
| 88 | Harpo | Mx | Harpo Marx of the Marx Brothers. |
| 89 | Cavorite | CO | Apparently named for the fictional element from H.G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon. Cavorite was supposedly impervious to gravity and could shield other materials from its effects. It was used to shield a craft from the Earth's pull, allowing discoverer Mr. Cavor to travel to the Moon. |
| 90 | Curly | Cr | Curly Howard of The Three Stooges. |
| 92 | Craftium | Ri | Richard Craft (1983-1988, Electrical Division, crewmember of the USS Ranger who served aboard the ship during the filming of Star Trek IV. |
| 92 | Redskinium | Hg | ? |
| 99 | Johnsonium | Ra | Randy Johnson, an assistant cameraman on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. |
| 100 | Fieldium | Wc | W. C. Fields, comedian and actor. |
| 108 | Accurentum | Ac | The AC electric current which is about 118V in the United States. |
| 120 | Bugsonian | Bu | Bugs Bunny, fictional character who starred in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, which became Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1944 |
| 123 | Jamesium | Rj | Richard James, set designer. |
| 156 | Drapanas | Wy | Wendy Drapanas, a scenic artist for TNG, Voyager, Enterprise, and Star Trek: Nemesis. |
| 164 | Brownfieldium | Br | Likely Dick Brownfield, worked on special effects throughout the run of Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation. |
| 189 | Duckdodgers | Da | The short Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, a Merrie Melodies cartoon created in 1952. |
| 189 | Meeseian | Cd | ? |
| 230 | Poi | Po | Likely Polonium, presumably, the name was shortened to fit on the graphic. |
On pages 17- is an alphabetical table of the elements, listing for each name, symbol, atomic weight, atomic number, place of discovery and date. Since the numbers 1-105 are the normal elements, here we list only the numers 106 and further.
| atomic number | name | symbol | atomic weight | place of discovery | date | Episode |
| 106 | Element 106 | – | (263) | Russia - Terra | 1974 | -- |
| 107 | Element 107 | – | (280) | Russia - Terra | 1978 | -- |
| 108 | Element 108 | – | (288) | Germany - Terra | 1979 | -- |
| 109 | Element 109 | – | (296) | India - Terra | 1982 | -- |
| 110 | Element 110 | – | (296) | India - Terra | 1983 | -- |
| 111 | Pergium | Pe | (292) | Mercury | 2023 | TOS: The Devil in the Dark; VOY: Fair Trade; DS9: Prodigal Daughter |
| 112 | Dikironium | Dk | (300) | Vulcan | 8810** | TOS: Obsession |
| 113 | Celebium | Cb | (299) | Mercury | 2023 | TOS: Turnabout Intruder |
| 114 | Colladium | Ci | (302) | United States - Terra | 1977 | -- |
| 115 | Algobarium | Ab | (305) | Martien Colony 3 | 2015 | -- |
| 116 | Irillium | Im | (305) | Asteroid belt | 2029? | TOS: Requiem for Methuselah |
| 117 | Topaline | To | (306) | Ganymede | 2021 | ENT: The Shipment; TOS: Friday's Child |
| 118 | Zienite | Zi | (318) | known to ancients on Ardana | -- | |
| 119 | Dilithium | Dl | (315) | Jupiter V | 2049 | many episodes |
| 120 | Rubindium | Rd | (314) | Asteroid belt | 2038 | TOS: Patterns of Force |
| 121 | Boridium | Bo | (317) | known to ancients on Rigel IV | several episodes | |
| 122 | Diburnium | Db | (319) | known to ancients on Vulcan | TOS: That Which Survives; TOS: By Any Other Name | |
| 123 | Murinite | Mu | (320) | known to ancients on Rigel IV | TOS: Wolf in the Fold | |
| 124 | Indurite | It | (322) | Skorr | ? | TAS: The Jihad |
| 125 | Rodinium | Ro | (323) | Vega IX | ? | TOS: Balance of Terror; DS9: The Maquis, Part I |
| 126 | Tritanium | Tn | (323) | Argus X | 2261 | many episodes |
| 127 | Trivium | Tv | (328) | Denevan asteroid belt | 2153 | TOS: Operation -- Annihilate |
| 128 | Trititanium | Tt | (328) | Motherlode | 2184 | TOS: Journey to Babel |
| 129 | Tricobalt | Tr | (332) | Janus VI | 2192 | various episodes |
| 139 | Kironide | Ki | (348) | Vulcan | 8756** | TOS: Plato's Stepchildren |
| 140 | Corbomite | Ct | (361) | Star Base 27 | 2262 | TOS: The Corbomite Maneuver; TOS: The Deadly Years |
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