Places of Discovery - Elementymology & Elements Multidict
Elementymology & Elements Multidict
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Places where elements were discovered
Antiquity and Middle Ages
6 Carbonium
carbon
16 Sulphirium
sulphur
26 Ferrum
iron
29 Cuprum
copper
33 Arsenicum
arsenic
47 Argentum
silver
50 Stannum
tin
51 Stibium
antimony
79 Aurum
gold
80 Hydrargyrum
mercury
82 Plumbum
lead
83 Bismuth
Austria
1885
59 Praseodymium
Carl F. Auer von Welsbach
1885
60 Neodymium
Carl F. Auer von Welsbach
Denmark
1825
13 Aluminium
Hans Christian Oersted
1923
72 Hafnium
Dirk Coster & George Charles von Hevesy
Finland
1794
39 Yttrium
Johann Gadolin
France
1797
24 Chromium
Nicholas Louis Vauquelin
1798
4 Beryllium
Nicholas Louis Vauquelin
1808
5 Borium
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, L.J. Thénard
(and Davy)
1811
53 Iodium
Bernard Courtois
1826
35 Bromium
Antoine-J. Balard
1875
31 Gallium
Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
1879
62 Samarium
Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
1886
9 Fluorine
Henri Moissan
1886
66 Dysprosium
Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
1898
84 Polonium
Marie Sklodowska Curie
1898
88 Radium
Pierre and Marie Curie
1899
89 Actinium
André Debierne
1901
63 Europium
Eugene Demarcay
1907
71 Lutetium
Georges Urbain
(and Welsbach)
1939
87 Francium
Marguerite Perey (Institut Curie, Paris)
Germany
1669
15 Phosphorus
Hennig Brand
1746
30 Zinc
Andreas Marggraf
1789
40 Zirconium
Martin Heinrich Klaproth (Berlin)
1789
92 Uranium
Martin Klaproth
1803
58 Cerium
Wilhelm von Hisinger & Martin Klaproth
(and Berzelius)
1817
48 Cadmium
Friedrich Strohmeyer
1860
55 Cesium
Gustav Kirchhoff & Robert Bunsen
1861
37 Rubidium
Robert Bunsen & Gustav Kirchhoff
1863
49 Indium
Ferdinand Reich & Hieronymus Theodor Richter
1886
32 Germanium
Clemens Winkler
1900
86 Radon
Friedrich Ernst Dorn
1907
71 Lutetium
Carl Auer von Welsbach
(and Urbain)
1913
91 Protactinium
Otto Hahn & Lise Meitner
(and Soddy & Cranston)
1925
75 Rhenium
Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke, & Otto Berg
GSI Darmstadt
= Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt.
1981
107 Bohrium
Peter Armbruster, Gottfried Münzenberg and their co-workers
1982
109 Meitnerium
Peter Armbruster, Gottfried Münzenberg and their co-workers
1984
108 Hassium
Peter Armbruster, Gottfried Münzenberg and their co-workers
1994
110 Ununnilium
S. Hofmann, V. Ninov, F. P. Hessberger, P. Armbruster, H. Folger, G. Münzenberg, H. J. Schött, and others
1994
111 Unununium
S. Hofmann, V. Ninov, F. P. Hessberger, P. Armbruster, H. Folger, G. Münzenberg, and others
1996
112 Ununbium
S. Hofmann, V. Ninov, F. P. Hessberger, P. Armbruster, H. Folger, G. Münzenberg, and others
Italy
1937
43 Technetium
Carlo Perrier & Emilio Segre
Romania
1783
52 Tellurium
Franz Joseph Müller von Reichenstein
Russia, formerly Soviet Union
1844
44 Ruthenium
Karl Karlovich Klaus
Dubna
= Joint Nuclear Institute, Dubna, Russia
1964
104 Rutherfordium
Kurchatovium
1967
105 Dubnium
1998
114 Ununquadium
South America
1735
78 Platinum
Antonio de Ulloa
Spain
1783
74 Wolfram
Fausto & Juan Jose de Elhuyar
Sweden
1735
27 Cobalt
Georg Brandt
1751
28 Nickel
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
1774
17 Chlorine
Carl William Scheele
1774
8 Oxygenium
Carl William Scheele
(and Priestley)
1774
25 Manganese
Johann Gahn
1781
42 Molybdenum
Carl William Scheele
1802
73 Tantalum
Anders Gustaf Ekeberg
1803
58 Cerium
Jakob Berzelius
(and Klaproth & Hisinger)
1817
34 Selenium
Jakob Berzelius
1817
3 Lithium
Johan August Arfwedson
1824
14 Silicium
Jakob Berzelius
1829
90 Thorium
Jakob Berzelius
1830
23 Vanadium
Nils Sefström
1839
57 Lanthanium
Carl Gustaf Mosander
1842
68 Erbium
Carl G. Mosander
1843
65 Terbium
Carl G. Mosander
1876
21 Scandium
Lars Fredrik Nilson
1879
69 Thulium
Per Theodore Cleve
1895
2 Helium
N. A. Langley & Per Theodor Cleve (Uppsala)
(and Ramsay)
1957
102 Nobelium
Nobel Institute for Physics
(and Seaborg a.o.)
Switzerland
1867
67 Holmium
J. L. Soret and Delafontaine
1878
70 Ytterbium
Jean de Marignac
1880
64 Gadolinium
Jean de Marignac
United Kingdom
1772
7 Nitrogenium
Daniel Rutherford
1774
8 Oxygenium
Joseph Priestley
(and Scheele)
1776
1 Hydrogenium
Henry Cavendish (London)
1787-90
38 Strontium
William Cruikshank & Adair Crawford (Scotland)
1791
22 Titanium
William Gregor (England)
1801
41 Niobium
Charles Hatchett (England)
1803
45 Rhodium
William Hyde Wollaston
1803
46 Palladium
William Hyde Wollaston
1803
76 Osmium
Smithson Tennant
1803
77 Iridium
Smithson Tennant
(and Fourcroy, Vauquelin, & Collet-Descotils)
1807
11 Natrium
Sir Humphrey Davy (England)
1807
19 Kalium
potassium
Sir Humphrey Davy (England)
1808
5 Borium
Sir Humphrey Davy (England)
(and Gay-Lussac & Thénard)
1808
12 Magnesium
Sir Humphrey Davy (England)
1808
20 Calcium
Sir Humphrey Davy (England)
1808
56 Barium
Sir Humphrey Davy (England)
1861
81 Thallium
Sir William Crookes (England)
1894
18 Argon
Sir William Ramsay & Lord Rayleigh (Scotland)
1895
2 Helium
Sir William Ramsay (London)
(and Langley & Cleve)
1898
10 Neon
Sir William Ramsay & Morris W. Travers
1898
36 Krypton
Sir William Ramsay & Morris W. Travers
1898
54 Xenon
Sir William Ramsay & Morris W. Travers
1913
91 Protactinium
Frederick Soddy & John Cranston
(and Hahn & Meitner)
United States
1945
61 Promethium
J. A. Marinsky, Lawrence Glendenin, Charles D. Coryell (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
(USA), 1999 with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, (California, USA).
1940
85 Astatium
Dale Corson, K.R. MacKenzie, E. Segré
1940
93 Neptunium
Edwin M. McMillan and P. H. Abelson
1940
94 Plutonium
Glenn T. Seaborg, J. W. Kennedy, E. M. McMillan, A. C. Wahl
1949
97 Berkelium
Glenn T. Seaborg, Stanley G. Thompson, Albert Ghiorso
1950
98 Californium
Glenn T. Seaborg, Stanley G. Thompson, Albert Ghiorso, Kenneth Street
1952
99 Einsteinium
Ghiorgio a.o.
1952
100 Fermium
Ghiorgio a.o.
1955
101 Mendelevium
Glenn T. Seaborg, Albert Ghiorso, Bernard Harvey, Gregory Choppin, Stanley G. Thompson
1958
102 Nobelium
Seaborg a.o.
(and Nobel Institute for Physics)
1961
103 Lawrencium
Albert Ghiorso, Torbjorn Sikkeland, Almon Larsh, Robert M. Latimer
1967
104 Rutherfordium
Ghiorso, Nurmia, Harris, K.A.Y. Eskola, and P.L. Eskola
also at Dubna, 1964
1970 105
Hahnium
(renamed
Dubnium
)
1974
106 Seaborgium
Albert Ghiorso a.o. (in coop. with the Livermore National Laboratory)
1999
116 Ununhexium
V. Ninov, K.E. Gregorich, W. Loveland, A. Ghiorso, D.C. Hoffman, D.M. Lee, H. Nitsche, W.J. Swiatecki, U.W. Kirbach, C.A. Laue, J.L. Adams, J.B. Patin, D.A. Shaughnessy, D.A. Strellis, and P.A. Wilk
1999
118 Ununoctium
V. Ninov, K.E. Gregorich, W. Loveland, A. Ghiorso, D.C. Hoffman, D.M. Lee, H. Nitsche, W.J. Swiatecki, U.W. Kirbach, C.A. Laue, J.L. Adams, J.B. Patin, D.A. Shaughnessy, D.A. Strellis, and P.A. Wilk
Metallurgical Laboratory, Chicago, Ill.
(now the Argonne National Laboratory)
1944
95 Americium
Glenn Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Morgan and Albert Ghiorso a.o.
1944
96 Curium
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso