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Thulium |
Tm |
Greek |
Θούλη, Θύλη[62] |
a mythical country |
mythological |
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Named after "Thule",
an ancient Roman and Greek name (Θούλη, Θύλη) for a
mythical country in the far north, perhaps Scandinavia.
By the same token, Thulia, its oxide. |
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Technetium |
Tc |
Greek |
τεχνητός (technetos) |
artificial |
descriptive |
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From Greek
τεχνητός (technetos), which means "artificial",
because of the first predominantly artificial element. Technetium
has also been called Eka-manganese.[25] |
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Tantalum |
Ta |
Greek |
Τάνταλος (Tantalus) |
Tantalus; possibly "the bearer"
or the sufferer"[61] |
mythological |
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Named
after the Greek, "Τάνταλος" (Tantalus),
who was punished after death by being condemned to stand knee-deep
in water, if he bent to drink the water, it drained below the
level he could reach (on Greek
mythology). This was considered similar to tantalum's general
non-reactivity because of its inertness (it sits among reagents
and is unaffected by them).[18] |
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Protactinium |
Pa |
Greek |
πρῶτος + ἀκτίς |
first beam element |
descriptive? |
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Derived from former name
Protoactinium, from the Greek prefix proto- "first"
+ Neolatin "actinium" from Greek ἀκτίς (gen.:
ἀκτῖνος) "ray" + Latin -ium.[50] |
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Osmium |
Os |
Greek via Modern
Latin |
ὀσμή (osme) |
a smell |
descriptive |
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From Greek ὀσμή (osme), means "a smell". |
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Molybdenum |
Mo |
Greek |
μόλυβδος (molybdos) |
lead-like |
descriptive |
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From Greek "μόλυβδος" (molybdos),
"lead". |
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Lanthanum |
La |
Greek |
λανθάνειν (lanthanein) |
to lie hidden |
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From Greek lanthanein, "to lie (hidden)". |
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Krypton |
Kr |
Greek |
κρυπτός (kryptos) |
hidden |
descriptive |
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From Greek "κρυπτός" (kryptos), which
means "hidden one", because of its colorless, odorless,
tasteless, gaseous properties (like other noble
gases). |
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| Iridium | Ir | Greek via Latin | ἴρις (genitive: ἴριδος) | of rainbows | descriptive |
| Named after the Latin noun "iris", which means
"rainbow,
iris plant, iris of the eye", because many of salts are
strongly colored; "Iris"
was originally the name of the goddess of rainbows and a messenger
in Greek mythology. |
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| Iodine | I | Greek via French | ἰώδης (iodes) | violet | descriptive |
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Indium |
In |
Greek via Latin and English |
indigo |
descriptive |
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Chlorine |
Cl |
Greek |
χλωρός (chlorós) |
pale green[21] |
Greek chloros |
| Europium | Eu | Ancient Greek | Εὐρώπη ("Europe") | broad-faced or well-watered | toponym; mythological |
| Calcium | Ca | Greek/Latin | χάλιξ/calx | χάλιξ means "pebble", and calx means limestone[16] | Latin calx |
| Bromine | Br | Greek via French | βρόμος (brómos)/"brome"[13] | dirt or stench (of he-goats)[14] | Greek bromos |
| Astatine | At | Greek | ἄστατος (astatos) | unstable | Greek astatos |
| "ἄστατος" (astatos) means "unstable".[6] | |||||
