Editing Chemical symbol (section)

==Symbols for chemical elements==
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!Origin of name<ref>{{cite web |title=Periodic Table – Royal Society of Chemistry|url=https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table|website=www.rsc.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Online Etymology Dictionary|url=https://www.etymonline.com/|website=etymonline.com|language=en}}</ref>
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| 1 ||  H || [[Hydrogen]] || [[Greek language|Greek]] elements ''hydro-'' and ''-gen'', meaning 'water-forming'
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| 2 ||  He || [[Helium]] || Greek ''hḗlios'', 'sun'
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| 3 ||  Li || [[Lithium]] || Greek ''líthos'', 'stone'
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| 4 ||  Be || [[Beryllium]] || [[beryl]], a mineral (ultimately from the name of [[Belur, Karnataka|Belur]] in southern India)
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| 5 ||  B || [[Boron]] || [[borax]], a mineral (from [[Arabic]] ''[[wikt: بورق#Arabic|bawraq]]'')
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| 6 ||  C || [[Carbon]] || [[Latin]] ''carbo'', '[[coal]]'
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| 7 ||  N || [[Nitrogen]] || Greek ''nítron'' and ''-gen'', meaning '[[niter]]-forming'
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| 8 ||  O || [[Oxygen]] || Greek ''oxy-'' and ''-gen'', meaning '[[acid]]-forming'
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| 9 ||  F || [[Fluorine]] || Latin ''fluere'', 'to flow'
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| 10 ||  Ne || [[Neon]] || Greek ''néon'', 'new'
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| 11 ||  Na || [[Sodium]] || [[English language|English]] ''soda'' (the symbol Na is derived from [[Neo-Latin]] ''[[wikt:natrium#Latin|natrium]]'', coined from German ''[[wikt:Natron|Natron]]'', '[[natron]]')
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| 12 ||  Mg || [[Magnesium]] || [[Magnesia (regional unit)|Magnesia]], a district of Eastern [[Thessaly]] in [[Greece]]
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| 13 ||  Al || [[Aluminium]] || [[Aluminium oxide|alumina]], from Latin ''alumen'' (gen. ''alumni''), 'bitter salt, [[alum]]'
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| 14 ||  Si || [[Silicon]] || Latin ''silex'', '[[flint]]' (originally ''silicium'')
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| 15 ||  P || [[Phosphorus]] || Greek ''phōsphóros'', 'light-bearing'
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| 16 ||  S || [[Sulfur]] || Latin ''sulphur'', 'brimstone'
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| 17 ||  Cl || [[Chlorine]] || Greek ''chlōrós'', 'greenish yellow'
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| 18 ||  Ar || [[Argon]] || Greek ''argós'', 'idle' (because of its [[chemically inert|inertness]])
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| 19 ||  K || [[Potassium]] || Neo-Latin ''potassa'', '[[potash]]' (the symbol K is derived from Latin ''[[wikt:kalium#Latin|kalium]]'')
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| 20 ||  Ca || [[Calcium]] || Latin ''calx'', '[[lime (material)|lime]]'
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| 21 ||  Sc || [[Scandium]] || Latin ''Scandia'', '[[Scandinavia]]'
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| 22 ||  Ti || [[Titanium]] || [[Titan (mythology)|Titans]], the sons of the Earth goddess of Greek mythology
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| 23 ||  V || [[Vanadium]] || [[List of names of Freyja|Vanadis]], an [[Old Norse]] name for the Scandinavian goddess [[Freyja]]
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| 24 ||  Cr || [[Chromium]] || Greek ''chróma'', 'colour'
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| 25 ||  Mn || [[Manganese]] || corrupted from ''[[wikt:magnesia#Latin|magnesia]] [[wikt:negra#Latin|negra]]''; see [[Magnesium]]
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| 26 ||  Fe || [[Iron]] || English word (the symbol Fe is derived from Latin ''[[wikt:ferrum#Latin|ferrum]]'')
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| 27 ||  Co || [[Cobalt]] || [[German language|German]] ''[[wikt:Kobold#German|Kobold]]'', '[[goblin]]'
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| 28 ||  Ni || [[Nickel]] || Nickel, a mischievous [[sprite (folklore)|sprite]] of German miner mythology
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| 29 ||  Cu || [[Copper]] || English word, from Latin ''[[wikt:cuprum#Latin|cuprum]]'', from Ancient Greek [[wikt:Κύπρος#Ancient Greek|Kýpros]] '[[Cyprus]]'
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| 30 ||  Zn || [[Zinc]] || Most likely from German ''[[wikt:Zinke#German|Zinke]]'', 'prong' or 'tooth', though some suggest [[Persian language|Persian]] ''[[wikt:سنگ#Persian|sang]]'', 'stone'
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| 31 ||  Ga || [[Gallium]] || Latin ''[[Gallia]]'', 'France'
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| 32 ||  Ge || [[Germanium]] || Latin ''[[Germania]]'', 'Germany'
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| 33 ||  As || [[Arsenic]] || [[French language|French]] ''[[wikt:arsenic#Middle French|arsenic]]'', from Greek ''[[wikt:ἀρσενικόν#Ancient Greek|arsenikón]]'' 'yellow arsenic' (influenced by ''[[wikt:ἀρσενικός#Ancient Greek|arsenikós]]'', 'masculine' or 'virile'), from a [[West Asia]]n [[wanderword]] ultimately from [[Old Iranian]] ''*zarniya-ka'', 'golden'
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| 34 ||  Se || [[Selenium]] || Greek ''[[wikt:σελήνη#Ancient Greek|selḗnē]]'', 'moon'
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| 35 ||  Br || [[Bromine]] || Greek ''[[wikt:βρῶμος#Ancient Greek|brômos]]'', 'stench'
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| 36 ||  Kr || [[Krypton]] || Greek ''[[wikt:κρυπτός#Ancient Greek|kryptós]]'', 'hidden'
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| 37 ||  Rb || [[Rubidium]] || Latin ''[[wikt:rubidus#Latin|rubidus]]'', 'deep red'
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| 38 ||  Sr || [[Strontium]] || [[Strontian]], a village in [[Scotland]]
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| 39 ||  Y || [[Yttrium]] || [[Ytterby]], a village in Sweden
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| 40 ||  Zr || [[Zirconium]] || [[zircon]], a mineral
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| 41 ||  Nb || [[Niobium]] || [[Niobe]], daughter of king [[Tantalus]] from Greek mythology
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| 42 ||  Mo || [[Molybdenum]] || Greek [[wikt:μολύβδαινα#Ancient Greek|molýbdaina]], 'piece of [[lead]]', from ''[[wikt:μόλυβδος#Ancient Greek|mólybdos]]'', 'lead'
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| 43 ||  Tc || [[Technetium]] || Greek ''[[wikt:τεχνητός#Ancient Greek|tekhnētós]]'', 'artificial'
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| 44 ||  Ru || [[Ruthenium]] || Neo-Latin ''[[Ruthenia]]'', '[[Russia]]'
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| 45 ||  Rh || [[Rhodium]] || Greek ''[[wikt:ῥοδόεις#Ancient Greek|rhodóeis]]'', '[[Rose (colour)|rose-coloured]]', from [[wikt:ῥόδον#Ancient Greek|rhódon]], '[[rose]]'
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| 46 ||  Pd || [[Palladium]] || the asteroid [[2 Pallas|Pallas]], considered a planet at the time
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| 47 ||  Ag || [[Silver]] || English word (The symbol derives from Latin ''[[wikt:argentum#Latin|argentum]]'')
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| 48 ||  Cd || [[Cadmium]] || Neo-Latin ''[[wikt:cadmia#Latin|cadmia]]'', from King [[Kadmos]]
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| 49 ||  In || [[Indium]] || Latin ''[[wikt:indicum#Latin|indicum]]'', '[[indigo]]' (colour found in its spectrum)
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| 50 ||  Sn || [[Tin]] || English word (The symbol derives from Latin ''[[wikt:stannum#Latin|stannum]]'')
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| 51 ||  Sb || [[Antimony]] || Latin ''[[wikt:antimonium#Latin|antimonium]]'', [[Antimony#Etymology|the origin of which]] is uncertain: [[folk etymology|folk etymologies]] suggest it is derived from Greek ''[[wikt:ἀντί#Ancient Greek|antí]]'' ('against') + ''[[wikt:μόνος#Ancient Greek|mónos]]'' ('alone'), or [[Old French]] ''anti-[[wikt:moine#French|moine]]'', 'Monk's bane', but it could plausibly be from or related to Arabic ''[[wikt:إثمد#Arabic|ʾiṯmid]]'', 'antimony', reformatted as a Latin word. (The symbol derives from Latin ''[[wikt:stibium#Latin|stibium]]'' '[[stibnite]]'.)
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| 52 ||  Te || [[Tellurium]] || Latin ''[[wikt:tellus#Latin|tellus]]'', 'the ground, earth'
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| 53 ||  I || [[Iodine]] || French ''[[wikt:#French|iode]]'', from Greek ''[[wikt:ἰοειδής#Ancient Greek|ioeidḗs]]'', 'violet'
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| 54 ||  Xe || [[Xenon]] || Greek ''[[wikt:ξένον#Ancient Greek|xénon]]'', neuter form of [[wikt:ξένος#Ancient Greek|xénos]] 'strange'
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| 55 ||  Cs || [[Caesium]] || Latin ''[[wikt:caesius#Latin|caesius]]'', 'sky-blue'
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| 56 ||  Ba || [[Barium]] || Greek ''[[wikt:βαρύς#Ancient Greek|barýs]]'', 'heavy'
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| 57 ||  La || [[Lanthanum]] || Greek ''[[wikt:λᾰνθᾰ́νειν#Ancient Greek|lanthánein]]'', 'to lie hidden'
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| 58 ||  Ce || [[Cerium]] || the dwarf planet [[Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]], considered a planet at the time
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| 59 ||  Pr || [[Praseodymium]] || Greek ''[[wikt:πράσιος#Ancient Greek|prásios]] [[wikt:δίδυμος#Ancient Greek|dídymos]]'', 'green twin'
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| 60 ||  Nd || [[Neodymium]] || Greek ''[[wikt:νέος#Ancient Greek|néos]] [[wikt:δίδυμος#Ancient Greek|dídymos]]'', 'new twin'
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| 61 ||  Pm || [[Promethium]] || [[Prometheus]] of Greek mythology
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| 62 ||  Sm || [[Samarium]] || [[samarskite]], a mineral named after Colonel [[Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets]], Russian mine official
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| 63 ||  Eu || [[Europium]] || [[Europe]]
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| 64 ||  Gd || [[Gadolinium]] || [[gadolinite]], a mineral named after [[Johan Gadolin]], Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist
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| 65 ||  Tb || [[Terbium]] || [[Ytterby]], a village in Sweden
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| 66 ||  Dy || [[Dysprosium]] || Greek ''[[wikt:δυσπρόσιτος#Ancient Greek|dysprósitos]]'', 'hard to get'
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| 67 ||  Ho || [[Holmium]] || Neo-Latin ''Holmia'', '[[Stockholm]]'
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| 68 ||  Er || [[Erbium]] || [[Ytterby]], a village in Sweden
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| 69 ||  Tm || [[Thulium]] || [[Thule]], the ancient name for an unclear northern location
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| 70 ||  Yb || [[Ytterbium]] || [[Ytterby]], a village in Sweden
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| 71 ||  Lu || [[Lutetium]] || Latin ''[[Lutetia]]'', '[[Paris]]'
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| 72 ||  Hf || [[Hafnium]] || Neo-Latin ''Hafnia'', '[[Copenhagen]]' (from [[Danish language|Danish]] ''[[wikt:havn#Danish|havn]]'')
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| 73 ||  Ta || [[Tantalum]] || King [[Tantalus]], father of Niobe from Greek mythology
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| 74 ||  W || [[Tungsten]] || Swedish ''[[wikt:tung#Swedish|tung]] [[wikt:sten#Swedish|sten]]'', 'heavy stone' (The symbol is from ''wolfram'', the old name of the tungsten mineral [[wolframite]])
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| 75 ||  Re || [[Rhenium]] || Latin ''[[wikt:Rhenus#Latin|Rhenus]]'', '[[the Rhine]]'
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| 76 ||  Os || [[Osmium]] || Greek ''[[wikt:ὀσμή#Ancient Greek|osmḗ]]'', '[[odour|smell]]'
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| 77 ||  Ir || [[Iridium]] || [[Iris (mythology)|Iris]], the Greek goddess of the rainbow
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| 78 ||  Pt || [[Platinum]] || [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''[[wikt:platina#Spanish|platina]]'', 'little silver', from ''[[wikt:plata#Spanish|plata]]'' 'silver'
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| 79 ||  Au || [[Gold]] || English word (The symbol derives from Latin ''[[wikt:aurum#Latin|aurum]]'')
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| 80 ||  Hg || [[Mercury (element)|Mercury]] || [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]], Roman god of commerce, communication, and luck, known for his speed and mobility (The symbol is from the element's Latin name ''[[wikt:hydrargyrum#Latin|hydrargyrum]]'', derived from Greek ''[[wikt:ὑδράργυρος#Ancient Greek|hydrárgyros]]'', 'water-[[silver]]')
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| 81 ||  Tl || [[Thallium]] || Greek ''[[wikt:θαλλός#Ancient Greek|thallós]]'', 'green shoot or twig'
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| 82 ||  Pb || [[Lead]] || English word (The symbol derives from Latin ''[[wikt:plumbum#Latin|plumbum]]'')
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| 83 ||  Bi || [[Bismuth]] || German [[wikt:#Wismut|Wismut]], from [[wikt:weiß#German|weiß]] [[wikt:Masse#German|Masse]] 'white mass', unless from Arabic
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| 84 ||  Po || [[Polonium]] || Latin ''[[wikt:Polonia#Latin|Polonia]]'', '[[Poland]]' (the home country of [[Marie Curie]])
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| 85 ||  At || [[Astatine]] || Greek ''[[wikt:ἄστατος#Ancient Greek|ástatos]]'', 'unstable'
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| 86 ||  Rn || [[Radon]] || [[radium]]
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| 87 ||  Fr || [[Francium]] || [[France]]
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| 88 ||  Ra || [[Radium]] || French ''radium'', from Latin ''[[wikt:radius#Latin|radius]]'', '[[ray (optics)|ray]]'
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| 89 ||  Ac || [[Actinium]] || Greek ''[[wikt:ἀκτίς#Ancient Greek|aktís]]'', 'ray'
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| 90 ||  Th || [[Thorium]] || [[Thor]], the Scandinavian god of thunder
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| 91 ||  Pa || [[Protactinium]] || [[wikt:proto-#English|proto-]] (from Greek ''[[wikt:πρῶτος#Ancient Greek|prôtos]]'', 'first, before') + [[actinium]], which is produced through the radioactive decay of protactinium
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| 92 ||  U || [[Uranium]] || [[Uranus]], the seventh planet in the Solar System
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| 93 ||  Np || [[Neptunium]] || [[Neptune]], the eighth planet in the Solar System
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| 94 ||  Pu || [[Plutonium]] || the dwarf planet [[Pluto]], considered the ninth planet in the Solar System at the time
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| 95 ||  Am || [[Americium]] || [[The Americas]], as the element was first synthesised on the continent, by analogy with [[europium]]
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| 96 ||  Cm || [[Curium]] || [[Pierre Curie]] and [[Marie Curie]], French physicists and chemists
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| 97 ||  Bk || [[Berkelium]] || [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], California, where the element was first synthesised, by analogy with [[terbium]]
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| 98 ||  Cf || [[Californium]] || [[State of California|California]], where the element was first synthesised
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| 99 ||  Es || [[Einsteinium]] || [[Albert Einstein]], German physicist
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| 100 ||  Fm || [[Fermium]] || [[Enrico Fermi]], Italian physicist
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| 101 ||  Md || [[Mendelevium]] || [[Dmitri Mendeleev]], Russian chemist and inventor who proposed the [[periodic table]]
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| 102 ||  No || [[Nobelium]] || [[Alfred Nobel]], Swedish chemist and engineer
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| 103 ||  Lr || [[Lawrencium]] || [[Ernest O. Lawrence]], American physicist
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| 104 ||  Rf || [[Rutherfordium]] || [[Ernest Rutherford]], New Zealand chemist and physicist
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| 105 ||  Db || [[Dubnium]] || [[Dubna]], Russia, where the [[Joint Institute for Nuclear Research]] is located
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| 106 ||  Sg || [[Seaborgium]] || [[Glenn T. Seaborg]], American chemist
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| 107 ||  Bh || [[Bohrium]] || [[Niels Bohr]], Danish physicist
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| 108 ||  Hs || [[Hassium]] || Neo-Latin ''Hassia'', '[[Hesse]]' (a state in Germany)
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| 109 ||  Mt || [[Meitnerium]] || [[Lise Meitner]], Austrian physicist
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| 110 ||  Ds || [[Darmstadtium]]|| [[Darmstadt]], Germany, where the element was first synthesised
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| 111 ||  Rg || [[Roentgenium]] || [[Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen]], German physicist
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| 112 ||  Cn || [[Copernicium]] || [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], Polish astronomer
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| 113 ||  Nh || [[Nihonium]] || [[Japanese language|Japanese]] ''[[wikt:日本#Japanese|Nihon]]'', '[[Japan]]' (where the element was first synthesised)
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| 114 ||  Fl || [[Flerovium]] || [[Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions]], part of [[Joint Institute for Nuclear Research|JINR]], where the element was synthesised; itself named after [[Georgy Flyorov]], Russian physicist
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| 115 ||  Mc || [[Moscovium]] || [[Moscow Oblast]], Russia, where the element was first synthesised
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| 116 ||  Lv || [[Livermorium]] || [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] in [[Livermore, California]], which collaborated with [[Joint Institute for Nuclear Research|JINR]] on its synthesis
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| 117 ||  Ts || [[Tennessine]] || [[Tennessee]], United States
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| 118 ||  Og || [[Oganesson]] || [[Yuri Oganessian]], Russian physicist
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