Otkrića kemijskih elemenata
| Naziv elementa |
Simbol elementa |
Atomski broj |
 |
Godina otkrića |
Otkrivač |
| aktinij |
Ac |
89 |
 |
1899. |
André Louis Debierne |
| aluminij |
Al |
13 |
|
1825. |
Friedrich Wöhler |
| americij |
Am |
95 |
 |
1944. |
Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Ralph Arthur James, Leon O. Morgan i Albert Ghiorso |
| antimon |
Sb |
51 |
|
poznat od davnina |
| argon |
Ar |
18 |
|
1894. |
John William Strutt, III. barun Rayleigh i Sir William Ramsay |
| arsen |
As |
33 |
|
1250. |
Albertus Magnus |
| astat |
At |
85 |
 |
1940. |
Dale R. Corson, K. R. MacKenzie i Emilio Gino Segré |
| bakar |
Cu |
29 |
|
poznat od davnina |
| barij |
Ba |
56 |
|
1808. |
Sir Humphry Davy |
| berilij |
Be |
4 |
|
1797. |
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin |
| berkelij |
Bk |
97 |
 |
1949. |
Albert Ghiorso, Stanley G. Thompson i Glenn Theodore Seaborg |
| bizmut |
Bi |
83 |
|
1753. |
Claude François Geoffroy |
| bohrij |
Bh |
107 |
 |
1981. |
Gottfried Münzenberg i Peter Armbruster |
| bor |
B |
5 |
|
1808. |
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac i Louis Jacques Thénard |
| brom |
Br |
35 |
|
1826. |
Antoine Jérôme Balard |
| cerij |
Ce |
58 |
|
1803. |
Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Wilhelm Hisinger i Martin Heinrich Klaproth |
| cezij |
Cs |
55 |
|
1860. |
Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen i Gustav Robert Kirchhoff |
| cink |
Zn |
30 |
|
poznat od davnina |
| cirkonij |
Zr |
40 |
|
1789. |
Martin Heinrich Klaproth |
| darmstadij |
Ds |
110 |
 |
1994. |
Sigurd Hofmann, Gottfried Münzenberg i Peter Armbruster |
| disprozij |
Dy |
66 |
|
1886. |
Paul Émile (François) Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
| dubnij |
Db |
105 |
 |
1970. |
Georgii Nikolayevich Flerov i suradnici |
| dušik |
N |
7 |
|
1772. |
Daniel Rutherford |
| einsteinij |
Es |
99 |
 |
1952. |
Albert Ghiorso |
| erbij |
Er |
68 |
|
1843. |
Carl Gustaf Mosander |
| europij |
Eu |
63 |
|
1896. |
Eugène Anatole Demarçay |
| fermij |
Fm |
100 |
 |
1952. |
Glenn Theodore Seaborg i dr. |
| fluor |
F |
9 |
|
1866. |
Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan |
| fosfor |
P |
15 |
|
1669. |
Hennig Brand |
| francij |
Fr |
87 |
 |
1940. |
Marguerite Catherine Perey |
| gadolinij |
Gd |
64 |
|
1880. |
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac |
| galij |
Ga |
31 |
|
1875. |
Paul Émile (François) Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
| germanij |
Ge |
32 |
|
1886. |
Clemens Alexander Winkler |
| hafnij |
Hf |
72 |
|
1923. |
Dirk Coster i Georg Karl von Hevesy (Hevesy György) |
| hassij |
Hs |
108 |
 |
1984. |
Gottfried Münzenberg i Peter Armbruster |
| helij |
He |
2 |
|
1895. |
Sir William Ramsay |
| holmij |
Ho |
67 |
|
1879. |
Per Teodor Cleve |
| indij |
In |
49 |
|
1863. |
Ferdinand Reich i Hieronymus Theodor Richter |
| iridij |
Ir |
77 |
|
1803. |
Smithson Tennant |
| iterbij |
Yb |
70 |
|
1878. |
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac |
| itrij |
Y |
39 |
|
1794. |
Johan Gadolin |
| jod |
I |
53 |
|
1811. |
Bernard Courtois |
| kadmij |
Cd |
48 |
|
1817. |
Friedrich Stromeyer |
| kalcij |
Ca |
20 |
|
1808. |
Sir Humphry Davy |
| kalifornij |
Cf |
98 |
 |
1950. |
Stanley G. Thompson, Kenneth Street, Jr., Albert Ghiorso i Glenn Theodore Seaborg |
| kalij |
K |
19 |
|
1807. |
Sir Humphry Davy |
| kisik |
O |
8 |
|
1774. |
Joseph Priestley i Carl Wilhelm Scheele |
| klor |
Cl |
17 |
|
1774. |
Carl Wilhelm Scheele |
| kobalt |
Co |
27 |
|
1735. |
Georg Brandt |
| kositar |
Sn |
50 |
|
poznat od davnina |
| kripton |
Kr |
36 |
|
1898. |
Sir William Ramsay i Morris William Travers |
| krom |
Cr |
24 |
|
1797. |
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin |
| ksenon |
Xe |
54 |
|
1898. |
Sir William Ramsay i Morris William Travers |
| kurij |
Cm |
96 |
 |
1944. |
Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Ralph Arthur James i Albert Ghiorso |
| lantan |
La |
57 |
|
1839. |
Carl Gustaf Mosander |
| lavrencij |
Lr |
103 |
 |
1961. |
Albert Ghiorso, Torbjørn Sikkeland, Almon Larsh i Robert M. Latimer |
| litij |
Li |
3 |
|
1817. |
Johan August Arfwedson |
| lutecij |
Lu |
71 |
|
1907. |
Georges Urbain i Carl Auer Freiherr von Welsbach |
| magnezij |
Mg |
12 |
|
1808. |
Sir Humphry Davy |
| mangan |
Mn |
25 |
|
1774. |
Johan Gottlieb Gahn i Carl Wilhelm Scheele |
| meitnerij |
Mt |
109 |
 |
1982. |
Gottfried Münzenberg i Peter Armbruster |
| mendelevij |
Md |
101 |
 |
1955. |
Albert Ghiorso, Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Bernard G. Harvey, Greg R. Choppin i Stanley G. Thompson |
| molibden |
Mo |
42 |
|
1778. |
Carl Wilhelm Scheele |
| natrij |
Na |
11 |
|
1807. |
Sir Humphry Davy |
| neodimij |
Nd |
60 |
|
1885. |
Carl Auer Freiherr von Welsbach |
| neon |
Ne |
10 |
|
1898. |
Sir William Ramsay i Morris William Travers |
| neptunij |
Np |
93 |
 |
1940. |
Edwin Mattison McMillan i Philip Hauge Abelson |
| nikal |
Ni |
28 |
|
1751. |
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt |
| niobij |
Nb |
41 |
|
1801. |
Charles Hatchett |
| nobelij |
No |
102 |
 |
1957. |
H. Herding, W. Forsling, Albert Ghiorso, John R. Walton, Torbjørn Sikkeland i Glenn Theodore Seaborg |
| olovo |
Pb |
82 |
|
poznato od davnina |
| osmij |
Os |
76 |
|
1803. |
Smithson Tennant |
| paladij |
Pd |
46 |
|
1803. |
William Hyde Wollaston |
| platina |
Pt |
78 |
|
1741. |
Sir Charles Wood, William Brownrigg i Antonio de Ulloa |
| plutonij |
Pu |
94 |
 |
1940. |
Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Edwin Mattison McMillan, Joseph William Kennedy i Arthur C. Wahl |
| polonij |
Po |
84 |
 |
1898. |
Marie Skłodowska-Curie |
| praseodimij |
Pr |
59 |
|
1885. |
Carl Auer Freiherr von Welsbach |
| prometij |
Pm |
61 |
 |
1945. |
Lawrence Elgin Glendenin, Charles DuBois Coryell i Jacob Akiba Marinsky |
| protaktinij |
Pa |
91 |
 |
1917. |
(Sir William Crookes); Kazimierz Fajans i O. H. Göhring; Otto Hahn i Lise Meitner; Frederick Soddy i John Cranston |
| radij |
Ra |
88 |
 |
1898. |
Pierre Curie i Marie Skłodowska-Curie |
| radon |
Rn |
86 |
 |
1900. |
Friedrich Ernst Dorn |
| renij |
Re |
75 |
|
1925. |
Masataka Ogawa; Walter Noddack, Ida Eva Tacke (udana Noddack) i Otto Berg |
| rodij |
Rh |
45 |
|
1803. |
William Hyde Wollaston |
| roentgenij |
Rg |
111 |
 |
1994. |
Sigurd Hofmann, Gottfried Münzenberg i Peter Armbruster |
| rubidij |
Rb |
37 |
|
1861. |
Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen i Gustav Robert Kirchhoff |
| rutenij |
Ru |
44 |
|
1844. |
(Jędrzej Śniadecki); Karl Ernst Claus |
| rutherfordij |
Rf |
104 |
 |
1964. |
Georgii Nikolayevich Flerov i suradnici |
| samarij |
Sm |
62 |
|
1879. |
Paul Émile (François) Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
| seaborgij |
Sg |
106 |
 |
1974. |
Georgii Nikolayevich Flerov i Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian; Albert Ghiorso i suradnici |
| selenij |
Se |
34 |
|
1817. |
Jöns Jakob Berzelius |
| silicij |
Si |
14 |
|
1823. |
Jöns Jakob Berzelius |
| skandij |
Sc |
21 |
|
1879. |
Lars Fredrik Nilson |
| srebro |
Ag |
47 |
|
poznato od davnina |
| stroncij |
Sr |
38 |
|
1808. |
Sir Humphry Davy |
| sumpor |
S |
16 |
|
poznat od davnina |
| talij |
Tl |
81 |
|
1861. |
Sir William Crookes |
| tantal |
Ta |
73 |
|
1802. |
Anders Gustaf Ekeberg |
| tehnecij |
Tc |
43 |
 |
1937. |
Carlo Perrier i Emilio Gino Segré |
| telurij |
Te |
52 |
|
1782. |
Franz-Joseph Müller Freiherr von Reichenstein |
| terbij |
Tb |
65 |
|
1843. |
Carl Gustaf Mosander |
| titanij |
Ti |
22 |
|
1791. |
William Gregor |
| torij |
Th |
90 |
 |
1828. |
Jöns Jakob Berzelius |
| tulij |
Tm |
69 |
|
1879. |
Per Teodor Cleve |
| ugljik |
C |
6 |
|
poznat od davnina |
| uranij |
U |
92 |
 |
1789. |
Martin Heinrich Klaproth |
| vanadij |
V |
23 |
|
1830. |
Andrés Manuel del Río Fernández; Nils Gabriel Sefström |
| vodik |
H |
1 |
|
1766. |
(Phillip von Hohenheim (Paracelsus)); (Robert Boyle); Henry Cavendish |
| volfram |
W |
74 |
|
1783. |
Juan José Elhuyar Lubize i Fausto de Elhuyar |
| zlato |
Au |
79 |
|
poznato od davnina |
| željezo |
Fe |
26 |
|
poznato od davnina |
| živa |
Hg |
80 |
|
poznata od davnina |