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Chemistry
9th Grade
10/12/2010
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Term
Greek: "water forming"
 Definition
HYDROGEN (H)
Term
Greek: "sun"
 Definition
HELIUM (He)
Term
Greek: "stone"
 Definition
LITHIUM (Li)
Term
Greek: "beryl"
old name "sweet" (glykys)
 Definition
BERYLLIUM (Be)
Term
Arabic: "borax"
 Definition
BORON (B)
Term
Latin: "charcoal"
 Definition
CARBON (C)
Term
Greek: "nitre-forming"
 Definition
NITROGEN (N)
Term
Greek: "acid forming"
 Definition
OXYGEN (O)
Term
Latin: "to flow"
 Definition
FLUORINE (F)
Term
Greek: "new"
 Definition
NEON (Ne)
Term
Latin: "soda"
English: "sodanum" (headache cure)
 Definition
SODIUM (NA)
Term
District in Greece mining dolomite
 Definition
Magnesia (MAGNESIUM, Mg)
Term
Latin: "bitter salt"
 Definition
ALUMINUM (Al)
Term
Latin: "flint"
 Definition
SILICON (Si)
Term
Greek: "bearer of light"
 Definition
PHOSPHORUS (P)
Term
Greek: "greenish yellow"
 Definition
CHLORINE (Cl)
Term
Greek: "idle, lazy"
 Definition
ARGON (Ar)
Term
English: "potash"
 Definition
POTASSIUM (K)
Term
Latin: "lime"
 Definition
CALCIUM (Ca)
Term
Latin: "scandinavia"
 Definition
SCANDIUM (Sc)
Term
Named after titans
 Definition
TITANIUM (Ti)
Term
Scandinavian goddess of beauty
 Definition
Vandanis (VANADIUM V)
Term
Greek: "color"
 Definition
CHROMIUM (Cr)
Term
Latin: "magnet"
 Definition
MANGANESE (Mn)
Term
German: evil mining spirit/goblin
 Definition
COBALT (Co)
Term
german: devils/st nicholas' copper
 Definition
NICKEL (Ni)
Term
Latin: "metal from cyprus"
 Definition
COPPER (Cu)
Term
Latin: France
 Definition
Gallia -> GALLIUM (Ga)
Term
Latin: "Germany"
 Definition
GERMANIUM (Ge)
Term
Greek: mineral yellow orpiment
 Definition
ARSENIC (As)
Term
Greek: "moon"
 Definition
Selene -> SELENIUM (Se)
Term
Greek: "stench"
 Definition
BROMINE (Br)
Term
Greek: "hidden"
 Definition
KRYPTON (Kr)
Term
Latin: "deep red"
 Definition
RUBIDIUM (Rb)
Term
Arabic: "gold-colored"
 Definition
ZIRCONIUM (Zr)
Term
Greek goddess of grief
 Definition
Niobe -> NIOBIUM (Nb)
Term
Greek: "lead"
 Definition
MOLYBDIUM (Mo)
Term
Greek: "artifical"
 Definition
TECHNETIUM (Te)
Term
Latin: "russia"
 Definition
RUTHENIUM (Ru)
Term
Greek: "rose-colored"
 Definition
RHODIUM (Rh)
Term
Astroid & Greek goddess wisdom
 Definition
Pallas -> PALLADIUM (Pd)
Term
Latin: "calamite"
 Definition
zn-carbonate; CADMIUM (Cd)
Term
Etruscan god
 Definition
tina; TIN (Sn)
Term
Greek: "not alone"
 Definition
ANTIMONY (Sb)
Term
Latin: "earth"
 Definition
TELLURIUM (Te)
Term
Greek: "violet"
 Definition
IODINE (I)
Term
Greek: "Stranger"
 Definition
XENON (Xe)
Term
Latin: "sky blue"
 Definition
CESIUM (Cs)
Term
Greek: "heavy"
 Definition
BARIUM (Ba)
Term
Greek: "to lie hidden"
 Definition
LANTHANUM (La)
Term
roman goddess agriculture & astroid
 Definition
ceres -> CERIUM(Ce)
Term
Greek: "green twin"
 Definition
PRASEODYMIUM (Pr)
Term
Greek: "new twin"
 Definition
NEODYMIUM (Nd)
Term
Greek stole fire -> humans
 Definition
prometheus; PROMETHIUM (Pm)
Term
after sweedish chemist; investigated 1st rare earth mineral
 Definition
john gadolin; GADOLINIUM (Gd)
Term
Greek: "hard to get"
 Definition
DYSPROSIUM (Dy)
Term
Latin: "stockholm"
 Definition
HOLMIUM (Ho)
Term
Ancient name for scandinavia
 Definition
thule -> THULIUM (Tm)
Term
Roman name for paris
 Definition
LUTETIUM (Lu) $$$$$
Term
Latin: copenhagen
 Definition
HAFNIUM (Hf)
Term
Greek king of sisyphus
 Definition
tantalus -> TANTALUM (Ta)
Term
Sweedish: "heavy stone"
 Definition
TUNGSTEN (W)
Term
Rhine river
 Definition
RHENIUM (Re)
Term
Greek: "smell"
 Definition
OSMIUM (Os)
Term
Spanish: "little silver"
 Definition
PLATINUM (Pt)
Term
symbol from latin "glow of sunrise"
 Definition
GOLD (Au)
Term
Symbol: latin liquid silver
name: a planet (guess which)
 Definition
MERCURY (Hg)
Term
Greek: "green twig"
 Definition
THALLIUM (Tl)
Term
German: "white mass"
 Definition
BISMUTH (Bi)
Term
named after country of its discoverer; curies
 Definition
POLONIUM (Po)
Term
Greek: "unstable"
 Definition
ASTATINE (At)
Term
Latin: ray
 Definition
RADIUM (Ra)
Term
Greek: ray
 Definition
ACTINIUM (Ac)
Term
Scandanavian god of war
 Definition
Thor -> Thorium (Th)
Term
Greek prefix: "first"
 Definition
PROTACTINIUM (Pa)
Term
Greek god of sky
 Definition
URANIUM (U)
Term
named after inventor of cyclotron
 Definition
Lawrence -> LAWRENCIUM (Lr)
Term
German state
 Definition
hesse - HASSIUM (Hs)
Term
named after nuc. fission guy
 Definition
meitner -> MEITNERIUM (Mt)
Term
Latin: "violet"
 Definition
INDIUM (In)
Term
Greek goddess of rainbow
 Definition
IRIDIUM (Ir)
Term
small scottish town
 Definition
Strontian -> STRONTIUM (Sr)
Term
samarskite (mineral)
 Definition
SAMARIUM (Sm)
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