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Periodic Table with Names with names based on the *IOUPAC 1985 standard

For convenience due the limitations of screen width the interactive Periodic Table chart does not include the Lanthanides (period six) or Actinides (period seven) which reside between group 2 and group 3 of the
periodic table shown above. They are, however, listed separately in the table below.

Periodic Table with Names - Names of elements with their symbols, atomic numbers and states
Due to limitations of screen width it is not possible to create a practical table including all of the Periodic Table names. We have therefore detailed an alphabetical list of the Period Table names of elements together with their symbols, atomic numbers and whether they are classified as a liquid, solid or gas (States of Matter). We have then gone on to provide facts and information on the meanings and origins of the names of the elements and their symbols. This additional info will help students to understand the Periodic Table names and memorize them.

Names of ElementsSymbolsAtomic NumbersElement States
Solid (S) Liquidor Gas

Actinium
Aluminium
Americium
Antimony
Argon
Arsenic
Astatine
Barium
Berkelium 
Beryllium
Bismuth
Bohrium
Boron
Bromine
Cadmium
Cesium
Calcium
Californium
Carbon
Cerium
Chlorine
Chromium
Cobalt
Copper
Curium 
Darmstadtium
Dubnium
Dysprosium
Einsteinium 
Erbium
Europium
Fermium
Fluorine
Francium
Gadolinium
Gallium
Germanium
Gold
Hafnium
Hassium
Helium
Holmium
Hydrogen
Indium
Iodine
Iridium
Iron
Krypton
Lanthanum
Lawrencium
Lead
Lithium
Lutetium 
Magnesium
Manganese
Meitnerium
Mendelevium
Mercury
Molybdenum
Neodymium
Neon
Neptunium
Nickel 
Niobium
Nitrogen
Nobelium
Osmium
Oxygen 
Palladium
Phosphorus
Platinum
Plutonium
Polonium
Potassium 
Praseodymium
Promethium
Protactinium 
Radium 
Radon
Rhenium
Rhodium
Roentgenium
Rubidium 
Ruthenium
Rutherfordium
Samarium 
Scandium
Seaborgium 
Selenium
Silicon 
Silver
Sodium 
Strontium
Sulfur
Tantalum
Technetium
Tellurium
Terbium
Thallium
Thorium
Thulium
Tin
Titanium
Tungsten
Ununbium
Ununhexium
Ununoctium
Ununpentium
Ununquadium 
Ununseptium
Ununtrium
Uranium
Vanadium
Xenon 
Ytterbium
Yttrium
Zinc
Zirconium

Ac
Al
Am
Sb
Ar
As
At
Ba
Bk
Be
Bi
Bh
B
Br
Cd
Cs
Ca
Cf
C
Ce
Cl
Cr
Co
Cu
Cm
Ds
Db
Dy
Es
Er
Eu
Fm
F
Fr
Gd
Ga
Ge
Au
Hf
Hs
He
Ho
H
In
I
Ir
Fe
Kr
La
Lr
Pb
Li
Lu
Mg
Mn
Mt
Md
Hg
Mo
Nd
Ne
Np
Ni
Nb
N
No
Os
O
Pd 
P
Pt
Pu
Po
K
Pr
Pm
Pa
Ra
Rn
Re
Rh
Rg
Rb
Ru
Rf
Sm
Sc
Sg
Se
Si
Ag
Na
Sr
S
Ta
Tc
Te
Tb
Tl
Th
Tm
Sn
Ti
W
Uub
Uuh
Uuo
Uup
Uuq
Uus
Uut
U
V
Xe
Yb
Y
Zn
Zr
89
13
95
51
18
33
85
56
97
4
83
107
5
35
48
55
20
98 
6
58
17
24
27
29
96
110
105
66
99
68
63
100
9
87
64
31
32
79
72
108
2
67
1
49
53
77 
26
36 
57
103
82
3
71
12
25
109
101
80
42
60
10
93
28
41
7
102
76
8
46
15
78
94
84
19 
59
61
91
88
86
75
45
111
37
44
104
62
21
106 
34
14
47
11
38
16
73
43
52
65
81
90
69
50
22
74
112
116
118
115
114
117
113
92
23
54
70
39
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Names of ElementsSymbolsAtomic NumbersElement States
Solid (S) Liquid or Gas

Periodic Table with Names - Origins of the Names of Elements on the Periodic Table
The origins of the Periodic Table names of the elements are derived from various sources including:

  • The ancient names of elements or substances taken for Greek and Latin
  • The names of the scientists of first discovered the element
  • The names of famous scientists, such as Curie and Einstein, in whose honor the element was named
  • The names of places where the element was first discovered such as Californium and Germanium
  • The names of planets, such as Uranium and Plutonium
  • Names taken from the Latin words for numbers e.g. Ununseptium which is a temporary name taken from Latin meaning one-one-seven

Periodic Table with Names - Names of Element Symbols
Some of the Periodic Table names of the symbols of elements are derived from their names in the Greek, Latin or German languages. Great if you are multi-lingual but difficult if you are not! Knowing the origins of the names the Element Symbols make them easier to learn and understand. The elements with Greek of Latin names are the oldest elements known and the element symbols were allocated when these classic languages were those used by ancient scholars. There are only 10 elements whose element symbol names are not immediately apparent. Learn these origins of names and symbols and the Periodic table becomes easier! The meanings and origins of the names of the more obscure element symbols are as follows:

  • Sb: Antimony : Sb - From the Greek words 'anti' and 'monos' meaning "opposed to solitude".

  • Cu: Copper : Cu - From the Latin word 'cyprium', after the island of Cyprus.

  • Au: Gold : Au - From the Latin word 'aurum' meaning gold.

  • Fe: Iron : Fe - From the Latin word 'ferrum' meaning iron.

  • Pb: Lead : Pb - From the Latin word 'plumbum' meaning lead.

  • Hg : Mercury: Hg - From the Greek word 'hydrargyros' meaning 'water' and 'silver'.

  • K: Potassium : K - From the Medieval Latin word 'kalium' meaning potash (pot ashes).

  • Ag: Silver: Ag - From the Latin word 'argentum' meaning silver

  • Sn: Tin : Sn - From the Latin word 'stannum' meaning tin

  • W: Tungsten:W - From the German word 'Wolfram'. Ancient alchemists called the metal "spuma lupi," the Latin words for  'wolf foam' which was translated to the word "wolframite" with reference to the unpleasant substance formed during the smelting of tin ores containing tungsten

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