Chemical Symbols

Symbol comes from latin name: Argentum

Argon is odorless and makes up more than 1% of the Earth's atmosphere

Symbol comes from latin name: Aurum

Using Mendeleev's nomenclature for unnamed and undiscovered elements, copernicium should be known as eka-mercury. In 1979, IUPAC published recommendations according to which the element was to be called ununbium (with the corresponding symbol of Uub), until the element was discovered (and the discovery then confirmed) and a permanent name was decided on. They proposed copernicium as the name, with the element symbol Cp, after Nicolaus Copernicus. It was pointed out that the symbol Cp was previously associated with the name cassiopium, now known as lutetium (Lu). For this reason, the IUPAC disallowed the use of Cp as a future symbol, so the the symbol Cn was put forward as an alternative. On 19 Feb. 2010, the 537th anniversary of Copernicus' birth, IUPAC officially accepted the proposed name and symbol

The variant spelling cesium is sometimes used, especially in North American English, but caesium is the spelling used by the IUPAC, although since 1993 it has recognized cesium as a variant as well. [wikipedia]

Named after the island of Cyprus

Symbol comes from latin name: Ferrum

Atomic number 114. Previously called Ununquadium

Symbol comes from a latinized-greek name: Hydrargyrum. Hydrargyrum literally means watery/quick silver.

Symbol comes from latin name: Kalium

Attomic number 116. Previously known as Ununhexium

Synthetic chemical element with symbol Mc & atomic number 115. First synthesized in 2003 by scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Russia. On 28 Nov. 2016, it was officially named after the Moscow oblast, which the JINR is situated in. A placeholder systematic element name ununpentium (Uup) was used until the discovery of the element was confirmed and a permanent name was decided. Using Mendeleev's nomenclature for unnamed and undiscovered elements, moscovium is sometimes known as eka-bismuth.

Symbol comes from latin name: Natrium

A synthetic chemical element with symbol Nh and atomic number 113. It is extremely radioactive; its most stable known isotope, nihonium-286, has a half-life of about 10 seconds. Called ununtrium (UuT) until it was confirmed. Using Mendeleev's nomenclature for unnamed and undiscovered elements, nihonium should be known as eka-thallium.

Oganesson is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Og and atomic number 118. It was first synthesized in 2002 by scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Russia. Named after a nuclear physicist Yuri Oganessian, who has played a leading role in the discovery of the heaviest elements in the periodic table. It is one of only 2 elements named after a living person at the time of naming, the other being seaborgium. Oganesson has the highest atomic number and highest atomic mass of all known elements. Named ununoctium (Uuo) until its discovery could be confirmed. Using Mendeleev's nomenclature for unnamed and undiscovered elements, oganesson is sometimes known as eka-radon

Symbol comes from latin name: Plumbum.

Named after Wilhelm Roentgen, who discovered x-rays.

Symbol comes from latin name: Stibium

One of only 2 elements named after living people.

Symbol comes from latin name: Stannum

Tennessine is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Ts and atomic number 117. It is the 2nd-heaviest known element. The discovery of tennessine was officially announced in Dubna, Russia, by a Russian–American collaboration in April 2010, which makes it the most recently discovered element as of 2017. It was named after the state of Tennessee in the U.S.

From the Latin name "Wolfram"