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Greek: "water forming"

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HYDROGEN (H)

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Greek: "sun"

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HELIUM (He)

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Greek: "stone"

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LITHIUM (Li)

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Greek: "beryl"
old name "sweet" (glykys)

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BERYLLIUM (Be)

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Arabic: "borax"

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BORON (B)

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Latin: "charcoal"

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CARBON (C)

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Greek: "nitre-forming"

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NITROGEN (N)

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Greek: "acid forming"

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OXYGEN (O)

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Latin: "to flow"

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FLUORINE (F)

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Greek: "new"

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NEON (Ne)

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Latin: "soda"
English: "sodanum" (headache cure)

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SODIUM (NA)

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District in Greece mining dolomite

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Magnesia (MAGNESIUM, Mg)

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Latin: "bitter salt"

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ALUMINUM (Al)

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Latin: "flint"

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SILICON (Si)

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Greek: "bearer of light"

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PHOSPHORUS (P)

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Greek: "greenish yellow"

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CHLORINE (Cl)

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Greek: "idle, lazy"

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ARGON (Ar)

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English: "potash"

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POTASSIUM (K)

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Latin: "lime"

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CALCIUM (Ca)

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Latin: "scandinavia"

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SCANDIUM (Sc)

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Named after titans

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TITANIUM (Ti)

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Scandinavian goddess of beauty

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Vandanis (VANADIUM V)

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Greek: "color"

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CHROMIUM (Cr)

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Latin: "magnet"

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MANGANESE (Mn)

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German: evil mining spirit/goblin

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COBALT (Co)

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german: devils/st nicholas' copper

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NICKEL (Ni)

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Latin: "metal from cyprus"

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COPPER (Cu)

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Latin: France

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Gallia -> GALLIUM (Ga)

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Latin: "Germany"

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GERMANIUM (Ge)

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Greek: mineral yellow orpiment

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ARSENIC (As)

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Greek: "moon"

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Selene -> SELENIUM (Se)

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Greek: "stench"

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BROMINE (Br)

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Greek: "hidden"

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KRYPTON (Kr)

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Latin: "deep red"

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RUBIDIUM (Rb)

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Arabic: "gold-colored"

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ZIRCONIUM (Zr)

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Greek goddess of grief

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Niobe -> NIOBIUM (Nb)

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Greek: "lead"

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MOLYBDIUM (Mo)

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Greek: "artifical"

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TECHNETIUM (Te)

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Latin: "russia"

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RUTHENIUM (Ru)

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Greek: "rose-colored"

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RHODIUM (Rh)

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Astroid & Greek goddess wisdom

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Pallas -> PALLADIUM (Pd)

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Latin: "calamite"

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zn-carbonate; CADMIUM (Cd)

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Etruscan god

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tina; TIN (Sn)

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Greek: "not alone"

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ANTIMONY (Sb)

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Latin: "earth"

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TELLURIUM (Te)

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Greek: "violet"

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IODINE (I)

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Greek: "Stranger"

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XENON (Xe)

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Latin: "sky blue"

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CESIUM (Cs)

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Greek: "heavy"

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BARIUM (Ba)

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Greek: "to lie hidden"

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LANTHANUM (La)

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roman goddess agriculture & astroid

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ceres -> CERIUM(Ce)

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Greek: "green twin"

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PRASEODYMIUM (Pr)

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Greek: "new twin"

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NEODYMIUM (Nd)

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Greek stole fire -> humans

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prometheus; PROMETHIUM (Pm)

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after sweedish chemist; investigated 1st rare earth mineral

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john gadolin; GADOLINIUM (Gd)

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Greek: "hard to get"

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DYSPROSIUM (Dy)

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Latin: "stockholm"

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HOLMIUM (Ho)

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Ancient name for scandinavia

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thule -> THULIUM (Tm)

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Roman name for paris

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LUTETIUM (Lu) $$$$$

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Latin: copenhagen

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HAFNIUM (Hf)

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Greek king of sisyphus

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tantalus -> TANTALUM (Ta)

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Sweedish: "heavy stone"

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TUNGSTEN (W)

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Rhine river

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RHENIUM (Re)

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Greek: "smell"

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OSMIUM (Os)

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Spanish: "little silver"

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PLATINUM (Pt)

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symbol from latin "glow of sunrise"

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GOLD (Au)

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Symbol: latin liquid silver
name: a planet (guess which)

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MERCURY (Hg)

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Greek: "green twig"

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THALLIUM (Tl)

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German: "white mass"

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BISMUTH (Bi)

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named after country of its discoverer; curies

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POLONIUM (Po)

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Greek: "unstable"

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ASTATINE (At)

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Latin: ray

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RADIUM (Ra)

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Greek: ray

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ACTINIUM (Ac)

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Scandanavian god of war

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Thor -> Thorium (Th)

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Greek prefix: "first"

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PROTACTINIUM (Pa)

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Greek god of sky

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URANIUM (U)

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named after inventor of cyclotron

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Lawrence -> LAWRENCIUM (Lr)

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German state

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hesse - HASSIUM (Hs)

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named after nuc. fission guy

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meitner -> MEITNERIUM (Mt)

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Latin: "violet"

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INDIUM (In)

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Greek goddess of rainbow

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IRIDIUM (Ir)

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small scottish town

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Strontian -> STRONTIUM (Sr)

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samarskite (mineral)

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SAMARIUM (Sm)

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