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How Elements Are Named

Element Year of Discovery Discoverer Origin of Name [Pg.167]

Uranium ( 92, U) 1789 M. H. Klaproth, Germany Named after the planet Uranus [Pg.167]

Vanadium ( 23, V) 1801 rediscovered in 1831 N. G. Selfstrom, Sweden (1831) Named after the Scandinavian goddess Vanadis [Pg.167]

Holmium ( 67, Ho) 1878 P. T. Cleve, Sweden Named after Stockholm [Pg.167]

Gadolinium ( 64, Gd) 1880 J. C. Galissard de Marignac, Switzerland Named after the Finnish chemist, Gadolin [Pg.167]

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