List of chemical elements

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118 chemical elements have been identified and named officially by IUPAC. A chemical element, often simply called an element, is a type of atom which has a specific number of protons in its atomic nucleus (i.e., a specific atomic number, or Z). [1]

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The definitive visualisation of all 118 elements is the periodic table of the elements, whose history along the principles of the periodic law was one of the founding developments of modern chemistry. It is a tabular arrangement of the elements by their chemical properties that usually uses abbreviated chemical symbols in place of full element names, but the linear list format presented here is also useful. Like the periodic table, the list below organizes the elements by the number of protons in their atoms; it can also be organized by other properties, such as atomic weight, density, and electronegativity. For more detailed information about the origins of element names, see List of chemical element name etymologies.

List

Z Sym. Element Name
origin
[2] [3]
Group Period Block Atomic
weight

[a]
(Da)
Density
[b] [c]

(g/cm3)
Melting
point
[d]

(K)
Boiling
point
[e]

(K)
Specific
heat
capacity
[f]
(J/g ·K)
Electro­negativity
[g]
Abundance
in Earth's
crust
[h]
(mg/kg)
Origin [i] Phase [j]
1H Hydrogen [k] 11 s-block 1.00800.0000898814.0120.2814.3042.201400 primordial gas
2He Helium [l] 181s-block4.00260.0001785 [m] 4.225.1930.008primordialgas
3Li Lithium [n] 12s-block6.940.534453.6915603.5820.9820primordial solid
4Be Beryllium [o] 22s-block9.01221.85156027421.8251.572.8primordialsolid
5B Boron [p] 132 p-block 10.812.34234942001.0262.0410primordialsolid
6C Carbon [q] 142p-block12.0112.267>400043000.7092.55200primordialsolid
7N Nitrogen [r] 152p-block14.0070.001250663.1577.361.043.0419primordialgas
8O Oxygen [s] 162p-block15.9990.00142954.3690.200.9183.44461000primordialgas
9F Fluorine [t] 172p-block18.9980.00169653.5385.030.8243.98585primordialgas
10Ne Neon [u] 182p-block20.1800.000900224.5627.071.030.005primordialgas
11Na Sodium [v] 13s-block22.9900.968370.8711561.2280.9323600primordialsolid
12Mg Magnesium [w] 23s-block24.3051.73892313631.0231.3123300primordialsolid
13Al Aluminium [x] 133p-block26.9822.70933.4727920.8971.6182300primordialsolid
14Si Silicon [y] 143p-block28.0852.3290168735380.7051.9282000primordialsolid
15P Phosphorus [z] 153p-block30.9741.823317.305500.7692.191050primordialsolid
16S Sulfur [aa] 163p-block32.062.07388.36717.870.712.58350primordialsolid
17Cl Chlorine [ab] 173p-block35.450.0032171.6239.110.4793.16145primordialgas
18Ar Argon [ac] 183p-block39.950.00178483.8087.300.523.5primordialgas
19K Potassium [ad] 14s-block39.0980.89336.5310320.7570.8220900primordialsolid
20Ca Calcium [ae] 24s-block40.0781.55111517570.6471.0041500primordialsolid
21Sc Scandium [af] 34 d-block 44.9562.985181431090.5681.3622primordialsolid
22Ti Titanium [ag] 44d-block47.8674.506194135600.5231.545650primordialsolid
23V Vanadium [ah] 54d-block50.9426.11218336800.4891.63120primordialsolid
24Cr Chromium [ai] 64d-block51.9967.15218029440.4491.66102primordialsolid
25Mn Manganese [aj] 74d-block54.9387.21151923340.4791.55950primordialsolid
26Fe Iron [ak] 84d-block55.8457.874181131340.4491.8356300primordialsolid
27Co Cobalt [al] 94d-block58.9338.90176832000.4211.8825primordialsolid
28Ni Nickel [am] 104d-block58.6938.908172831860.4441.9184primordialsolid
29Cu Copper [an] 114d-block63.5468.961357.7728350.3851.9060primordialsolid
30Zn Zinc [ao] 124d-block65.387.14692.8811800.3881.6570primordialsolid
31Ga Gallium [ap] 134p-block69.7235.91302.914626730.3711.8119primordialsolid
32Ge Germanium [aq] 144p-block72.6305.3231211.4031060.322.011.5primordialsolid
33As Arsenic [ar] 154p-block74.9225.7271090 [as] 8870.3292.181.8primordialsolid
34Se Selenium [at] 164p-block78.9714.814539580.3212.550.05primordialsolid
35Br Bromine [au] 174p-block79.9043.1028265.8332.00.4742.962.4primordial liquid
36Kr Krypton [av] 184p-block83.7980.003749115.79119.930.2483.001×10−4primordialgas
37Rb Rubidium [aw] 15s-block85.4681.532312.469610.3630.8290primordialsolid
38Sr Strontium [ax] 25s-block87.622.64105016550.3010.95370primordialsolid
39Y Yttrium [ay] 35d-block88.9064.472179936090.2981.2233primordialsolid
40Zr Zirconium [az] 45d-block91.2246.52212846820.2781.33165primordialsolid
41Nb Niobium [ba] 55d-block92.9068.57275050170.2651.620primordialsolid
42Mo Molybdenum [bb] 65d-block95.9510.28289649120.2512.161.2primordialsolid
43Tc Technetium [bc] 75d-block[97]11243045381.9~ 3×10−9 from decay solid
44Ru Ruthenium [bd] 85d-block101.0712.45260744230.2382.20.001primordialsolid
45Rh Rhodium [be] 95d-block102.9112.41223739680.2432.280.001primordialsolid
46Pd Palladium [bf] 105d-block106.4212.0231828.0532360.2442.200.015primordialsolid
47Ag Silver [bg] 115d-block107.8710.491234.9324350.2351.930.075primordialsolid
48Cd Cadmium [bh] 125d-block112.418.65594.2210400.2321.690.159primordialsolid
49In Indium [bi] 135p-block114.827.31429.7523450.2331.780.25primordialsolid
50Sn Tin [bj] 145p-block118.717.265505.0828750.2281.962.3primordialsolid
51Sb Antimony [bk] 155p-block121.766.697903.7818600.2072.050.2primordialsolid
52Te Tellurium [bl] 165p-block127.606.24722.6612610.2022.10.001primordialsolid
53I Iodine [bm] 175p-block126.904.933386.85457.40.2142.660.45primordialsolid
54Xe Xenon [bn] 185p-block131.290.005894161.4165.030.1582.603×10−5primordialgas
55Cs Caesium [bo] 16s-block132.911.93301.599440.2420.793primordialsolid
56Ba Barium [bp] 26s-block137.333.51100021700.2040.89425primordialsolid
57La Lanthanum [bq] f-block groups6 f-block 138.916.162119337370.1951.139primordialsolid
58Ce Cerium [br] f-block groups6f-block140.126.770106837160.1921.1266.5primordialsolid
59Pr Praseodymium [bs] f-block groups6f-block140.916.77120837930.1931.139.2primordialsolid
60Nd Neodymium [bt] f-block groups6f-block144.247.01129733470.191.1441.5primordialsolid
61Pm Promethium [bu] f-block groups6f-block[145]7.26131532731.132×10−19from decaysolid
62Sm Samarium [bv] f-block groups6f-block150.367.52134520670.1971.177.05primordialsolid
63Eu Europium [bw] f-block groups6f-block151.965.244109918020.1821.22primordialsolid
64Gd Gadolinium [bx] f-block groups6f-block157.257.90158535460.2361.26.2primordialsolid
65Tb Terbium [by] f-block groups6f-block158.938.23162935030.1821.21.2primordialsolid
66Dy Dysprosium [bz] f-block groups6f-block162.508.540168028400.171.225.2primordialsolid
67Ho Holmium [ca] f-block groups6f-block164.938.79173429930.1651.231.3primordialsolid
68Er Erbium [cb] f-block groups6f-block167.269.066180231410.1681.243.5primordialsolid
69Tm Thulium [cc] f-block groups6f-block168.939.32181822230.161.250.52primordialsolid
70Yb Ytterbium [cd] f-block groups6f-block173.056.90109714690.1551.13.2primordialsolid
71Lu Lutetium [ce] 36d-block174.979.841192536750.1541.270.8primordialsolid
72Hf Hafnium [cf] 46d-block178.4913.31250648760.1441.33primordialsolid
73Ta Tantalum [cg] 56d-block180.9516.69329057310.141.52primordialsolid
74W Tungsten [ch] 66d-block183.8419.25369562030.1322.361.3primordialsolid
75Re Rhenium [ci] 76d-block186.2121.02345958690.1371.97×10−4primordialsolid
76Os Osmium [cj] 86d-block190.2322.59330652850.132.20.002primordialsolid
77Ir Iridium [ck] 96d-block192.2222.56271947010.1312.200.001primordialsolid
78Pt Platinum [cl] 106d-block195.0821.452041.440980.1332.280.005primordialsolid
79Au Gold [cm] 116d-block196.9719.31337.3331290.1292.540.004primordialsolid
80Hg Mercury [cn] 126d-block200.5913.534234.43629.880.142.000.085primordialliquid
81Tl Thallium [co] 136p-block204.3811.8557717460.1291.620.85primordialsolid
82Pb Lead [cp] 146p-block207.211.34600.6120220.1291.87(2+)
2.33 (4+)
14primordialsolid
83Bi Bismuth [cq] 156p-block208.989.78544.718370.1222.020.009primordialsolid
84Po Polonium [cr] 166p-block[209] [a] 9.19652712352.02×10−10from decaysolid
85At Astatine [cs] 176p-block[210](8.91–8.95)5756102.23×10−20from decay unknown phase
86Rn Radon [ct] 186p-block[222]0.00973202211.30.0942.24×10−13from decaygas
87Fr Francium [cu] 17s-block[223](2.48)281890>0.79 [5] ~ 1×10−18from decayunknown phase
88Ra Radium [cv] 27s-block[226]5.597320100.0940.99×10−7from decaysolid
89Ac Actinium [cw] f-block groups7f-block[227]10132334710.121.15.5×10−10from decaysolid
90Th Thorium [cx] f-block groups7f-block232.0411.7211550610.1131.39.6primordialsolid
91Pa Protactinium [cy] f-block groups7f-block231.0415.37184143001.51.4×10−6from decaysolid
92U Uranium [cz] f-block groups7f-block238.0319.11405.344040.1161.382.7primordialsolid
93Np Neptunium [da] f-block groups7f-block[237]20.4591742731.36 3×10−12from decaysolid
94Pu Plutonium [db] f-block groups7f-block[244]19.85912.535011.28 3×10−11from decaysolid
95Am Americium [dc] f-block groups7f-block[243]12144928801.13 synthetic solid
96Cm Curium [dd] f-block groups7f-block[247]13.51161333831.28syntheticsolid
97Bk Berkelium [de] f-block groups7f-block[247]14.78125929001.3syntheticsolid
98Cf Californium [df] f-block groups7f-block[251]15.11173(1743) [b] 1.3syntheticsolid
99Es Einsteinium [dg] f-block groups7f-block[252]8.841133(1269)1.3syntheticsolid
100Fm Fermium [dh] f-block groups7f-block[257](9.7) [b] (1125) [6]
(1800) [7]
1.3syntheticunknown phase
101Md Mendelevium [di] f-block groups7f-block[258](10.3)(1100)1.3syntheticunknown phase
102No Nobelium [dj] f-block groups7f-block[259](9.9)(1100)1.3syntheticunknown phase
103Lr Lawrencium [dk] 37d-block[266](14.4)(1900)1.3syntheticunknown phase
104Rf Rutherfordium [dl] 47d-block[267](17)(2400)(5800)syntheticunknown phase
105Db Dubnium [dm] 57d-block[268](21.6)syntheticunknown phase
106Sg Seaborgium [dn] 67d-block[267](23–24)syntheticunknown phase
107Bh Bohrium [do] 77d-block[270](26–27)syntheticunknown phase
108Hs Hassium [dp] 87d-block[271](27–29)syntheticunknown phase
109Mt Meitnerium [dq] 97d-block[278](27–28)syntheticunknown phase
110Ds Darmstadtium [dr] 107d-block[281](26–27)syntheticunknown phase
111Rg Roentgenium [ds] 117d-block[282](22–24)syntheticunknown phase
112Cn Copernicium [dt] 127d-block[285](14.0)(283±11)(340±10) [b] syntheticunknown phase
113Nh Nihonium [du] 137p-block[286](16)(700)(1400)syntheticunknown phase
114Fl Flerovium [dv] 147p-block[289](11.4±0.3)(284±50) [b] syntheticunknown phase
115Mc Moscovium [dw] 157p-block[290](13.5)(700)(1400)syntheticunknown phase
116Lv Livermorium [dx] 167p-block[293](12.9)(700)(1100)syntheticunknown phase
117Ts Tennessine [dy] 177p-block[294](7.1–7.3)(700)(883)syntheticunknown phase
118Og Oganesson [dz] 187p-block[294](7)(325±15)(450±10)syntheticunknown phase
  1. 1 2 Standard atomic weight or Ar°(E)
    • '1.0080': abridged value, uncertainty ignored here
    • '[97]', [ ] notation: mass number of most stable isotope
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Values in ( ) brackets are predictions
  3. Density ( sources )
  4. Melting point in kelvin  (K) ( sources )
  5. Boiling point in kelvin  (K) ( sources )
  6. Heat capacity ( sources )
  7. Electronegativity by Pauling ( source )
  8. Abundance of elements in Earth's crust
  9. Primordial (=Earth's origin), from decay, or synthetic
  10. Phase at Standard state (25°C [77°F], 100 kPa)
  11. Greek roots hydro- + -gen, 'water-forming'
  12. Greek hḗlios 'sun'
  13. Melting point: helium does not solidify at a pressure of 1 atmosphere. Helium can only solidify at pressures above 25 atm.
  14. Greek líthos 'stone'
  15. Beryl, mineral (ultimately after Belur, Karnataka, India?) [4]
  16. Borax, mineral (from Arabic: bawraq, Middle Persian: *bōrag)
  17. Latin carbo 'coal'
  18. Greek nítron + -gen, 'niter-forming'
  19. Greek oxy- + -gen, 'acid-forming'
  20. Latin fluo 'to flow'
  21. Greek néon 'new'
  22. Coined by Humphry Davy who first isolated it, from English soda (specifically caustic soda), via Italian from Arabic ṣudāʕ 'headache'
  23. Magnesia region, eastern Thessaly, Greece
  24. Alumina, from Latin alumen (gen. aluminis) 'bitter salt, alum'
  25. Latin silex 'flint' (originally silicium)
  26. Greek phōsphóros 'light-bearing'
  27. Latin
  28. Greek chlōrós 'greenish yellow'
  29. Greek argós 'idle' (it is inert)
  30. Neo-Latin potassa 'potash', from pot + ash
  31. Latin calx 'lime'
  32. Latin Scandia 'Scandinavia'
  33. Titans, children of Gaia and Ouranos
  34. Vanadis, a name for Norse goddess Freyja
  35. Greek chróma 'color'
  36. Corrupted from magnesia negra ; see magnesium
  37. English, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom 'iron', from a root meaning 'blood'
  38. German Kobold , 'goblin'
  39. Nickel, a mischievous sprite in German miner mythology
  40. English, from Latin cuprum , after Cyprus
  41. Most likely German Zinke , 'prong, tooth', but some suggest Persian sang 'stone'
  42. Latin Gallia 'France'
  43. Latin Germania 'Germany'
  44. Middle English, from Middle French arsenic, from Greek arsenikón 'yellow arsenic' (influenced by arsenikós 'masculine, virile'), from a West Asian wanderword ultimately from Old Persian: *zarniya-ka, lit. 'golden'
  45. Arsenic sublimes at 1 atmosphere pressure.
  46. Greek selḗnē 'moon'
  47. Greek brômos 'stench'
  48. Greek kryptós 'hidden'
  49. Latin rubidus 'deep red'
  50. Strontian, a village in Scotland, where it was found
  51. Ytterby, Sweden, where it was found; see terbium, erbium, ytterbium
  52. Zircon, mineral, from Persian zargun 'gold-hued'
  53. Niobe, daughter of king Tantalus in Greek myth; see tantalum
  54. Greek molýbdaina 'piece of lead', from mólybdos 'lead', due to confusion with lead ore galena (PbS)
  55. Greek tekhnētós 'artificial'
  56. Neo-Latin Ruthenia 'Russia'
  57. Greek rhodóeis 'rose-colored', from rhódon 'rose'
  58. Pallas, asteroid, then considered a planet
  59. English, from Proto-Germanic
  60. Neo-Latin cadmia 'calamine', from King Cadmus, mythic founder of Thebes
  61. Latin indicum 'indigo', the blue color named after India and observed in its spectral lines
  62. English, from Proto-Germanic
  63. Latin antimonium , of unclear origin: folk etymologies suggest Greek antí 'against' + mónos 'alone', or Old French anti-moine 'monk's bane', but could be from or related to Arabic ʾiṯmid 'antimony'
  64. Latin tellus 'ground, earth'
  65. French iode , from Greek ioeidḗs 'violet'
  66. Greek xénon, neuter of xénos 'strange, foreign'
  67. Latin caesius 'sky-blue'
  68. Greek barýs 'heavy'
  69. Greek lanthánein 'to lie hidden'
  70. Ceres (dwarf planet), then considered a planet
  71. Greek prásios dídymos 'green twin'
  72. Greek néos dídymos 'new twin'
  73. Prometheus, a Titan
  74. Samarskite, a mineral named after V. Samarsky-Bykhovets, Russian mine official
  75. Europe
  76. Gadolinite, a mineral named after Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist
  77. Ytterby, Sweden, where it was found; see yttrium, erbium, ytterbium
  78. Greek dysprósitos 'hard to get'
  79. Neo-Latin Holmia 'Stockholm'
  80. Ytterby, where it was found; see yttrium, terbium, ytterbium
  81. Thule, the ancient name for an unclear northern location
  82. Ytterby, where it was found; see yttrium, terbium, erbium
  83. Latin Lutetia 'Paris'
  84. Neo-Latin Hafnia 'Copenhagen' (from Danish havn , harbor)
  85. King Tantalus, father of Niobe in Greek myth; see niobium
  86. Swedish tung sten 'heavy stone'
  87. Latin Rhenus 'Rhine'
  88. Greek osmḗ 'smell'
  89. Iris, Greek goddess of rainbow
  90. Spanish platina 'little silver', from plata 'silver'
  91. English, from same Proto-Indo-European root as 'yellow'
  92. Mercury, Roman god of commerce, communication, and luck, known for his speed and mobility
  93. Greek thallós 'green shoot / twig'
  94. English, from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom, from a root meaning 'flow'
  95. German Wismut , via Latin and Arabic from Greek psimúthion 'white lead'
  96. Latin Polonia 'Poland', home country of discoverer Marie Curie
  97. Greek ástatos 'unstable'; it has no stable isotopes
  98. Radium emanation, originally the name of 222Rn
  99. France, home country of discoverer Marguerite Perey
  100. Coined in French by discoverer Marie Curie, from Latin radius 'ray'
  101. Greek aktís 'ray'
  102. Thor, the Norse god of thunder
  103. English prefix proto- (from Greek prôtos 'first, before') + actinium; protactinium decays into actinium.
  104. Uranus, the seventh planet
  105. Neptune, the eighth planet
  106. Pluto, dwarf planet, then considered a planet
  107. Americas, where the element was first synthesized, by analogy with its homolog europium
  108. Pierre and Marie Curie, physicists and chemists
  109. Berkeley, California, where it was first synthesized
  110. California, where it was first synthesized in LBNL
  111. Albert Einstein, German physicist
  112. Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist
  113. Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist who proposed the periodic table
  114. Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer
  115. Ernest Lawrence, American physicist
  116. Ernest Rutherford, chemist and physicist from New Zealand
  117. Dubna, Russia, where it was discovered in JINR
  118. Glenn Seaborg, American chemist
  119. Niels Bohr, Danish physicist
  120. Neo-Latin Hassia 'Hesse', a state in Germany
  121. Lise Meitner, Austrian physicist
  122. Darmstadt, Germany, where it was first synthesized in the GSI labs
  123. Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist
  124. Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer
  125. Japanese Nihon 'Japan', where it was first synthesized in Riken
  126. Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, part of JINR, where it was synthesized; itself named after Georgy Flyorov, Russian physicist
  127. Moscow, Russia, where it was first synthesized in JINR
  128. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
  129. Tennessee, US, home to ORNL
  130. Yuri Oganessian, Russian physicist

See also

References

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  5. Originally assessed as 0.7 by Pauling but never revised after other elements' electronegativities were updated for precision. Predicted to be higher than that of caesium.
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