{"id":3410,"date":"2018-05-07T12:39:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T16:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=3410"},"modified":"2018-06-22T23:01:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T03:01:32","slug":"4-1-names-of-elements","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/chapter\/4-1-names-of-elements\/","title":{"raw":"4.1 Names of Elements","rendered":"4.1 Names of Elements"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"bcc-box bcc-highlight\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\nBy the end of this section, you will be able to:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Recognize the symbols and knowing the names the elements.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p id=\"fs-idp207102304\">To be able to name compounds, we need to start with knowing the names of the elements. \u00a0Table 1 lists the names of the elements, those in bold are the 51 elements that students in an introductory chemistry course should know.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\" border=\"1\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><span><span><strong>1 - H - Hydrogen<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 2 - He - Helium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 3 - Li - Lithium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 4 - Be - Beryllium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 5 - B - Boron<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 6 - C - Carbon<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 7 - N - Nitrogen<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 8 - O - Oxygen<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 9 - F - Fluorine<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 10 - Ne - Neon<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 11 - Na - Sodium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 12 - Mg - Magnesium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 13 - Al - Aluminum<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 14 - Si - Silicon<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 15 - P - Phosphorus<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 16 - S - Sulfur<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 17 - Cl - Chlorine<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 18 - Ar - Argon<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 19 - K - Potassium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 20 - Ca - Calcium<\/strong>\r\n<strong>21 - Sc - Scandium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 22 - Ti - Titanium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 23 - V - Vanadium<\/strong>\r\n<strong>24 - Cr - Chromium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 25 - Mn - Manganese<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 26 - Fe - Iron<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 27 - Co - Cobalt<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 28 - Ni - Nickel<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 29 - Cu - Copper<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 30 - Zn - Zinc<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><strong>31 - Ga - Gallium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 32 - Ge - Germanium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 33 - As - Arsenic<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 34 - Se - Selenium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 35 - Br \u2013 Bromine<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 36 - Kr - Krypton<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 37 - Rb - Rubidium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 38 - Sr - Strontium<\/strong>\r\n39 - Y - Yttrium\r\n40 - Zr \u2013 Zirconium\r\n41 - Nb - Niobium\r\n42 - Mo - Molybdenum\r\n43 - Tc - Technetium\r\n44 - Ru - Ruthenium\r\n45 - Rh - Rhodium\r\n<strong>46 - Pd - Palladium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 47 - Ag - Silver<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 48 - Cd - Cadmium<\/strong>\r\n49 - In - Indium\r\n<strong>50 - Sn - Tin<\/strong>\r\n51 - Sb - Antimony\r\n52 - Te - Tellurium\r\n<strong>53 - I - Iodine<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 54 - Xe - Xenon<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 55 - Cs - Cesium<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 56 - Ba - Barium<\/strong>\r\n57 - La - Lanthanum\r\n58 - Ce - Cerium\r\n59 - Pr - Praseodymium\r\n60 - Nd - Neodymium<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">61 - Pm - Promethium\r\n62 - Sm - Samarium\r\n63 - Eu - Europium\r\n64 - Gd - Gadolinium\r\n65 - Tb - Terbium\r\n66 - Dy - Dysprosium\r\n67 - Ho - Holmium\r\n68 - Er - Erbium\r\n69 - Tm - Thulium\r\n70 - Yb \u2013 Ytterbium\r\n71 - Lu - Lutetium\r\n72 - Hf - Hafnium\r\n73 - Ta - Tantalum\r\n74 - W - Tungsten\r\n75 - Re - Rhenium\r\n76 - Os - Osmium\r\n77 - Ir - Iridium\r\n<strong>78 - Pt - Platinum<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 79 - Au - Gold<\/strong>\r\n<strong> 80 - Hg - Mercury<\/strong>\r\n81 - Tl - Thallium\r\n<strong>82 - Pb - Lead<\/strong>\r\n83 - Bi - Bismuth\r\n84 - Po - Polonium\r\n85 - At - Astatine\r\n<strong>86 - Rn - Radon<\/strong>\r\n87 - Fr - Francium\r\n88 - Ra - Radium\r\n89 - Ac - Actinium\r\n90 - Th - Thorium<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">91 - Pa - Protactinium\r\n92 - U - Uranium\r\n93 - Np - Neptunium\r\n94 - Pu - Plutonium\r\n95 - Am - Americium\r\n96 - Cm - Curium\r\n97 - Bk - Berkelium\r\n98 - Cf - Californium\r\n99 - Es - Einsteinium\r\n100 - Fm - Fermium\r\n101 - Md - Mendelevium\r\n102 - No - Nobelium\r\n103 - Lr - Lawrencium\r\n104 - Rf - Rutherfordium\r\n105 - Db - Dubnium\r\n106 - Sg - Seaborgium\r\n107 - Bh - Bohrium\r\n108 - Hs - Hassium\r\n109 - Mt - Meitnerium\r\n110 - Ds - Darmstadtium\r\n111 - Rg \u2013 Roentgenium\r\n112 - Cn - Copernicium\r\n113 - Uut - Ununtrium\r\n114 - Fl - Flerovium\r\n115 - Uup - Ununpentium\r\n116 - Lv - Livermorium\r\n117 - Uus - Ununseptium\r\n118 - Uuo - Ununoctium<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<strong>Table 1.<\/strong> The names of the elements.\u00a0 Those in bold are the elements that students in an introductory chemistry course should know.\r\n\r\n<section id=\"fs-idp133128304\">\r\n<figure id=\"CNX_Chem_02_06_NaClMolten\"><\/figure>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\" id=\"fs-idp13886976\">\r\n\r\n<img alt=\"\u00a0\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/387\/2018\/04\/CNX_Interactive_200DPI-2-2.png\" width=\"99\" height=\"62\" class=\"alignleft\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe chemical elements are named by the <strong>International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry<\/strong> (IUPAC), which generally adopts the name chosen by the discoverer of the element.\u00a0Often the name refers to a place, a property of the element or a scientist. \u00a0\u00a0At times, there has been some controversy of which research group actually discovered the element, and therefore which group gets the privilege of naming the element.\u00a0This delayed the naming of the elements for a considerable amount of time. \u00a0Checkout\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Element_naming_controversy\">element naming controversy<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about contention that existed in naming certain elements.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<section id=\"fs-idp184156752\" class=\"summary\">\r\n<h2>Key Concepts and Summary<\/h2>\r\n<p id=\"fs-idp122679888\">Knowing the names and recognizing the symbol of the 51 elements (bolded in Table 1) that students in an introductory chemistry course will not only make it feasible for students to be able to name compounds but will help them be familiar with the common elements and compounds they may encounter in their daily lives.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"textbox examples\">\r\n<h3 itemprop=\"educationalUse\">Activity<\/h3>\r\nMake yourself a stack of small sized Qcards. \u00a0On one side have the name of the element (e.g. hydrogen) and on the other side have its symbol (e.g. H). \u00a0Make a complete set of all the elements you should know (see bolded elements in Table 1). \u00a0Then use these Qcards to quiz yourself.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Glossary<\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/who-we-are\/\"><strong>International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)<\/strong><\/a><span><strong>:<\/strong> is an international federation <\/span><span>that represents chemists in individual countries, which has several responsibilities, one being the standardization of chemical nomenclature\u00a0including the naming of new\u00a0elements in the periodic table. \u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/section>","rendered":"<div class=\"bcc-box bcc-highlight\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<p>By the end of this section, you will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognize the symbols and knowing the names the elements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"fs-idp207102304\">To be able to name compounds, we need to start with knowing the names of the elements. \u00a0Table 1 lists the names of the elements, those in bold are the 51 elements that students in an introductory chemistry course should know.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><span><span><strong>1 &#8211; H &#8211; Hydrogen<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2 &#8211; He &#8211; Helium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 3 &#8211; Li &#8211; Lithium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 4 &#8211; Be &#8211; Beryllium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 5 &#8211; B &#8211; Boron<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 6 &#8211; C &#8211; Carbon<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 7 &#8211; N &#8211; Nitrogen<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 8 &#8211; O &#8211; Oxygen<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 9 &#8211; F &#8211; Fluorine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 10 &#8211; Ne &#8211; Neon<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 11 &#8211; Na &#8211; Sodium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 12 &#8211; Mg &#8211; Magnesium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 13 &#8211; Al &#8211; Aluminum<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 14 &#8211; Si &#8211; Silicon<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 15 &#8211; P &#8211; Phosphorus<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 16 &#8211; S &#8211; Sulfur<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 17 &#8211; Cl &#8211; Chlorine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 18 &#8211; Ar &#8211; Argon<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 19 &#8211; K &#8211; Potassium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 20 &#8211; Ca &#8211; Calcium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>21 &#8211; Sc &#8211; Scandium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 22 &#8211; Ti &#8211; Titanium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 23 &#8211; V &#8211; Vanadium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>24 &#8211; Cr &#8211; Chromium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 25 &#8211; Mn &#8211; Manganese<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 26 &#8211; Fe &#8211; Iron<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 27 &#8211; Co &#8211; Cobalt<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 28 &#8211; Ni &#8211; Nickel<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 29 &#8211; Cu &#8211; Copper<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 30 &#8211; Zn &#8211; Zinc<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><strong>31 &#8211; Ga &#8211; Gallium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 32 &#8211; Ge &#8211; Germanium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 33 &#8211; As &#8211; Arsenic<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 34 &#8211; Se &#8211; Selenium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 35 &#8211; Br \u2013 Bromine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 36 &#8211; Kr &#8211; Krypton<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 37 &#8211; Rb &#8211; Rubidium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 38 &#8211; Sr &#8211; Strontium<\/strong><br \/>\n39 &#8211; Y &#8211; Yttrium<br \/>\n40 &#8211; Zr \u2013 Zirconium<br \/>\n41 &#8211; Nb &#8211; Niobium<br \/>\n42 &#8211; Mo &#8211; Molybdenum<br \/>\n43 &#8211; Tc &#8211; Technetium<br \/>\n44 &#8211; Ru &#8211; Ruthenium<br \/>\n45 &#8211; Rh &#8211; Rhodium<br \/>\n<strong>46 &#8211; Pd &#8211; Palladium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 47 &#8211; Ag &#8211; Silver<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 48 &#8211; Cd &#8211; Cadmium<\/strong><br \/>\n49 &#8211; In &#8211; Indium<br \/>\n<strong>50 &#8211; Sn &#8211; Tin<\/strong><br \/>\n51 &#8211; Sb &#8211; Antimony<br \/>\n52 &#8211; Te &#8211; Tellurium<br \/>\n<strong>53 &#8211; I &#8211; Iodine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 54 &#8211; Xe &#8211; Xenon<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 55 &#8211; Cs &#8211; Cesium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 56 &#8211; Ba &#8211; Barium<\/strong><br \/>\n57 &#8211; La &#8211; Lanthanum<br \/>\n58 &#8211; Ce &#8211; Cerium<br \/>\n59 &#8211; Pr &#8211; Praseodymium<br \/>\n60 &#8211; Nd &#8211; Neodymium<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">61 &#8211; Pm &#8211; Promethium<br \/>\n62 &#8211; Sm &#8211; Samarium<br \/>\n63 &#8211; Eu &#8211; Europium<br \/>\n64 &#8211; Gd &#8211; Gadolinium<br \/>\n65 &#8211; Tb &#8211; Terbium<br \/>\n66 &#8211; Dy &#8211; Dysprosium<br \/>\n67 &#8211; Ho &#8211; Holmium<br \/>\n68 &#8211; Er &#8211; Erbium<br \/>\n69 &#8211; Tm &#8211; Thulium<br \/>\n70 &#8211; Yb \u2013 Ytterbium<br \/>\n71 &#8211; Lu &#8211; Lutetium<br \/>\n72 &#8211; Hf &#8211; Hafnium<br \/>\n73 &#8211; Ta &#8211; Tantalum<br \/>\n74 &#8211; W &#8211; Tungsten<br \/>\n75 &#8211; Re &#8211; Rhenium<br \/>\n76 &#8211; Os &#8211; Osmium<br \/>\n77 &#8211; Ir &#8211; Iridium<br \/>\n<strong>78 &#8211; Pt &#8211; Platinum<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 79 &#8211; Au &#8211; Gold<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 80 &#8211; Hg &#8211; Mercury<\/strong><br \/>\n81 &#8211; Tl &#8211; Thallium<br \/>\n<strong>82 &#8211; Pb &#8211; Lead<\/strong><br \/>\n83 &#8211; Bi &#8211; Bismuth<br \/>\n84 &#8211; Po &#8211; Polonium<br \/>\n85 &#8211; At &#8211; Astatine<br \/>\n<strong>86 &#8211; Rn &#8211; Radon<\/strong><br \/>\n87 &#8211; Fr &#8211; Francium<br \/>\n88 &#8211; Ra &#8211; Radium<br \/>\n89 &#8211; Ac &#8211; Actinium<br \/>\n90 &#8211; Th &#8211; Thorium<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">91 &#8211; Pa &#8211; Protactinium<br \/>\n92 &#8211; U &#8211; Uranium<br \/>\n93 &#8211; Np &#8211; Neptunium<br \/>\n94 &#8211; Pu &#8211; Plutonium<br \/>\n95 &#8211; Am &#8211; Americium<br \/>\n96 &#8211; Cm &#8211; Curium<br \/>\n97 &#8211; Bk &#8211; Berkelium<br \/>\n98 &#8211; Cf &#8211; Californium<br \/>\n99 &#8211; Es &#8211; Einsteinium<br \/>\n100 &#8211; Fm &#8211; Fermium<br \/>\n101 &#8211; Md &#8211; Mendelevium<br \/>\n102 &#8211; No &#8211; Nobelium<br \/>\n103 &#8211; Lr &#8211; Lawrencium<br \/>\n104 &#8211; Rf &#8211; Rutherfordium<br \/>\n105 &#8211; Db &#8211; Dubnium<br \/>\n106 &#8211; Sg &#8211; Seaborgium<br \/>\n107 &#8211; Bh &#8211; Bohrium<br \/>\n108 &#8211; Hs &#8211; Hassium<br \/>\n109 &#8211; Mt &#8211; Meitnerium<br \/>\n110 &#8211; Ds &#8211; Darmstadtium<br \/>\n111 &#8211; Rg \u2013 Roentgenium<br \/>\n112 &#8211; Cn &#8211; Copernicium<br \/>\n113 &#8211; Uut &#8211; Ununtrium<br \/>\n114 &#8211; Fl &#8211; Flerovium<br \/>\n115 &#8211; Uup &#8211; Ununpentium<br \/>\n116 &#8211; Lv &#8211; Livermorium<br \/>\n117 &#8211; Uus &#8211; Ununseptium<br \/>\n118 &#8211; Uuo &#8211; Ununoctium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Table 1.<\/strong> The names of the elements.\u00a0 Those in bold are the elements that students in an introductory chemistry course should know.<\/p>\n<section id=\"fs-idp133128304\">\n<figure id=\"CNX_Chem_02_06_NaClMolten\"><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\" id=\"fs-idp13886976\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u00a0\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/chem1114langaracollege\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/387\/2018\/04\/CNX_Interactive_200DPI-2-2.png\" width=\"99\" height=\"62\" class=\"alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The chemical elements are named by the <strong>International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry<\/strong> (IUPAC), which generally adopts the name chosen by the discoverer of the element.\u00a0Often the name refers to a place, a property of the element or a scientist. \u00a0\u00a0At times, there has been some controversy of which research group actually discovered the element, and therefore which group gets the privilege of naming the element.\u00a0This delayed the naming of the elements for a considerable amount of time. \u00a0Checkout\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Element_naming_controversy\">element naming controversy<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about contention that existed in naming certain elements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"fs-idp184156752\" class=\"summary\">\n<h2>Key Concepts and Summary<\/h2>\n<p id=\"fs-idp122679888\">Knowing the names and recognizing the symbol of the 51 elements (bolded in Table 1) that students in an introductory chemistry course will not only make it feasible for students to be able to name compounds but will help them be familiar with the common elements and compounds they may encounter in their daily lives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox examples\">\n<h3 itemprop=\"educationalUse\">Activity<\/h3>\n<p>Make yourself a stack of small sized Qcards. \u00a0On one side have the name of the element (e.g. hydrogen) and on the other side have its symbol (e.g. H). \u00a0Make a complete set of all the elements you should know (see bolded elements in Table 1). \u00a0Then use these Qcards to 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