The heaviest recognized chemical element with the atomic number 112 was discovered at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and -- since February 19, 2010, -- officially carries the ...

If the chemical symbol consists of more than one letter, any subsequent letters are lowercase. Example: Hydrogen → H, Helium → He 118 Elements and Their Symbols and Atomic Numbers ...

The chemical symbol for lead is Pb. For mercury, Hg. For antimony, Sb. My chemistry teacher in high school cracked up every time she referred to the symbol for tungsten—that big, fat ...

It was the first use of symbols to represent the elements of modern chemistry. He soon had a table of 21 elements arranged by atomic mass, which he presented in a scientific paper the following month.

Four synthetic elements on the periodic table received their new names and atomic symbols, chemistry’s international standards organization announced Wednesday. The International Union of Pure ...

Update: The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has confirmed the name “Copernicium” for element 112 and given it the symbol Cn. The first choice for the chemical symbol ...

Citations Volker Böhmer Fachbereich Chemie und Pharmazie Abteilung Lehramt Chemie Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Duesbergweg 10-14 D-55099, Mainz ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Chemical Nomenclature and Symbols ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 19 No. 3 (July 1868), p. 41 doi:10.1038 ...