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Elements named after people

Guess the name of the elements named after people
Only real people, mythological figures doesn't count.
As of May 31, 2012 the IUPAC has officially approved the names for the elements 114 and 116
Quiz by bogomir
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Last updated: December 5, 2012
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Danish physicist; made contributions to atomic structure and quantum mechanics
Bohrium
Renaissance astronomer; formulated a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology
Copernicium
French/Polish couple of physicist; pioneers of research on radioactivity
Curium
German-born theoretical physicist; developed the theory of relativity
Einsteinium
Italian-born physicist; known for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor
Fermium
Soviet physicist and founder of a Russian research institute
Flerovium
Finnish chemist; physicist and mineralogist; founder of Finnish chemistry research
Gadolinium
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American physicist, known for the invention of the cyclotron atom-smasher
Lawrencium
Austrian-born physicist; part of the team that discovered nuclear fission
Meitnerium
Russian chemist and inventor; created the periodic table of elements
Mendelevium
Inventor of dynamite; posthumously established a scientific award
Nobelium
German physicist; discovered X-rays
Roentgenium
New Zealand-British chemist and physicist; considered as the father of nuclear physics
Rutherfordium
American scientist; contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten new elements
Seaborgium
KatM
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Level 23
May 5, 2012
I thought Mendelevium can also bee spelt "Mendeleevium". I guess his name got shorten for the element. Ah, how can i forget about einstein... The only ones i could get was nobel and seaborg.
bogomir
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Level 47
May 7, 2012
Never heard Mendeleevium but I added it as alternative spelling... just in case
alext742
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Level 8
Aug 31, 2012
The element should be spelled Mendelevium, the spelling of the name was Mendeleev though.
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Dec 30, 2018
the element is mendelevium so no need to accept other spellings. His name was mendeleyev though later (in america I guess, or maybe in the uk aswell?) the mendeleev version was used.
sierraistheshiz
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Level 20
Dec 1, 2012
There should definietely be more time given for a quiz like that.
burntfrost
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Level 48
May 9, 2014
Nah.
MsKingBean89
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Level 61
May 17, 2017
Missed Gadolinium. Thought they'd all be transuranium elements.
sumguy
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Level 84
Feb 28, 2018
Missing Oganesson, named after Yuri Oganessian in 2016. It can also be noted that four other elements were indirectly named after people (which probably shouldn't make the list). Berkelium was named after Berkeley, CA, which makes it named after George Berkeley. Livermorium was named after Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which makes it named after Robert Livermore. Samarium was named after samarskite, which was named after Vassili Samarsky-Bykhovets. And, of course, Americium was named after America, which was named after Amerigo Vespucci.
bogomir
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Level 47
Mar 5, 2018
You're right I should update my quizzes but to be honest I'm simply too lazy for that.
sumguy
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Level 84
Jun 25, 2021
It's being featured right now. It should only take a few minutes to get it up-to-date while it's got the spotlight.
kiwiquizzer
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Level 68
Jun 25, 2021
Nice research!
Drugayamasha
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Level 55
Jul 20, 2019
Also Samarium!

Samarium was discovered in 1879 by the French chemist Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran and named after the mineral samarskite from which it was isolated. The mineral itself was earlier named after a Russian mine official, Colonel Vassili Samarsky-Bykhovets

Lemondance
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Level 67
Jun 28, 2021
Oganesson should definitely be added, I don't know about all the indirect names though
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