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List of elements by symbol

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This is a list of elements by atomic number with symbol.

List of elements
Atomic

Number

Name Symbol Group Period

Number

1 Hydrogen H 1 1
2 Helium He 18 1
3 Lithium Li 1 2
4 Beryllium Be 2 2
5 Boron B 13 2
6 Carbon C 14 2
7 Nitrogen N 15 2
8 Oxygen O 16 2
9 Fluorine F 17 2
10 Neon Ne 18 2
11 Sodium Na 1 3
12 Magnesium Mg 2 3
13 Aluminium Al 13 3
14 Silicon Si 14 3
15 Phosphorus P 15 3
16 Sulfur S 16 3
17 Chlorine Cl 17 3
18 Argon Ar 18 3
19 Potassium K 1 4
20 Calcium Ca 2 4
21 Scandium Sc 3 4
22 Titanium Ti 4 4
23 Vanadium V 5 4
24 Chromium Cr 6 4
25 Manganese Mn 7 4
26 Iron Fe 8 4
27 Cobalt Co 9 4
28 Nickel Ni 10 4
29 Copper Cu 11 4
30 Zinc Zn 12 4
31 Gallium Ga 13 4
32 Germanium Ge 14 4
33 Arsenic As 15 4
34 Selenium Se 16 4
35 Bromine Br 17 4
36 Krypton Kr 18 4
37 Rubidium Rb 1 5
38 Strontium Sr 2 5
39 Yttrium Y 3 5
40 Zirconium Zr 4 5
41 Niobium Nb 5 5
42 Molybdenum Mo 6 5
43 Technetium Tc 7 5
44 Ruthenium Ru 8 5
45 Rhodium Rh 9 5
46 Palladium Pd 10 5
47 Silver Ag 11 5
48 Cadmium Cd 12 5
49 Indium In 13 5
50 Tin Sn 14 5
51 Antimony Sb 15 5
52 Tellurium Te 16 5
53 Iodine I 17 5
54 Xenon Xe 18 5
55 Cesium Cs 1 6
56 Barium Ba 2 6
57 Lanthanum La 3 6
58 Cerium Ce 3 6
59 Praseodymium Pr 3 6
60 Neodymium Nd 3 6
61 Promethium Pm 3 6
62 Samarium Sm 3 6
63 Europium Eu 3 6
64 Gadolinium Gd 3 6
65 Terbium Tb 3 6
66 Dysprosium Dy 3 6
67 Holmium Ho 3 6
68 Erbium Er 3 6
69 Thulium Tm 3 6
70 Ytterbium Yb 3 6
71 Lutetium Lu 3 6
72 Hafnium Hf 4 6
73 Tantalum Ta 5 6
74 Tungsten W 6 6
75 Rhenium Re 7 6
76 Osmium Os 8 6
77 Iridium Ir 9 6
78 Platinum Pt 10 6
79 Gold Au 11 6
80 Mercury Hg 12 6
81 Thallium Tl 13 6
82 Lead Pb 14 6
83 Bismuth Bi 15 6
84 Polonium Po 16 6
85 Astatine At 17 6
86 Radon Rn 18 6
87 Francium Fr 1 7
88 Radium Ra 2 7
89 Actinium Ac 3 7
90 Thorium Th 3 7
91 Protactinium Pa 3 7
92 Uranium U 3 7
93 Neptunium Np 3 7
94 Plutonium Pu 3 7
95 Americium Am 3 7
96 Curium Cm 3 7
97 Berkelium Bk 3 7
98 Californium Cf 3 7
99 Einsteinium Es 3 7
100 Fermium Fm 3 7
101 Mendelevium Md 3 7
102 Nobelium No 3 7
103 Lawrencium Lr 3 7
104 Rutherfordium Rf
105 Dubnium Db
106 Seaborgium Sg
107 Bohrium Bh
108 Hassium Hs
109 Meitnerium Mt
110 Darmstadtium Ds
111 Roentgenium Rg
112 Copernicium Cn
113 Nihonium Nh
114 Flerovium Fl
115 Moscovium Mc
116 Livermorium Lv
117 Tennessine Ts
118 Oganesson Og

Detailed table

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Chemical symNameOrigin of symbolAtomic No.Atomic massDensity (near r.t.)Melting pointBoiling point Year of discovery Discoverer
AcActinium89227.0278 u10.07 g/cm31047 °C3197 °C1899Debierne
AgSilverLatin Argentum47107.8682 u10.49 g/cm3961.9 °C2212 °Cprehistoricunknown
AlAluminium1326.981539 u2.70 g/cm3660.5 °C2467 °C1825Oersted
AmAmericium95243.0614 u13.67 g/cm3994 °C2607 °C1944Seaborg
ArArgon1839.948 u1.66 g/l-189.4 °C-185.9 °C1894Ramsay and Rayleigh
AsArsenic3374.92159 u5.72 g/cm3613 °C613 (Subl.) °Cca. 1250Albertus Magnus
AtAstatine85209.9871 u7 g/cm3 302 °C337 °C1940Corson and MacKenzie
AuGoldLatin Aurum79196.96654 u19.32 g/cm31064.4 °C2940 °Cprehistoricunknown
BBoron510.811 u2.46 g/cm32300 °C2550 °C1808Davy and Gay-Lussac
BaBarium56137.327 u3.65 g/cm3725 °C1640 °C1808Davy
BeBeryllium49.012182 u1.85 g/cm31278 °C2970 °C1797Vauqueli
BhBohrium107262.1976Oganessian
BiBismuth83208.98037 u9.80 g/cm3271.4 °C1560 °C1540Agricola
BkBerkelium97247.0703 u13.25 g/cm3986 °C2627 °C 1949Seaborg
BrBromine3579.904 u3.14 g/cm3-7.3 °C58.8 °C1826Balard
CCarbon612.011 u3.51 g/cm33550 °C4827 °Cprehistoricunknown
CaCalcium2040.078 u1.54 g/cm3839 °C1487 °C1808Davy
CdCadmium48112.411 u8.64 g/cm3321 °C765 °C1817Stromeyer and Hermann
CeCerium58140.115 u6.77 g/cm3798 °C3257 °C1803von Hisinger and Berzelius
CfCalifornium98251.0796 u15.1 g/cm3900 °C1472 °C 1950Seaborg
ClChlorine1735.4527 u2.95 g/l-34.6 °C-101 °C1774Scheele
CmCurium96247.0703 u13.51 g/cm31340 °C3110 °C 1944Seaborg
Cn Copernicium 112 277 u 1996 Society for Heavy Ion Research
CoCobalt2758.9332 u8.89 g/cm31495 °C2870 °C1735Brandt
CrChromium2451.9961 u7.14 g/cm31857 °C2482 °C1797Vauquelin
CsCaesium55132.90543 u1.90 g/cm328.4 °C690 °C1860Kirchhoff and Bunsen
CuCopperLatin Cuprum2963.546 u8.92 g/cm31083.5 °C2595 °Cprehistoricunknown
DbDubnium105262.1138 u1967/70Flerow oder Ghiorso
DsDarmstadtium110269 u1994Society for Heavy Ion Research
DyDysprosium66162.5 u8.56 g/cm31409 °C2335 °C1886Lecoq de Boisbaudran
ErErbium68167.26 u9.05 g/cm31522 °C2510 °C1842Mosander
EsEinsteinium99252.0829 u860 °C1952Seaborg
EuEuropium63151.965 u5.25 g/cm3822 °C1597 °C1901Demaçay
FFluorine918.9984032 u1.58 g/l-219.6 °C-188.1 °C1886Moissan
FeIronLatin Ferrum2655.847 u7.87 g/cm31535 °C2750 °Cprehistoricunknown
Fl Flerovium 114
FmFermium100257.0951 u1952Seaborg
FrFrancium87223.0197 u27 °C677 °C1939Perey
GaGallium3169.723 u5.91 g/cm329.8 °C2403 °C1875Lecoq de Boiskaudran
GdGadolinium64157.25 u7.89 g/cm31311 °C3233 °C1880de Marignac
GeGermanium3272.61 u5.32 g/cm3937.4 °C2830 °C1886Winkler
HHydrogen11.00794 u0.084 g/l-259.1 °C-252.9 °C1766Cavendish
HeHelium24.002602 u0.17 g/l-272.2 °C-268.9 °C1895Ramsay and Cleve
HfHafnium72178.49 u13.31 g/cm32150 °C5400 °C1923Coster and vón Hevesy
HgMercuryLatin Hydragyrum - quicksilver80200.59 u13.55 g/cm3-38.9 °C356.6 °Cprehistoricunknown
HoHolmium67164.93032 u8.78 g/cm31470 °C2720 °C1878Soret
HsHassium108265 u1984Society for Heavy Ion Research
IIodine53126.90447 u4.94 g/cm3113.5 °C184.4 °C1811Courtois
InIndium49114.82 u7.31 g/cm3156.2 °C2080 °C1863Reich and Richter
IrIridium77192.22 u22.65 g/cm32410 °C4130 °C1803Tenant and andere
KPotassiumGerman Kalium1939.0983 u0.86 g/cm363.7 °C774 °C1807Davy
KrKrypton3683.8 u3.48 g/l-156.6 °C-152.3 °C1898Ramsay and Travers
LaLanthanum57138.9055 u6.16 g/cm3920 °C3454 °C1839Mosander
LiLithium36.941 u0.53 g/cm3180.5 °C1317 °C1817Arfvedson
LrLawrencium103260.1053 u1961Ghiorso
LuLutetium71174.967 u9.84 g/cm31656 °C3315 °C1907Urbain
Lv Livermorium 116
Mc Moscovium 115
MdMendelevium101258.0986 u1955Seaborg
MgMagnesium1224.305 u1.74 g/cm3648.8 °C1107 °C1755Black
MnManganese2554.93805 u7.44 g/cm31244 °C2097 °C1774Gahn
MoMolybdenum4295.94 u10.28 g/cm32617 °C5560 °C1778Scheele
MtMeitnerium109266 u1982Society for Heavy Ion Research
NNitrogen714.00674 u1.17 g/l-209.9 °C-195.8 °C1772Rutherford
NaSodiumLatin Natrium1122.989768 u0.97 g/cm397.8 °C892 °C1807Davy
NbNiobium4192.90638 u8.58 g/cm32468 °C4927 °C1801Hatchet
NdNeodymium60144.24 u7.00 g/cm31010 °C3127 °C1895von Welsbach
NeNeon1020.1797 u0.84 g/l-248.7 °C-246.1 °C1898Ramsay and Travers
Nh Nihonium 113
NiNickel2858.69 u8.91 g/cm31453 °C2732 °C1751Cronstedt
NoNobelium102259.1009 u1958Seaborg
NpNeptunium93237.0482 u20.48 g/cm3640 °C3902 °C1940McMillan and Abelson
OOxygen815.9994 u1.33 g/l-218.4 °C-182.9 °C1774Priestley and Scheele
Og Oganesson 118
OsOsmium76190.2 u22.61 g/cm33045 °C5027 °C1803Tenant
PPhosphorus1530.973762 u1.82 g/cm344 (P4) °C280 (P4) °C1669Brandt
PaProtactinium91231.0359 u15.37 g/cm31554 °C4030 °C1917Soddy, Cranston and Hahn
PbLeadLatin Plumbum82207.2 u11.34 g/cm3327.5 °C1740 °Cprehistoricunknown
PdPalladium46106.42 u12.02 g/cm31552 °C3140 °C1803Wollaston
PmPromethium61146.9151 u7.22 g/cm31080 °C2730 °C1945Marinsky and Glendenin
PoPolonium84208.9824 u9.20 g/cm3254 °C962 °C1898Marie and Pierre Curie
PrPraseodymium59140.90765 u6.48 g/cm3931 °C3212 °C1895von Welsbach
PtPlatinum78195.08 u21.45 g/cm31772 °C3827 °C1557Scaliger
PuPlutonium94244.0642 u19.74 g/cm3641 °C3327 °C1940Seaborg
RaRadium88226.0254 u5.50 g/cm3700 °C1140 °C1898Marie and Pierre Curie
RbRubidium3785.4678 u1.53 g/cm339 °C688 °C1861Bunsen and Kirchhoff
ReRhenium75186.207 u21.03 g/cm33180 °C5627 °C1925Noddack, Tacke and Berg
RfRutherfordium104261.1087 u1964/69Flerow oder Ghiorso
RgRoentgenium111272 u1994Society for Heavy Ion Research
RhRhodium45102.9055 u12.41 g/cm31966 °C3727 °C1803Wollaston
RnRadon86222.0176 u9.23 g/l-71 °C-61.8 °C1900Dorn
RuRuthenium44101.07 u12.45 g/cm32310 °C3900 °C1844Claus
SSulfur1632.066 u2.06 g/cm3113 °C444.7 °Cprehistoricunknown
SbAntimonyLatin Stibium51121.75 u6.69 g/cm3630.7 °C1750 °Cprehistoricunknown
ScScandium2144.95591 u2.99 g/cm31539 °C2832 °C1879Nilson
SeSelenium3478.96 u4.82 g/cm3217 °C685 °C1817Berzelius
SgSeaborgium106263.1182 u1974Oganessian
SiSilicon1428.0855 u2.33 g/cm31410 °C2355 °C1824Berzelius
SmSamarium62150.36 u7.54 g/cm31072 °C1778 °C1879Lecoq de Boisbaudran
SnTinLatin Stannum50118.71 u7.29 g/cm3232 °C2270 °Cprehistoricunknown
SrStrontium3887.62 u2.63 g/cm3769 °C1384 °C1790Crawford
TaTantalum73180.9479 u16.68 g/cm32996 °C5425 °C1802Ekeberg
TbTerbium65158.92534 u8.25 g/cm31360 °C3041 °C1843Mosander
TcTechnetium4398.9063 u11.49 g/cm32172 °C5030 °C1937Perrier and Segrè
TeTellurium52127.6 u6.25 g/cm3449.6 °C990 °C1782von Reichenstein
ThThorium90232.0381 u11.72 g/cm31750 °C4787 °C1829Berzelius
TiTitanium2247.88 u4.51 g/cm31660 °C3260 °C1791Gregor and Klaproth
TlThallium81204.3833 u11.85 g/cm3303.6 °C1457 °C1861Crookes
TmThulium69168.93421 u9.32 g/cm31545 °C1727 °C1879Cleve
TsTennessine117
UUranium92238.0289 u18.97 g/cm31132.4 °C3818 °C1789Klaproth
VVanadium2350.9415 u6.09 g/cm31890 °C3380 °C1801del Rio
WTungstenGerman Wolfram74183.85 u19.26 g/cm33407 °C5927 °C1783Gebrüder de Elhuyar
XeXenon54131.29 u4.49 g/l-111.9 °C-107 °C1898Ramsay and Travers
YYttrium3988.90585 u4.47 g/cm31523 °C3337 °C1794Gadolin
YbYtterbium70173.04 u6.97 g/cm3824 °C1193 °C1878de Marignac
ZnZinc3065.39 u7.14 g/cm3419.6 °C907 °Cprehistoricunknown
ZrZirconium4091.224 u6.51 g/cm31852 °C4377 °C1789Klaproth