What are chemical elements named after?

How the Chemical Elements Were Named, names of the elements, chemistry symbols, symbols of the elements, what the names mean, how the elements got their names, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Humphry Davy, Dmitri ... Now find the position in the Periodic Table of the three elements named after these planets. read more

Named after Pluto, the dwarf planet, because it was discovered directly after Neptunium and is higher than Uranium in the periodic table, so by analogy with the ordering of the planets. (The planet Pluto was named after Pluto, a Greek god of the dead) Πλούτων (Ploutōn) is related to the Greek word πλοῦτος (ploutos) meaning"wealth". read more

There are 14 elements named after people, although only 13 of the names are formally accepted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). Samarium (Sm, 62) - The first element named in honor of a person. read more

Of the 118 chemical elements, 19 are connected with the names of 20 people. 15 elements were named to honor 16 scientists. Four other elements have indirect connection to the names of non-scientists. On top of this, a 21st person, a 17th scientist, has an implied connection to a 20th element. read more