Chemische Elemente: L-Q
Basic Chemical Elements • Chemische Grundstoffe
Genders: All but six element names in German are neuter (das), including the many elements that end in -ium, -en or -on. Only der Phosphor, der Schwefel (sulphur) and the four elements ending with -stoff are masculine (e.g., der Wasserstoff = hydrogen).
| Chemische Elemente: L-Q | |||
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH | Sign Nr. |
Entdecker/Jahr |
| Lanthan | lanthanum | La 57 |
Mosander 1839 |
| Lawrencium | lawrencium | Lr 103 |
USA 1961 |
| Lithium | lithium | Li 3 |
Arfvedson 1817 |
| Lutetium | lutecium | Lu 71 |
Urbain, Auer von Welsbach 1907 |
| Magnesium | magnesium | Mg 12 |
Davy, Bussy 1831 |
| Mangan | manganese | Mn 25 |
Gahn 1774 |
| Meitnerium | meitnerium | Mt 109 |
Soc. for Heavy Ion Research 1982 |
| NOTE: Meitnerium was named in honor of the Austrian physicist Lise Meitner (1878-1968), the first woman to get a doctorate in physics from the Univ. of Vienna (1906). Meitner did important work in the area of beta and gamma radiation, plus nuclear fission. | |||
| Mendelevium | mendelevium | Md 101 |
Thomson, Ghiorso, et al 1955 |
| Molybdän | molybdenum | Mo 42 |
Hjelm 1790 |
| Natrium | sodium | Na 11 |
Davy 1807 |
| Neodym | neodymium | Nd 60 |
Auer von Welsbach 1885 |
| Neon | neon | Ne 10 |
Ramsay 1898 |
| Neptunium | neptunium | Np 93 |
McMillan, Abelson 1940 |
| Nickel | nickel | Ni 28 |
Cronstedt 1751 |
| Niobium Niob |
niobium | Nb 41 |
Hatchett 1801 |
| Nobelium | nobelium | No 102 |
Nobel Inst. Stockholm 1957 |
| Osmium | osmium | Os 76 |
Tennant 1804 |
| Palladium | palladium | Pd 46 |
Wollaston 1803 |
| der Phosphor | phosphorus | P 15 |
Brand 1669 |
| Platin | platinum | Pt 78 |
De Ulloa 1735 |
| Plutonium | plutonium | Pu 94 |
Seaborg, McMillan, et al 1940 |
| Polonium | polonium | Po 84 |
M. Curie 1898 |
| Praseodym | praseodymium | Pr 59 |
Auer von Welsbach 1885 |
| Promethium | promethium | Pm 61 |
Marinsky, Coryell 1945 |
| Protactinium | protactinium | Pa 91 |
Hahn, Meitner 1917 |
| Quecksilber | mercury | Hg 80 |
since ancient times |
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