Chemische Elemente: R-Z
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: R-Z | |||
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH | Sign Nr. |
Entdecker/Jahr |
| Radium | radium | Ra 88 |
M. Curie 1898 |
| Radon | radon | Rn 86 |
Dorn 1900 |
| Rhenium | rhenium | Re 75 |
Noddack, Berg 1925 |
| Rhodium | rhodium | Rh 45 |
Wallaston 1804 |
| Rubidium | rubidium | Rb 37 |
Bunsen 1860 |
| Ruthenium | ruthenium | Ru 44 |
Claus 1844 |
| Rutherfordium | rutherfordium | Rf 104 |
Russia 1964 |
| Samarium | samarium | Sm 62 |
Lecoq de Boisbaudran 1879 |
| der Sauerstoff | oxygen | O 8 |
Scheele 1771, Priestley 1774 |
| Scandium | scandium | Sc 21 |
Nilson 1879 |
| der Schwefel | sulphur | S 16 |
since ancient times |
| Seaborgium | seaborgium | Sg 106 |
USSR 1974 |
| Selen | selenium | Se 34 |
Berzelius 1817 |
| Silber | silver | Ag 47 |
since ancient times |
| Silicium Silizium |
silicon | Si 14 |
Berzelius 1823 |
| der Stickstoff | nitrogen | N 7 |
Scheele, Rutherford 1770 |
| Strontium | strontium | Sr 38 |
Crawford 1790, Davy 1808 |
| Tantal | tantalum | Ta 73 |
Rose 1846 |
| Technetium | technetium | Tc 43 |
Segré, Perrier 1937 |
| Tellur | tellurium | Te 52 |
De Ulloa 1735 |
| Terbium | terbium | Tb 65 |
Mosander 1843 |
| Thallium | thallium | Tl 81 |
Crookes 1861 |
| Thorium | thorium | Th 90 |
Berzelius 1828 |
| Thulium | thulium | Tm 69 |
Cleve 1879 |
| Titan | titanium | Ti 22 |
Klaproth 1795 |
| Unununium | unununium | Uuu 111 |
1994 - See note below |
| NOTE: It has been proposed that element number 111, discovered in 1994, be named Roentgenium (Rg) in honor of the German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, who discovered x-rays in 1895. This synthetic element has the temporary "placeholder" symbol Uuu (unununium, Latin for 1,1,1). | |||
| Unununbium Eka-Quecksilber |
unununbium eka-mercury |
Uub 112 |
1994 - See note above |
| Uran | uranium | U 92 |
Klaproth 1789 |
| Vanadium | vanadium | V 23 |
Sefstrom 1831 |
| der Wasserstoff | hydrogen | H 1 |
Boyle, Cavendish 1766 |
| Wolfram | tungsten wolfram |
W 74 |
de Elhuyar 1783 |
| Xenon | xenon | Xe 54 |
Ramsay, Travers 1898 |
| Ytterbium | ytterbium | Yb 70 |
Marignac 1878 |
| Yttrium | yttrium | Y 39 |
Mosander 1843 |
| Zink | zinc | Zn 74 |
1600s |
| Zinn | tin | Sn 54 |
since ancient times |
| Zirkonium | zirconium | Zr 40 |
Berzelius 1824 |
| A-D | E-K | L-Q | R-Z | |||
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