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Can you name the elements named after scientists?
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Element
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Nils Bohr
Dmitri Mendeleev
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johan Gadolin
Glenn Seaborg
Enrico Fermi
Ernest Rutherford
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Wilhelm Roentgen
Lise Meitner
Ernest Lawrence
Alfred Nobel
Marie and Pierre Curie
Albert Einstein
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Name the elements named after scientists Quiz
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milkmeister
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Nov 27th, 2009 at 14:43 GMT
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I've specifically made this so that it's those elements named after scientists, as opposed to ancient gods etc. Please let me know if I've had a brain fade and missed any out!
Heresy
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Nov 27th, 2009 at 17:11 GMT
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Gadolinium
milkmeister
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Nov 27th, 2009 at 17:59 GMT
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Thank you
mbc
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Nov 29th, 2009 at 00:24 GMT
2 points
Apparently dubnium used to be called Hahnium, after Otto Hahn. Bonus?
milkmeister
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Nov 29th, 2009 at 15:48 GMT
2 points
There are a few elements which have temporarily been named after scientists, I'd have to include all of those I think if I added that bonus. Did you get the bonus that I have put in though?
WyvernSabres
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Apr 24th, 2010 at 10:49 GMT
4 points
Yes I did. Copernicium should be a full answer, not a bonus.
Joek295
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May 29th, 2010 at 15:30 GMT
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It has been argued that Gallium was a bilingual pun on Paul Emile Lecoq, its discoverer. Not sure how widely accepted this theory is though.
bdm
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Jul 30th, 2010 at 21:34 GMT
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@Joek295: I had always heard Gallium as the coming from the Latin Gallia, which refers to Gaul or modern day France. I believe that is widely accepted, as Lecoq denied any reference to his name in 1877. It makes for an interesting story though.
milkmeister
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Sep 12th, 2010 at 16:55 GMT
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@WyvernSabres - at the time it hadn't been fully recognised as the official name, I have now updated the quiz accordingly.
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