| Element Name |
|
Discovered By |
|
Year |
|
| Actinium |
|
André-Louis Debierne |
|
1899 |
|
| Aluminum |
|
Hans Christian Oersted |
|
1825 |
|
| Americium |
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
Ralph A. James
Leon O. Morgan
Albert Ghiorso |
|
1944 |
|
| Antimony |
|
Known since ancient times |
|
? |
|
| Argon |
|
Sir William Ramsay
Lord Rayleigh |
|
1894 |
|
| Arsenic |
|
Known since ancient times |
|
? |
|
| Astatine |
|
Dale R. Carson
K.R. MacKenzie
Emilio Segrè |
|
1940 |
|
| Barium |
|
Sir Humphry Davy |
|
1808 |
|
| Berkelium |
|
Stanley G. Thompson
Glenn T. Seaborg
Kenneth Street, Jr.
Albert Ghiorso |
|
1949 |
|
| Beryllium |
|
Louis-Nicholas Vauquelin |
|
1798 |
|
| Bismuth |
|
Claude Geoffroy the Younger |
|
1753 |
|
| Bohrium |
|
Scientists at Dubna, Russia |
|
1976 |
|
| Boron |
|
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
Louis-Jaques Thénard
Sir Humphry Davy |
|
1808
1808 |
|
| Bromine |
|
Antoine-Jérôme Balard |
|
1826 |
|
| Cadmium |
|
Friedrich Strohmeyer |
|
1817 |
|
| Calcium |
|
Sir Humphry Davy |
|
1808 |
|
| Californium |
|
Stanley G. Thompson
Glenn T. Seaborg
Kenneth Street, Jr.
Albert Ghiorso |
|
1950 |
|
| Carbon |
|
Known since ancient times |
|
? |
|
| Cerium |
|
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Wilhelm von Hisinger
Martin Heinrich Klaproth |
|
1803
1803 |
|
| Cesium |
|
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
Gustav Robert Kirchoff |
|
1860 |
|
| Chlorine |
|
Carl Wilhelm Scheele |
|
1774 |
|
| Chromium |
|
Louis-Nicholas Vauquelin |
|
1797 |
|
| Cobalt |
|
Georg Brandt |
|
1739 |
|
| Copper |
|
Known since ancient times |
|
? |
|
| Curium |
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
Ralph A. James
Albert Ghiorso |
|
1944 |
|
| Darmstadtium |
|
Peter Armbruster
Gottfried Münzenber |
|
1994 |
|
| Dubnium |
|
Scientists at Dubna, Russia
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
|
1967
1970 |
|
| Dysprosium |
|
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
|
1886 |
|
| Einsteinium |
|
Albert Ghiorso et. al. |
|
1952 |
|
| Erbium |
|
Carl Gustaf Mosander |
|
1843 |
|
| Europium |
|
Eugène-Antole Demarçay |
|
1896 |
|
| Fermium |
|
Albert Ghiorso et. al. |
|
1952 |
|
| Fluorine |
|
Ferdinand Frederic Henri Moissan |
|
1886 |
|
| Francium |
|
Marguerite Catherine Perey |
|
1939 |
|
| Gadolinium |
|
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac |
|
1880 |
|
| Gallium |
|
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
|
1875 |
|
| Germanium |
|
Clemens Winkler |
|
1886 |
|
| Gold |
|
Know to the Ancients |
|
? |
|
| Hafnium |
|
Dirk Coster
Charles de Hevesy |
|
1923 |
|
| Hassium |
|
Peter Armbruster
Gottfried Münzenber |
|
1984 |
|
| Helium |
|
Pierre-Jules-César Janssen |
|
1868 |
|
| Holmium |
|
Per Theodor Cleve |
|
1879 |
|
| Hydrogen |
|
Henry Cavendish |
|
1766 |
|
| Indium |
|
Ferdinand Reich
Hieronymus Theodor Richter |
|
1863 |
|
| Iodine |
|
Barnard Courtois |
|
1811 |
|
| Iridium |
|
Smithson Tennant |
|
1803 |
|
| Iron |
|
Known since ancient times |
|
? |
|
| Krypton |
|
Sir William Ramsay
Morris M. Travers |
|
1898 |
|
| Lanthanum |
|
Carl Gustaf Mosander |
|
1839 |
|
| Lawrencium |
|
Albert Ghiorso
Torbjørn Sikkeland
Almon E. Larsh
Robert M. Latimer |
|
1961 |
|
| Lead |
|
Known since ancient times |
|
? |
|
| Lithium |
|
Johann August Arfvedson |
|
1817 |
|
| Lutetium |
|
Georges Urbain |
|
1907 |
|
| Magnesium |
|
Sir Humphry Davy |
|
1808 |
|
| Manganese |
|
Johan Gottlieb Gahn |
|
1774 |
|
| Meitnerium |
|
Peter Armbruster
Gottfried Münzenber |
|
1982 |
|
| Mendelevium |
|
Stanley G. Thompson
Glenn T. Seaborg
Bernard G. Harvey
Gregory R. Choppin
Albert Ghiorso |
|
1955 |
|
| Mercury |
|
Known since ancient times |
|
? |
|
| Molybdenum |
|
Carl Welhelm Scheele |
|
1778 |
|
| Neodymium |
|
Carl F. Auer von Welsbach |
|
1885 |
|
| Neon |
|
Sir William Ramsay
Morris M. Travers |
|
1898 |
|
| Neptunium |
|
Edwin M. McMillian
Philip H. Abelson |
|
1940 |
|
| Nickel |
|
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt |
|
1751 |
|
| Niobium |
|
Charles Hatchett |
|
1801 |
|
| Nitrogen |
|
Daniel Rutherford |
|
1772 |
|
| Nobelium |
|
Albert Ghiorso
Glenn T. Seaborg
Torbørn Sikkeland
John R. Walton |
|
1958 |
|
| Osmium |
|
Smithson Tennant |
|
1803 |
|
| Oxygen |
|
Joseph Priestley |
|
1774 |
|
| Palladium |
|
William Hyde Wollaston |
|
1803 |
|
| Phosphorus |
|
Hennig Brand |
|
1669 |
|
| Platinum |
|
Known to pre-Columbian Indians
Antonio de Ulloa |
|
?
1735 |
|
| Plutonium |
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
Joseph W. Kennedy
Edward M. McMillan
Arthur C. Wohl |
|
1941 |
|
| Polonium |
|
Marie Sklodowska Curie |
|
1898 |
|
| Potassium |
|
Sir Humphry Davy |
|
1807 |
|
| Praseodymium |
|
Carl F. Auer von Welsbach |
|
1885 |
|
| Promethium |
|
Jacob A. Marinsky
Lawrence E. Glendenin
Charles D. Coryell |
|
1944 |
|
| Protactinium |
|
Kasimir Fajans
O.H. Göhring |
|
1913 |
|
| Radium |
|
Marie Sklodowska Curie
Pierre Curie |
|
1898 |
|
| Radon |
|
Friedrich Ernst Dorn |
|
1900 |
|
| Rhenium |
|
Ida Tacke-Noddack
Walter Noddack
Otto Carl Berg |
|
1925 |
|
| Rhodium |
|
William Hyde Wollaston |
|
1803 |
|
| Roentgenium |
|
Peter Armbruster
Gottfried Münzenber |
|
1994 |
|
| Rubidium |
|
Robert Bunsen
Gustav Kirchoff |
|
1861 |
|
| Ruthenium |
|
Karl Karlovich Klaus |
|
1844 |
|
| Rutherfordium |
|
Scientists at Dubna, Russia
Albert Ghiorso et. al. |
|
1964
1969 |
|
| Samarium |
|
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac |
|
1853 |
|
| Scandium |
|
Lars Fredrik Nilson |
|
1879 |
|
| Seaborgium |
|
Albert Ghiorso et. al. |
|
1974 |
|
| Selenium |
|
Jöns Jacob Berzelius |
|
1817 |
|
| Silicon |
|
Jöns Jacob Berzelius |
|
1824 |
|
| Silver |
|
Known since ancient times |
|
? |
|
| Sodium |
|
Sir Humphry Davy |
|
1807 |
|
| Strontium |
|
Adair Crawford |
|
1790 |
|
| Sulfur |
|
Known since ancient times |
|
? |
|
| Tantalum |
|
Anders Gustaf Ekenberg |
|
1802 |
|
| Technetium |
|
Carlo Perrier
Emilio Segrè |
|
1937 |
|
| Tellurium |
|
Franz Joseph Müller von Reichenstein |
|
1782 |
|
| Terbium |
|
Carl Gustaf Mosander |
|
1843 |
|
| Thallium |
|
Sir William Crookes |
|
1861 |
|
| Thorium |
|
Jöns Jacob Berzelius |
|
1828 |
|
| Thulium |
|
Per Theodor Cleve |
|
1879 |
|
| Tin |
|
Known since ancient times |
|
? |
|
| Titanium |
|
The Reverend William Gregor |
|
1791 |
|
| Tungsten |
|
Juan José
Fausto Elhuyar |
|
1783 |
|
| Ununbium |
|
Peter Armbruster
Gottfried Münzenber |
|
1996 |
|
| Ununhexium |
|
Scientists at Dubna, Russia |
|
2001 |
|
| Ununoctium |
|
Y. T. Oganessian et. al. |
|
2006 |
|
| Ununpentium |
|
Y. T. Oganessian et. al. |
|
2004 |
|
| Ununquadium |
|
Scientists at Dubna, Russia |
|
1998 |
|
| Ununseptium |
|
Not Yet Produced |
|
NA |
|
| Ununtrium |
|
Y. T. Oganessian et. al. |
|
2004 |
|
| Uranium |
|
Martin Heinrich Klaproth |
|
1789 |
|
| Vanadium |
|
Andrés Manuel del Rio
Nils Gabriel Sefstrôm |
|
1801
1830 |
|
| Xenon |
|
Sir William Ramsay
Morris M. Travers |
|
1898 |
|
| Ytterbium |
|
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac |
|
1878 |
|
| Yttrium |
|
Johan Gadolin |
|
1789 |
|
| Zinc |
|
Known since ancient times |
|
? |
|
| Zirconium |
|
Martin Heinrich Klaproth |
|
1789 |