Figure 1: The English names of the chemical elements as of the end of 2012. Two groups of non-metallic elements use the -on suffix; the larger group being the noble gases. Naming of the noble gases ...

Creating mnemonic phrases can help you remember the order of elements, especially for the first 20 elements or specific groups. These phrases are general and are available on other free online sources ...

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Someone has finally had the good sense to name a periodic table element after Livermore. From a press release from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory today... Livermorium and Flerovium join ...

If you have ever discovered something such as a new theory or particle then maybe the most fun part would be giving it a name. So this is exactly what Sigurd Hofmann and his group at the Centre for ...

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VIRGO season has been and gone this year, but what do you really know about this star sign? What element is Virgo, and what is the sign's symbol? Virgo people are known as hard-working neat freaks, ...

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