Modern
21 elements
Californium
Named for California and the university that created it. One of the few elements...
Einsteinium
Discovered in the radioactive debris of the first hydrogen bomb test and named a...
Fermium
Also born in the Ivy Mike hydrogen bomb fireball of 1952, and named after Enrico...
Mendelevium
Named after Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of the periodic table, which predicted ele...
Nobelium
Named after Alfred Nobel, but the credit fight was messy: teams in Stockholm, Du...
Lawrencium
Named after Ernest Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron, and the last of the acti...
Rutherfordium
First of the transactinides, named after Ernest Rutherford. Its discovery opened...
Dubnium
Named for Dubna, the Russian science city whose team co-discovered it, settling ...
Seaborgium
Named after Glenn Seaborg while he was still alive, breaking the tradition of po...
Bohrium
Named after Niels Bohr, architect of the atomic model. First made in Darmstadt, ...
Hassium
Named after Hassia, the Latin name for Hesse, the German state home of the Darms...
Meitnerium
Named after Lise Meitner, the physicist who explained nuclear fission and was fa...
Darmstadtium
Named after Darmstadt, Germany, the city whose GSI laboratory created it by smas...
Roentgenium
Named after Wilhelm Roentgen, discoverer of X-rays. Made in Darmstadt by fusing ...
Copernicium
Named after Nicolaus Copernicus, who moved Earth from the center of the universe...
Nihonium
The first element ever discovered in Asia, named after Nihon, Japan. Created in ...
Flerovium
Named for Georgy Flerov, founder of the Dubna laboratory that made it, jointly c...
Moscovium
Named for the Moscow region, home of the Dubna team that created it with America...
Livermorium
Named for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which partnered with Dubna...
Tennessine
Named after Tennessee, honoring the Oak Ridge and Vanderbilt scientists who help...
Oganesson
The heaviest element ever created, named after Yuri Oganessian, only the second ...