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Home › Science › Chemistry › Elements › History of Elements

History of Elements





Element Date Discoverer Group
Actinium 1899 Andre Debierne Actinide
Aluminium 1827 Hans Christian Oersted, Denmark Light metal
Americium 1944 Glenn T. Seaborg, USA Actinide
Antimony Prehistoric Unknown Pnictogen
Argon 1894 Lord Rayleigh, Britain; William Ramsay, Britain Noble gas
Arsenic 1250 Albertus Magnus, Germany Pnictogen
Astatine 1940 Dale R. Corsun, USA; K.R. Mckenzie, USA; Emilio Segre, USA Halogen
Barium 1808 Sir Humphry Davy, Britain Alkaline earth metal
Berkelium 1949 Glenn T. Seaborg, USA; Stanley Thompson, USA; Albert Ghiorso, USA Actinide
Beryllium 1798 Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, France Alkaline earth metal
Bismuth 1753 Claude Geoffroy, the Younger, France Pnictogen
Bohrium 1981 Peter Armbruster, Germany; Gottfried Munzenberg, Germany Transactinide
Boron 1808 Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, France; Louis-Jacques Thenard, France; Sir Humphry Davy, Britain Semi-metal
Bromine 1826 Antoine-Jerome Balard, France Halogen
Cadmium 1817 Friedrich Strohmeyer, German Transition element
Caesium 1869 Gustav Kirchoff, Germany; Robert Bunsen, Germany Alkali metal
Calcium 1808 Sir Humphry Davy, Britain Alkali earth metal
Californium 1950 Glenn T. Seaborg, USA; Stanley Thompson, USA; Albert Ghiorso, USA Kenneth Street, USA Actinide
Carbon Prehistoric Unknown Non-metallic element
Cerium 1803 Jons Jackob Berzelius, Sweden; Wilhelm von Hisinger, Germany; Martin Klaproth, Germany Lanthanide
Chlorine 1774 Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Sweden Halogen
Chromium 1797 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, France Transition element
Cobalt 1735 Georg Brandt, Sweden Transition element
Copper Prehistoric Unknown Transition element
Curium 1944 Glenn T. Seaborg, USA; Ralph A. James, USA; Albert Ghiorso, USA Actinide
Darmstadtium 1994 Peter Armbruster and group, Germany Transactinide
Dubnium (Hahnium) 1967 (1970) Albert Ghiorso and group, USA Transactinide
Dysprosium 1886 Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, France Lanthanide
Einsteinium 1952 Albert Ghiorso and group, USA Actinide
Erbium 1843 Carl Gustaf Mosander, Sweden Lanthanide
Europium 1896 Eugene-Anatole Demarcay, France Lanthanide
Fermium 1953 Albert Ghiorso and group, USA Actinide
Fluorine 1771 Henri Moissan, France Halogen
Francium 1939 Marguerite Perey, France Alkali metal
Gadolinium 1880 Jean de Marignac, France; Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, France Lanthanide
Gallium 1875 Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, France Post-transition metal
Germanium 1886 Clemens Winkler, Germany Metalloid
Gold Prehistoric Unknown Transition element
(Precious metal)
Hafnium 1907 Dirk Coster, Netherlands; Georg Karl von Hevesy, Hungary Transition element
Hassium 1984 Peter Armbruster, Germany; Goofried Munzenberg, Germany Transactinide
Helium 1895 Pierre J. C. Janssen, France Noble gas
Holmium 1879 Per Teodor Cleve, Sweden Lanthanide
Hydrogen 1766 Henry Cavendish, Britain No name
Indium 1863 Ferdinand Reich, Germany Post-transitional element
Iodine 1811 Bernard Courtis, France Halogen
Iridium 1803 Smithson Tennant, Britain Transition element
Iron Prehistoric Unknown Transition element
Krypton 1898 Sir William Ramsay, Britain Noble gas
Lanthanum 1839 Carl Gustaf Mosander, Sweden Lanthanide
Lawrencium 1961 Albert Ghiorso and group, USA Actinide
Lead Prehistoric Unknown Metal
Lithium 1817 Johan August Arfvedson, Sweden Alkali metal
Lutetium 1907 Carl Auer von Welsbach, Austria; Georges Urbain, France Lanthanide
Magnesium 1808 Sir Humphry Davy, Britain Alkaline earth metal
Manganese 1774 Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Sweden Hard metal
Meitnerium 1982 Peter Armbruster, Germany; Goofried Munzenberg, Germany Transactinide
Mendelevium 1955 Albert Ghiorso and group, USA Actinide
Mercury Prehistoric Unknown Transition element
Molybdenum 1782 Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Sweden Transition element
Neodymium 1885 Carl Auer von Welsbach, Austria Lanthanide
Neon 1898 Sir William Ramsay, Britain Noble gas
Neptunium 1940 Edwin M. McMillan, USA; Philip H. Abelson, USA Actinide
Nickel 1751 Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Sweden Transition element
Niobium 1801 Charles Hatchett, Britain Transition element
Nitrogen 1772 Daniel Rutherford, Britain Pnictogen
Nobelium 1958 Albert Ghiorso and group, USA Actinide
Osmium 1803 Smithson Tennant, Britain Transition element
Oxygen 1774 Joseph Priestley, Britain Chalcogen
Palladium 1803 William Hyde Wollaston, Britain Transition element
Phosphorus 1669 Hennig Brand, Germany Pnictogen
Platinum 1735 Charles Wood, Britain Transition element
(Precious metal)
Plutonium 1940 Glenn T. Seaborg, USA Actinide
Polonium 1898 Pierre and Marie Curie, France and Poland Chalcogen
Potassium 1807 Sir Humphry Davy, Britain Alkali metal
Praseodymium 1885 Carl Auer von Welsbach, Austria Lanthanide
Promethium 1941 Jacob A. Marinsky, USA; Lawrence E. Glendenin, USA: Charles D. Coryell, USA Lanthanide
Protactinium 1917 Kasimir Fajans, Germany; O. H. Gohring, Germany Actinide
Radium 1898 Pierre and Marie Curie, France and Poland Alkaline earth metal
Radon 1900 Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Germany Noble gas
Rhenium 1925 Ida Tacke, Germany; Walter Nodack, Germany; Otto Carl Berg, Germany Transition element
Rhodium 1803 William Hyde Wollaston, Britain Transition element
Roentgenium 1994 Peter Armbruster and group, Germany Transition element
Rubidium 1861 Robert Bunsen, Germany; Gustav Kirchoff, Germany Alkali metal
Ruthenium 1844 Karl Karlovitch Klaus, Estonia Transition element
Rutherfordium 1969 Albert Ghiorso and group, USA Transactinide
Samarium 1879 Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, France Lanthanide
Scandium 1879 Lars Fredrik Nilson, Sweden Transition element
Seaborgium 1974 Albert Ghiorso, USA Transactinide
Selenium 1817 Jons Jakob Berzelius, Sweden Chalcogen
Silicon 1823 Jons Jakob Berzelius, Sweden Semi-metal
Silver Prehistoric Unknown Transition element
(Coinage metal)
Sodium 1807 Sir Humphry Davy, Britain Alkali metal
Strontium 1808 Adair Crawford, Britain Alkaline earth metal
Sulfur Prehistoric Unknown Chalcogen
Tantalum 1802 Anders Gustav Ekeberg Transition element
Technetium 1937 Emilio Segre, Italian; Carlo Perrier, Italy Transition element
Tellurium 1782 Franz Joseph von Reichenstein, Germany Chalcogen
Terbium 1843 Carl Gustaf Mosander, Sweden Lanthanide
Thallium 1861 Sir William Crookes. Britain Post-transition metal
Thorium 1828 Jons Jakob Berzelius Actinide
Thulium 1879 Per Teodor Cleve, Sweden Lanthanide
Tin Prehistoric Unknown Post-transitional element
Titanium 1791 William Gregor, Britain Transition element
Tungsten 1783 Juan José and Fausto de Elhuyar, Spain Transition element
Uranium 1789 Eugene-Melchior Peligot, France Actinide
Vanadium 1801 Andres Manuel del Rio, Mexico Transition element
Xenon 1898 Sir William Ramsay, Britain Noble gas
Ytterbium 1878 Jean de Marignac, France Lanthanide
Yttrium 1794 Johan Gadolin Transition element
Zinc 1746 Andreas Marggraf, Germany Transition element
Zirconium 1789 Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Germany Transition element

Unnamed Elements

Element Date Discoverer Group
Ununbium 1996 Peter Armbruster and group, Germany Transition element
Ununtrium No data No data No data
Ununquadium 1999 Workers at the Nuclear Institute at Dubna, Russia Transition element
Ununpentium Not yet confirmed No data Pnictogen
Ununhexium No data No data Chalcogen
Ununseptium No data No data No data
Ununoctium No data No data No data
Ununennium No data No data No data




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