Other Metals
Name: Gallium
Symbol: Ga
Atomic Weight: 69.723
Atomic Number: 31
Element Classification: Other Metals
Discovered By: Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Discovery Date: 1875 (France)
Name Origin:Latin: Gallia (France).
Name: Indium
Symbol: In
Atomic Weight: 114.818
Atomic Number: 49
Element Classification: Other Metals
Discovered By: Ferdinand Reich, T. Richter
Discovery Date: 1863 (Germany)
Name Origin:Latin: indicum (color indigo), the color it shows in a spectroscope.
Name: Tin
Symbol: Sn
Atomic Weight: 118.71
Atomic Number: 50
Element Classification: Other Metals
Discovered By: Known to the ancients.
Discovery Date: n/a (Unknown)
Name Origin:Named after Etruscan god, Tinia; symbol from Latin: stannum (tin).
Name: Thallium
Symbol: Tl
Atomic Weight: 204.3833
Atomic Number: 81
Element Classification: Other Metals
Discovered By: Sir William Crookes
Discovery Date: 1861 (England)
Name Origin:Greek: thallos (green twig), for a bright green line in its spectrum.
Name: Lead
Symbol: Pb
Atomic Weight: 207.2
Atomic Number: 82
Element Classification: Other Metals
Discovered By: Known to the ancients.
Discovery Date: n/a (Unknown)
Name Origin:Anglo-Saxon: lead; symbol from Latin: plumbum.
Name: Bismuth
Symbol: Bi
Atomic Weight: 208.98037
Atomic Number: 83
Element Classification: Other Metals
Discovered By: Known to the ancients.
Discovery Date: n/a (Unknown)
Name Origin:German: bisemutum, (white mass), Now spelled wismut.
Name: Ununtrium
Symbol: Uut
Atomic Weight: n/a
Atomic Number: 113
Element Classification: Other Metals
Discovered By: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Discovery Date: 2004 (Russia and USA)
Name Origin:Un (one) un (one) tri (three)
Name: Flerovium
Symbol: Fl
Atomic Weight: [289]
Atomic Number: 114
Element Classification: Other Metals
Discovered By: n/a
Discovery Date: 1999 (n/a)
Name Origin:After Russian physicist Georgy Flyorov, who founded the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, where the element was first discovered in 1999
Name: Ununpentium
Symbol: Uup
Atomic Weight: n/a
Atomic Number: 115
Element Classification: Other Metals
Discovered By: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Discovery Date: 2003 (Russia and USA)
Name Origin:Un (one) un (one) pent (five)
Name: Livermorium
Symbol: Lv
Atomic Weight: [293]
Atomic Number: 116
Element Classification: Other Metals
Discovered By: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery Date: 1999 (Russia)
Name Origin:Named after Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Name: Aluminum
Symbol: Al
Atomic Weight: 26.981539
Atomic Number: 13
Element Classification: Other Metals
Discovered By: Hans Christian Oersted
Discovery Date: 1825 (Denmark)
Name Origin:Latin: alumen, aluminis, (alum).
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