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Elements were discovered at various times throughout history for instance copper was discovered around 9000 B.C. and is thought to be one of the earliest discovered elements and was used as a solid building material for weapons and crafting. For a full list of when the elements were discovered you can visit the external link for a chronological time line of when the elements were discovered.
There are now 118 chemical elements each with a different date of discovery. They weren't all suddenly discovered.
One of the earliest elements, copper, was said to be used as early as 9000 BC however the Periodic Table was around the 1860's AD. For a complete range of elements in their time periods check the related link below.
There are hundreds of elements each with a different date of discovery. They weren't all suddenly discovered.
One of the earliest elements, copper, was said to be used as early as 9000 BC however the periodic table was around the 1860's AD. For a complete range of elements in their time periods check the related link below
Elements have been discovered all over the world and some are named after places where they were discovered. Some such as iron, gold, silver, copper etc have been known since antiquity and nobody knows where they were discovered.
Many of the elements beyond Uranium were discovered in the atomic age in the USA. Terbium and other lanthanides were discovered in Sweden and named after towns in that country.
Iron, copper, tin, silver, gold, sulfur, and possibly lead were have all be known since ancient times.
A little more chronological order.
- Carbon (as charcoal, or diamond)
- Gold (Naturally occurring nuggets)
- Copper (Naturally occurring nuggets)
- Sulfur (Brimstone, from burning coal)
- Tin
- Lead
- Zinc
- Silver
- Iron
- Antimony and Arsenic
Dmitir Mendeleev
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 Copernicium Peter Armbruster
Gottfried Münzenber 1996 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 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
There aren't four elements. There is 110 known elements at the moment. Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water are NOT elements, but they were discovered when the first humans came along, so millions of years ago.
The first elements discovered were probably copper, silver, and gold, as they are relatively easy to find in their pure form in nature.
Most of the elements were discovered in the 1700's-1800's but some have been known since ancient times.
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What are elements called when they are found in nature?
Elements found in nature are called naturally occurring elements.
What are the elements found in ferrous oxide?
The elements found in ferrous oxide are iron (Fe) and oxygen (O).
Represented by a symbol all are found on the periodic table?
Elements.
What are the elements found in sodium chlorate?
The elements found in sodium chlorate are sodium, chlorine, and oxygen.
What form are most elements found in room temperature?
metalloids
What two elements are found in the first row of the periodic table?
Hydrogen and Helium
Which of the first 88 elements that is not found in nature but must be synthesized?
astatine, element 85
What are elements called when they are found in nature?
Elements found in nature are called naturally occurring elements.
What are elements found?
Elements are found on the periodic table and have a chemical bond
Was krypton one of the first elements found in the periodic table of elements?
No. There were no noble gases on the original periodic table published in 1869. Krypton was discovered in 1898.
Where on the periodic table are the most reactive metallic elements found?
In group 1 the first column on the left
Are elements found in one place and why not?
any of the elements found only in one place and why not
How many elements are found in ammonium?
There are 2 elements found in ammonium, nitrogen and hydrogen.
What is the sixty first element in the periodic table of the elements?
The sixty first element in the periodic table of elements is promethium. It is a rare earth metal that is not found naturally on Earth and is typically produced in nuclear reactors.
What are the main elements found in elements?
Hydrogen and helium
What 3 elements are found in steroids?
the main elements that are found in steroids are oxygen, carbon and hydrogen.
3 elements found in carbohydrates?
The three elements that are found in carbohydrates are oxygen, hydrogen and carbon.
