Otkriće kemijskih elemenata

Kemijski su elementi tijekom povijesti bili postupno otkrivani, a neki su čovjeku bili poznati još od davnina.

Otkrića kemijskih elemenata

Naziv elementa	Simbol elementa	Atomski broj		Godina otkrića	Otkrivač
aktinij	Ac	89		1899.	André Louis Debierne
aluminij	Al	13		1825.	Friedrich Wöhler
americij	Am	95		1944.	Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Ralph Arthur James, Leon O. Morgan i Albert Ghiorso
antimon	Sb	51		poznat od davnina
argon	Ar	18		1894.	John William Strutt, III. barun Rayleigh i Sir William Ramsay
arsen	As	33		1250.	Albertus Magnus
astat	At	85		1940.	Dale R. Corson, K. R. MacKenzie i Emilio Gino Segré
bakar	Cu	29		poznat od davnina
barij	Ba	56		1808.	Sir Humphry Davy
berilij	Be	4		1797.	Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
berkelij	Bk	97		1949.	Albert Ghiorso, Stanley G. Thompson i Glenn Theodore Seaborg
bizmut	Bi	83		1753.	Claude François Geoffroy
bohrij	Bh	107		1981.	Gottfried Münzenberg i Peter Armbruster
bor	B	5		1808.	Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac i Louis Jacques Thénard
brom	Br	35		1826.	Antoine Jérôme Balard
cerij	Ce	58		1803.	Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Wilhelm Hisinger i Martin Heinrich Klaproth
cezij	Cs	55		1860.	Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen i Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
cink	Zn	30		poznat od davnina
cirkonij	Zr	40		1789.	Martin Heinrich Klaproth
darmstadij	Ds	110		1994.	Sigurd Hofmann, Gottfried Münzenberg i Peter Armbruster
disprozij	Dy	66		1886.	Paul Émile (François) Lecoq de Boisbaudran
dubnij	Db	105		1970.	Georgii Nikolayevich Flerov i suradnici
dušik	N	7		1772.	Daniel Rutherford
einsteinij	Es	99		1952.	Albert Ghiorso
erbij	Er	68		1843.	Carl Gustaf Mosander
europij	Eu	63		1896.	Eugène Anatole Demarçay
fermij	Fm	100		1952.	Glenn Theodore Seaborg i dr.
fluor	F	9		1866.	Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan
fosfor	P	15		1669.	Hennig Brand
francij	Fr	87		1940.	Marguerite Catherine Perey
gadolinij	Gd	64		1880.	Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
galij	Ga	31		1875.	Paul Émile (François) Lecoq de Boisbaudran
germanij	Ge	32		1886.	Clemens Alexander Winkler
hafnij	Hf	72		1923.	Dirk Coster i Georg Karl von Hevesy (Hevesy György)
hassij	Hs	108		1984.	Gottfried Münzenberg i Peter Armbruster
helij	He	2		1895.	Sir William Ramsay
holmij	Ho	67		1879.	Per Teodor Cleve
indij	In	49		1863.	Ferdinand Reich i Hieronymus Theodor Richter
iridij	Ir	77		1803.	Smithson Tennant
iterbij	Yb	70		1878.	Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
itrij	Y	39		1794.	Johan Gadolin
jod	I	53		1811.	Bernard Courtois
kadmij	Cd	48		1817.	Friedrich Stromeyer
kalcij	Ca	20		1808.	Sir Humphry Davy
kalifornij	Cf	98		1950.	Stanley G. Thompson, Kenneth Street, Jr., Albert Ghiorso i Glenn Theodore Seaborg
kalij	K	19		1807.	Sir Humphry Davy
kisik	O	8		1774.	Joseph Priestley i Carl Wilhelm Scheele
klor	Cl	17		1774.	Carl Wilhelm Scheele
kobalt	Co	27		1735.	Georg Brandt
kositar	Sn	50		poznat od davnina
kripton	Kr	36		1898.	Sir William Ramsay i Morris William Travers
krom	Cr	24		1797.	Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
ksenon	Xe	54		1898.	Sir William Ramsay i Morris William Travers
kurij	Cm	96		1944.	Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Ralph Arthur James i Albert Ghiorso
lantan	La	57		1839.	Carl Gustaf Mosander
lavrencij	Lr	103		1961.	Albert Ghiorso, Torbjørn Sikkeland, Almon Larsh i Robert M. Latimer
litij	Li	3		1817.	Johan August Arfwedson
lutecij	Lu	71		1907.	Georges Urbain i Carl Auer Freiherr von Welsbach
magnezij	Mg	12		1808.	Sir Humphry Davy
mangan	Mn	25		1774.	Johan Gottlieb Gahn i Carl Wilhelm Scheele
meitnerij	Mt	109		1982.	Gottfried Münzenberg i Peter Armbruster
mendelevij	Md	101		1955.	Albert Ghiorso, Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Bernard G. Harvey, Greg R. Choppin i Stanley G. Thompson
molibden	Mo	42		1778.	Carl Wilhelm Scheele
natrij	Na	11		1807.	Sir Humphry Davy
neodimij	Nd	60		1885.	Carl Auer Freiherr von Welsbach
neon	Ne	10		1898.	Sir William Ramsay i Morris William Travers
neptunij	Np	93		1940.	Edwin Mattison McMillan i Philip Hauge Abelson
nikal	Ni	28		1751.	Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
niobij	Nb	41		1801.	Charles Hatchett
nobelij	No	102		1957.	H. Herding, W. Forsling, Albert Ghiorso, John R. Walton, Torbjørn Sikkeland i Glenn Theodore Seaborg
olovo	Pb	82		poznato od davnina
osmij	Os	76		1803.	Smithson Tennant
paladij	Pd	46		1803.	William Hyde Wollaston
platina	Pt	78		1741.	Sir Charles Wood, William Brownrigg i Antonio de Ulloa
plutonij	Pu	94		1940.	Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Edwin Mattison McMillan, Joseph William Kennedy i Arthur C. Wahl
polonij	Po	84		1898.	Marie Skłodowska-Curie
praseodimij	Pr	59		1885.	Carl Auer Freiherr von Welsbach
prometij	Pm	61		1945.	Lawrence Elgin Glendenin, Charles DuBois Coryell i Jacob Akiba Marinsky
protaktinij	Pa	91		1917.	(Sir William Crookes); Kazimierz Fajans i O. H. Göhring; Otto Hahn i Lise Meitner; Frederick Soddy i John Cranston
radij	Ra	88		1898.	Pierre Curie i Marie Skłodowska-Curie
radon	Rn	86		1900.	Friedrich Ernst Dorn
renij	Re	75		1925.	Masataka Ogawa; Walter Noddack, Ida Eva Tacke (udana Noddack) i Otto Berg
rodij	Rh	45		1803.	William Hyde Wollaston
roentgenij	Rg	111		1994.	Sigurd Hofmann, Gottfried Münzenberg i Peter Armbruster
rubidij	Rb	37		1861.	Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen i Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
rutenij	Ru	44		1844.	(Jędrzej Śniadecki); Karl Ernst Claus
rutherfordij	Rf	104		1964.	Georgii Nikolayevich Flerov i suradnici
samarij	Sm	62		1879.	Paul Émile (François) Lecoq de Boisbaudran
seaborgij	Sg	106		1974.	Georgii Nikolayevich Flerov i Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian; Albert Ghiorso i suradnici
selenij	Se	34		1817.	Jöns Jakob Berzelius
silicij	Si	14		1823.	Jöns Jakob Berzelius
skandij	Sc	21		1879.	Lars Fredrik Nilson
srebro	Ag	47		poznato od davnina
stroncij	Sr	38		1808.	Sir Humphry Davy
sumpor	S	16		poznat od davnina
talij	Tl	81		1861.	Sir William Crookes
tantal	Ta	73		1802.	Anders Gustaf Ekeberg
tehnecij	Tc	43		1937.	Carlo Perrier i Emilio Gino Segré
telurij	Te	52		1782.	Franz-Joseph Müller Freiherr von Reichenstein
terbij	Tb	65		1843.	Carl Gustaf Mosander
titanij	Ti	22		1791.	William Gregor
torij	Th	90		1828.	Jöns Jakob Berzelius
tulij	Tm	69		1879.	Per Teodor Cleve
ugljik	C	6		poznat od davnina
uranij	U	92		1789.	Martin Heinrich Klaproth
vanadij	V	23		1830.	Andrés Manuel del Río Fernández; Nils Gabriel Sefström
vodik	H	1		1766.	(Phillip von Hohenheim (Paracelsus)); (Robert Boyle); Henry Cavendish
volfram	W	74		1783.	Juan José Elhuyar Lubize i Fausto de Elhuyar
zlato	Au	79		poznato od davnina
željezo	Fe	26		poznato od davnina
živa	Hg	80		poznata od davnina

Izvori

1. Dr. Ljubiša Grlić, Mali kemijski leksikon, 2. izdanje, Naprijed, Zagreb, 1992., ISBN 86-349-0292-7
2. Draginja Mrvoš-Sermek, Nikolina Ribarić, Kemija 8, 1. izdanje, Alfa, Zagreb, 2007., ISBN 978-953-168-829-1
3. Periodni sustav elemenata u slikama, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2004.