| Elements Listed by Discovery Date | ||
| Name | Sym | Atomic # |
Known to the Ancients
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| Antimony | Sb | 51 |
| Bismuth | Bi | 83 |
| Carbon | C | 6 |
| Copper | Cu | 29 |
| Gold | Au | 79 |
| Iron | Fe | 26 |
| Lead | Pb | 82 |
| Mercury | Hg | 80 |
| Silver | Ag | 47 |
| Sulfur | S | 16 |
| Tin | Sn | 50 |
1250
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| Arsenic | As | 33 |
1669
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| Phosphorus | P | 15 |
1735
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| Platinum | Pt | 78 |
1737
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| Cobalt | Co | 27 |
1746
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| Zinc | Zn | 30 |
1751
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| Nickel | Ni | 28 |
1766
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| Hydrogen | H | 1 |
1772
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| Nitrogen | N | 7 |
1774
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| Chlorine | Cl | 17 |
| Manganese | Mn | 25 |
| Oxygen | O | 8 |
1778
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| Molybdenum | Mo | 42 |
1782
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| Tellurium | Te | 52 |
1783
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| Tungsten | W | 74 |
1789
|
||
| Uranium | U | 92 |
| Zirconium | Zr | 40 |
1790
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| Strontium | Sr | 38 |
1791
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| Titanium | Ti | 22 |
1794
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| Yttrium | Y | 39 |
1797
|
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| Chromium | Cr | 24 |
1798
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| Beryllium | Be | 4 |
1801
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| Niobium | Nb | 41 |
1802
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| Tantalum | Ta | 73 |
1803
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| Cerium | Ce | 58 |
| Palladium | Pd | 46 |
| Rhodium | Rh | 45 |
1804
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| Iodine | I | 53 |
| Iridium | Ir | 77 |
| Osmium | Os | 76 |
1807
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| Potassium | K | 19 |
| Sodium | Na | 11 |
1808
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| Barium | Ba | 56 |
| Calcium | Ca | 20 |
| Magnesium | Mg | 12 |
1817
|
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| Cadmium | Cd | 48 |
| Lithium | Li | 3 |
| Selenium | Se | 34 |
1823
|
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| Silicon | Si | 14 |
1825
|
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| Aluminium | Al | 13 |
1826
|
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| Bromine | Br | 35 |
1828
|
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| Boron | B | 5 |
| Thorium | Th | 90 |
1830
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| Vanadium | V | 23 |
1839
|
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| Lanthanum | La | 57 |
1843
|
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| Erbium | Er | 68 |
| Terbium | Tb | 65 |
1844
|
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| Ruthenium | Ru | 44 |
1860
|
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| Cesium | Cs | 55 |
1861
|
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| Rubidium | Rb | 37 |
| Thallium | Tl | 81 |
1863
|
||
| Indium | In | 49 |
1875
|
||
| Gallium | Ga | 31 |
1878
|
||
| Holmium | Ho | 67 |
| Ytterbium | Yb | 70 |
1879
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||
| Samarium | Sm | 62 |
| Scandium | Sc | 21 |
| Thulium | Tm | 69 |
1880
|
||
| Gadolinium | Gd | 64 |
1885
|
||
| Praseodymium | Pr | 59 |
1886
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| Dysprosium | Dy | 66 |
| Fluorine | F | 9 |
| Germanium | Ge | 32 |
1894
|
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| Argon | Ar | 18 |
1895
|
||
| Helium | He | 2 |
1898
|
||
| Krypton | Kr | 36 |
| Neon | Ne | 10 |
| Polonium | Po | 84 |
| Radium | Ra | 88 |
| Radon | Rn | 86 |
| Xenon | Xe | 54 |
1899
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| Actinium | Ac | 89 |
1901
|
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| Europium | Eu | 63 |
1907
|
||
| Lutetium | Lu | 71 |
1917
|
||
| Protactinium | Pa | 91 |
1923
|
||
| Hafnium | Hf | 72 |
1925
|
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| Neodymium | Nd | 60 |
| Rhenium | Re | 75 |
1937
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| Technetium | Tc | 43 |
1939
|
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| Francium | Fr | 87 |
1940
|
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| Astatine | At | 85 |
| Neptunium | Np | 93 |
| Plutonium | Pu | 94 |
1944
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| Curium | Cm | 96 |
1945
|
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| Americium | Am | 95 |
| Promethium | Pm | 61 |
1949
|
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| Berkelium | Bk | 97 |
1950
|
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| Californium | Cf | 98 |
1952
|
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| Einsteinium | Es | 99 |
1953
|
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| Fermium | Fm | 100 |
1955
|
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| Mendelevium | Md | 101 |
1957
|
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| Nobelium | No | 102 |
1961
|
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| Lawrencium | Lr | 103 |
1969
|
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| Rutherfordium | Rf | 104 |
1970
|
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| Dubnium | Db | 105 |
1974
|
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| Seaborgium | Sg | 106 |
1976
|
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| Bohrium | Bh | 107 |
1982
|
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| Meitnerium | Mt | 109 |
1984
|
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| Hassium | Hs | 108 |
1994
|
||
| Darmstadtium | Ds | 110 |
| Roentgenium | Rg | 111 |
1996
|
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| Ununbium | Uub | 112 |
1999
|
||
| Ununquadium | Uuq | 114 |
2000
|
||
| Ununhexium | Uuh | 116 |
2004
|
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| Ununtrium | Uut | 113 |
| Ununpentium | Uup | 114 |
2006
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| Ununoctium | Uuo | 118 |