A PERIODIC TABLE OF REJECTED ELEMENT NAMES

The names of the chemical elements have a wide and complicated history. Some have always borne the same name, but others have
had several suggestions rejected before arriving at their present-day name. This table looks at some of the rejected element names.

1 2

H
HYDROGEN
TABLE COLOUR KEY Hehelium

4
ORIGINAL PROPOSED NAME 6

Gl C
3 5 7 8 9 10

Li
Lithium GLUCINIUM REJECTED SUGGESTED NAME
B
BorACIUM carbon
AzAZOTE
O
oxygen
F
FLUORE
NoNovum

12 ERRONEOUS CLAIMED DISCOVERY 14

Si
11 13 15 16 17 18

Na Mg Al P S Cl Ar
SODIUM Magnium Aluminium silicon PHOSPHORUS sulfur chlorine argon

21 23 24 25 32

Gd Pc Cr Mn Np
20 22

Ca Me Pm
19 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 34 35 36

K
Potassium calcium GADENIUM MENACHITE PANCHROMIUM chromium manganese
Feiron
Co
cobalt
Ni
Nickel
Cu
Copper
Zn zinc
Ga
Gallium Neptunium Polymnestum
Hs
HESPERISIUM
Mu MURIDE
EoEosium

41

Cb
38 39 40 42 43 45

Sr Lc Zr Eb Ma Rh
37 44 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

Rb Columbium
Pl Ce Ag Ml In Sn Sb Pi I Xe
RUBIDIUM Strontium LUCIUM ziRconium Erebodium Masurium POLINIUM Rhodium CERESIUM SILVER MELINUM Indium Tin antimony Pilsum iodine xenon

75

Np
73 74

Ta
72 79 85

Ct Sc Au Ah
55 56 76 77 78 80 81 82 83 84 86

Cs Pu E57-71
tantalum SCHEELIUM
Os Ir Pt Hg Tl Pb Bi Po Nt
CAESIUM PLUTONIUM CELTIUM NIPPONIUM osmium iridium Platinum gold Mercury Thallium lead Bismuth polonium Anglo-helvetium NITON

105 106 111

Ns Rg
104 107 108 109 110 112 113 114 115 116 117 118

Uup
87 88

Ct
CATIUM
Mr
MASRIUM
E89-103 Ku
KURCHATOVIUM NIELSBOHRIUM
Av
ALVAREZIUM
Bh
BOHRIUM
Hs
hassium
HaHAHNIUM
Ds
Darmstadtium ROENTGENIUM
Cn
copernicum
Uut
Ununtrium
Rs
RUSSIUM ununpentium
Ls
leosium
Uus Uuo
ununseptium ununoctium

Pp
62 67

Dp
66 71

Dy Cp
57 58 59 60 61 63 64 65 68 69 70

La
lanthanum
Oc
OCHROITE
Pr
praseoDIdymium
Di
DIdymium
Fl
FLORENTIUM DECIPIUM
Eu
europium
Gd
gadolinium
Tb
terbium Dysprosium PHILIPPIUM
Er
erbium
Tmthulium
Ad
AlDERBARANIUM CASSIOPEIUM

102

Jo
98

Cy
93 94 95 100 101

Ao
89 90 91 92 96 97 99 103

Em
EMANIUM
Th
thorium
Bv
BREVIUM
Kl
KLAPROTHIUM AUSONIUM
Ex
EXTREMIUM
Pa
PANDEMONIUM
Bs
BASTARDIUM
Md
Mendelevium CYCLONIUM
Ls
LOSALIUM
Ph
phoenicium
Md
mendelevium JOLIOTIUM
Lr
Lawrencium

© COMPOUND INTEREST 2016 - WWW.COMPOUNDCHEM.COM | Twitter: @compoundchem | Facebook: www.facebook.com/compoundchem

C This graphic is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence. BY NC ND