Antimony
Saturday, November 1, 2008
- Antimony, symbol Sb, bluish-white, brittle, semimetalic element. The atomic number of antimony is 51; the element is in group 15 (or Va) of the periodic table (see Periodic Law).
- Antimony's compounds were known in ancient times, and the element was probably discovered by the German alchemist Basil Valentine about 1450. It was certainly known by about 1600, but was confused with other elements, such as bismuth, tin, and lead. The element’s name comes from the Greek words anti monos, meaning “not alone.” Antimony generally shows the properties of a metal, but sometimes shows those of a nonmetal. It exists in several distinctly different physical forms, the most common of which is metallic in appearance.
- Antimony ranks about 64th in natural abundance among the elements in crustal rock. The atomic weight of antimony is 121.76; it melts at about 631°C (about 1168°F), boils at about 1590°C (about 2890°F), and has a specific gravity of 6.7. It occasionally occurs as a free element, usually associated with silver, arsenic, or bismuth. It crystallizes in the hexagonal system (see Crystal), but crystals are rarely found. It has a hardness of 3. The principal ore of antimony is stibnite, a sulfide of antimony, which is mined in China, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and, on a small scale, in the western United States. Considerable amounts of antimony are produced as a by-product in the refining of ores of copper and lead.
- Liquid antimony has the exceptional property, when cooling, of expanding as it solidifies (water is one of the few other substances with this same property). It will thus fill in the crevices of a mold and yield castings of exceptionally sharp outlines. For this reason, it is used in making type metal; it is also a constituent of many other alloys, such as Britannia metal, pewter, Babbitt metal and antimonial lead.
- Among important compounds of antimony are tartar emetic, a double tartrate of antimony and potassium used as a medicinal agent; red antimony sulfide, used on safety matches and in vulcanizing rubber; glass of antimony, a mixture of antimony sulfide and oxide, used as a yellow pigment in glass and porcelain; and butter of antimony, antimony trichloride, used for bronzing steel, as a mordant in dyeing, and as a caustic in medicine.
Elements of the Periodic Table
Elements Sorted by Name
| Name | Symbol | Atomic Number | Atomic Weight | Group | Date Discovered | Discovered By |
| Actinium | Ac | 89 | (227) | Actinide series | 1899 | André Debierne |
| Aluminum | Al | 13 | 26.9815 | Other metals | 1824 | Hans Oersted (also attributed to Friedrich Wöhler 1827) |
| Americium | Am | 95 | 243 | Actinide series | 1944 | Glenn Seaborg, Ralph James, Leon Morgan, and Albert Ghiorso |
| Antimony | Sb | 51 | 121.760 | Other metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| Argon | Ar | 18 | 39.948 | Noble gases | 1894 | John Rayleigh and William Ramsay |
| Arsenic | As | 33 | 74.9216 | Nonmetals | prehistoric | unknown |
| Astatine | At | 85 | (210) | Halogens | 1940 | Dale R. Corson, K. R. MacKenzie, and Emilio Segrè |
| Barium | Ba | 56 | 137.328 | Alkaline earth metals | 1808 | Humphry Davy |
| Berkelium | Bk | 97 | (247) | Actinide series | 1949 | Glenn Seaborg, Stanley Thompson, and Albert Ghiorso |
| Beryllium | Be | 4 | 9.0122 | Alkaline earth metals | 1798 | Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin (isolated by Friedrich Wöhler and Antoine-Alexandre-Brutus Bussy 1828) |
| Bismuth | Bi | 83 | 208.9804 | Other metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| Bohrium | Bh | 107 | (262) | Transition metals | 1976 | Georgii Flerov and Yuri Oganessian (confirmed by German scientist Peter Armbruster and coworkers) |
| Boron | B | 5 | 10.81 | Nonmetals | 1808 | Humphry Davy, and independently by Joseph Gay-Lussac and Louis-Jacques Thénard |
| Bromine | Br | 35 | 79.904 | Halogens | 1826 | Antoine-Jérôme Balard |
| Cadmium | Cd | 48 | 112.412 | Transition metals | 1817 | Friedrich Strohmeyer |
| Calcium | Ca | 20 | 40.078 | Alkaline earth metals | 1808 | Humphry Davy |
| Californium | Cf | 98 | (251) | Actinide series | 1950 | Glenn Seaborg, Stanley Thompson, Kenneth Street, Jr., and Albert Ghiorso |
| Carbon | C | 6 | 12.011 | Nonmetals | prehistoric | unknown |
| Cerium | Ce | 58 | 140.115 | Lanthanide series | 1804 | Jöns Berzelius and Wilhelm Hisinger, and independently by Martin Klaproth |
| Cesium | Cs | 55 | 132.9054 | Alkali metals | 1860 | Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff |
| Chlorine | Cl | 17 | 35.4528 | Halogens | 1774 | Karl Scheele |
| Chromium | Cr | 24 | 51.9962 | Transition metals | 1797 | Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin |
| Cobalt | Co | 27 | 58.9332 | Transition metals | 1730 | Georg Brandt |
| Copper | Cu | 29 | 63.546 | Transition metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| Curium | Cm | 96 | (247) | Actinide series | 1944 | Glenn Seaborg, Ralph James, and Albert Ghiorso |
| Darmstadtium | Ds | 110 | (271) | Transition metals | 1994 | team at the Heavy-Ion Research Laboratory, Darmstadt, Germany |
| Dubnium | Db | 105 | (262) | Transition metals | 1970 | claimed by Albert Ghiorso and coworkers (disputed by Soviet workers) |
| Dysprosium | Dy | 66 | 162.500 | Lanthanide series | 1886 | Paul Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
| Einsteinium | Es | 99 | (252) | Actinide series | 1952 | Albert Ghiorso and coworkers |
| Erbium | Er | 68 | 167.26 | Lanthanide series | 1843 | Carl Mosander |
| Europium | Eu | 63 | 151.966 | Lanthanide series | 1901 | Eugène Demarçay |
| Fermium | Fm | 100 | (257) | Actinide series | 1955 | Albert Ghiorso and coworkers |
| Fluorine | F | 9 | 18.9984 | Halogens | 1771 | Karl Scheele (isolated by Henri Moissan 1886) |
| Francium | Fr | 87 | (223) | Alkali metals | 1939 | Marguérite Perey |
| Gadolinium | Gd | 64 | 157.25 | Lanthanide series | 1886 | Paul Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
| Gallium | Ga | 31 | 69.723 | Other metals | 1875 | Paul Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
| Germanium | Ge | 32 | 72.61 | Other metals | 1886 | Clemens Winkler |
| Gold | Au | 79 | 196.9665 | Transition metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| Hafnium | Hf | 72 | 178.49 | Transition metals | 1913 | Dirk Coster and Georg von Hevesy |
| Hassium | Hs | 108 | (263) | Transition metals | 1984 | Peter Armbruster and coworkers |
| Helium | He | 2 | 4.0026 | Noble gases | 1868 | Pierre Janssen |
| Holmium | Ho | 67 | 164.9303 | Lanthanide series | 1879 | Per Cleve |
| Hydrogen | H | 1 | 1.0079 | Nonmetals | 1766 | Henry Cavendish |
| Indium | In | 49 | 114.818 | Other metals | 1863 | Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymus Richter |
| Iodine | I | 53 | 126.9045 | Halogens | 1811 | Bernard Courtois |
| Iridium | Ir | 77 | 192.217 | Transition metals | 1804 | Smithson Tennant |
| Iron | Fe | 26 | 55.845 | Transition metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| Krypton | Kr | 36 | 83.798 | Noble gases | 1898 | William Ramsay and Morris Travers |
| Lanthanum | La | 57 | 138.9055 | Lanthanide series | 1839 | Carl Mosander |
| Lawrencium | Lr | 103 | (260) | Transition metals | 1961 | Albert Ghiorso, Torbjørn Sikkeland, Almon Larsh, and Robert Latimer |
| Lead | Pb | 82 | 207.2 | Other metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| Lithium | Li | 3 | 6.941 | Alkali metals | 1817 | Johan Arfwedson |
| Lutetium | Lu | 71 | 174.967 | Transition metals | 1907 | Georges Urbain and Carl von Welsbach, independently of each other |
| Magnesium | Mg | 12 | 24.3051 | Alkaline earth metals | 1755 | Joseph Black (oxide isolated by Humphry Davy 1808; pure form isolated by Antoine-Alexandre-Brutus Bussy 1828) |
| Manganese | Mn | 25 | 54.938 | Transition metals | 1774 | Johann Gottlieb Gahn |
| Meitnerium | Mt | 109 | (268) | Transition metals | 1982 | Peter Armbruster and coworkers |
| Mendelevium | Md | 101 | (258) | Actinide series | 1955 | Albert Ghiorso, Bernard G. Harvey, Gregory Choppin, Stanley Thompson, and Glenn Seaborg |
| Mercury | Hg | 80 | 200.59 | Transition metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| Molybdenum | Mo | 42 | 95.94 | Transition metals | 1781 | named by Karl Scheele (isolated by Peter Jacob Hjelm 1782) |
| Neodymium | Nd | 60 | 144.24 | Lanthanide series | 1885 | Carl von Welsbach |
| Neon | Ne | 10 | 20.1798 | Noble gases | 1898 | William Ramsay and Morris Travers |
| Neptunium | Np | 93 | (237) | Actinide series | 1940 | Edwin McMillan and Philip Abelson |
| Nickel | Ni | 28 | 58.6934 | Transition metals | 1751 | Axel Cronstedt |
| Niobium | Nb | 41 | 92.9064 | Transition metals | 1801 | Charles Hatchett |
| Nitrogen | N | 7 | 14.0067 | Nonmetals | 1772 | Daniel Rutherford |
| Nobelium | No | 102 | (259) | Actinide series | 1958 | Albert Ghiorso, Torbjørn Sikkeland, J. R. Walton, and Glenn Seaborg |
| Osmium | Os | 76 | 190.23 | Transition metals | 1804 | Smithson Tennant |
| Oxygen | O | 8 | 15.9994 | Nonmetals | 1774 | Joseph Priestley and Karl Scheele, independently of each other |
| Palladium | Pd | 46 | 106.42 | Transition metals | 1804 | William Wollaston |
| Phosphorus | P | 15 | 30.9738 | Nonmetals | 1674 | Hennig Brand |
| Platinum | Pt | 78 | 195.08 | Transition metals | 1557 | Julius Scaliger |
| Plutonium | Pu | 94 | (244) | Actinide series | 1940 | Glenn Seaborg, Edwin McMillan, Joseph Kennedy, and Arthur Wahl |
| Polonium | Po | 84 | (209) | Other metals | 1898 | Marie and Pierre Curie |
| Potassium | K | 19 | 39.0983 | Alkali metals | 1807 | Humphry Davy |
| Praseodymium | Pr | 59 | 140.908 | Lanthanide series | 1885 | Carl von Welsbach |
| Promethium | Pm | 61 | (145) | Lanthanide series | 1945 | J. A. Marinsky, Lawrence Glendenin, and Charles Coryell |
| Protactinium | Pa | 91 | 231.036 | Actinide series | 1913 | Kasimir Fajans and O. Göhring |
| Radium | Ra | 88 | (226) | Alkaline earth metals | 1898 | Marie Curie |
| Radon | Rn | 86 | (222) | Noble gases | 1900 | Friedrich Dorn |
| Rhenium | Re | 75 | 186.207 | Transition metals | 1925 | Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke, and Otto Berg |
| Rhodium | Rh | 45 | 102.9055 | Transition metals | 1804 | William Wollaston |
| Rubidium | Rb | 37 | 85.4678 | Alkali metals | 1861 | Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff |
| Ruthenium | Ru | 44 | 101.07 | Transition metals | 1827 | G. W. Osann (isolated by Karl Klaus 1844) |
| Rutherfordium | Rf | 104 | (261) | Transition metals | 1969 | claimed by U.S. scientist Albert Ghiorso and coworkers (disputed by Soviet workers) |
| Samarium | Sm | 62 | 150.36 | Lanthanide series | 1879 | Paul Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
| Scandium | Sc | 21 | 44.9559 | Transition metals | 1876 | Lars Nilson |
| Seaborgium | Sg | 106 | (266) | Transition metals | 1974 | claimed by Georgii Flerov and coworkers, and independently by Albert Ghiorso and coworkers |
| Selenium | Se | 34 | 78.96 | Nonmetals | 1817 | Jöns Berzelius |
| Silicon | Si | 14 | 28.0855 | Nonmetals | 1823 | Johan Arfwedson |
| Silver | Ag | 47 | 107.8682 | Transition metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| Sodium | Na | 11 | 22.9898 | Alkali metals | 1807 | Humphry Davy |
| Strontium | Sr | 38 | 87.62 | Alkaline earth metals | 1808 | Humphry Davy |
| Sulfur | S | 16 | 32.067 | Nonmetals | prehistoric | unknown |
| Tantalum | Ta | 73 | 180.948 | Transition metals | 1802 | Anders Ekeberg |
| Technetium | Tc | 43 | (98) | Transition metals | 1937 | Carlo Perrier and Emilio Segrè |
| Tellurium | Te | 52 | 127.60 | Nonmetals | 1782 | Franz Müller |
| Terbium | Tb | 65 | 158.9253 | Lanthanide series | 1843 | Carl Mosander |
| Thallium | Tl | 81 | 204.3833 | Other metals | 1861 | William Crookes (isolated by William Crookes and Claude August Lamy, independently of each other, in 1862) |
| Thorium | Th | 90 | 232.0381 | Actinide series | 1828 | Jöns Berzelius |
| Thulium | Tm | 69 | 168.9342 | Lanthanide series | 1879 | Per Cleve |
| Tin | Sn | 50 | 118.711 | Other metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| Titanium | Ti | 22 | 47.867 | Transition metals | 1790 | William Gregor |
| Tungsten | W | 74 | 183.84 | Transition metals | 1783 | isolated by Juan José Elhuyar and Fausto Elhuyar |
| Ununbium | Uub | 112 | (277) | Transition metals | 1996 | team at the Heavy-Ion Research Laboratory, Darmstadt, Germany |
| Ununhexium | Uuh | 116 | (292) | Other metals | 2000 | team at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia |
| Ununquadium | Uuq | 114 | (285) | Other metals | 1998 | team at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia |
| Roentgenium | Rg | 111 | (272) | Transition metals | 1994 | team at the Heavy-Ion Research Laboratory, Darmstadt, Germany |
| Uranium | U | 92 | 238.0289 | Actinide series | 1789 | Martin Klaproth (isolated by Eugène Péligot 1841) |
| Vanadium | V | 23 | 50.9415 | Transition metals | 1801 | Andrés del Rio (disputed), or Nils Sefström 1830 |
| Xenon | Xe | 54 | 131.29 | Noble gases | 1898 | William Ramsay and Morris Travers |
| Ytterbium | Yb | 70 | 173.04 | Lanthanide series | 1878 | Jean Charles de Marignac |
| Yttrium | Y | 39 | 88.906 | Transition metals | 1794 | Johan Gadolin |
| Zinc | Zn | 30 | 65.409 | Transition metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| Zirconium | Zr | 40 | 91.224 | Transition metals | 1789 | Martin Klaproth |
Elements Sorted by Atomic Number
| Atomic Number | Name | Symbol | Atomic Weight | Group | Date Discovered | Discovered By |
| 1 | Hydrogen | H | 1.0079 | Nonmetals | 1766 | Henry Cavendish |
| 2 | Helium | He | 4.0026 | Noble gases | 1868 | Pierre Janssen |
| 3 | Lithium | Li | 6.941 | Alkali metals | 1817 | Johan Arfwedson |
| 4 | Beryllium | Be | 9.0122 | Alkaline earth metals | 1798 | Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin (isolated by Friedrich Wöhler and Antoine-Alexandre-Brutus Bussy 1828) |
| 5 | Boron | B | 10.81 | Nonmetals | 1808 | Humphry Davy, and independently by Joseph Gay-Lussac and Louis-Jacques Thénard |
| 6 | Carbon | C | 12.011 | Nonmetals | prehistoric | unknown |
| 7 | Nitrogen | N | 14.0067 | Nonmetals | 1772 | Daniel Rutherford |
| 8 | Oxygen | O | 15.9994 | Nonmetals | 1774 | Joseph Priestley and Karl Scheele, independently of each other |
| 9 | Fluorine | F | 18.9984 | Halogens | 1771 | Karl Scheele (isolated by Henri Moissan 1886) |
| 10 | Neon | Ne | 20.1798 | Noble gases | 1898 | William Ramsay and Morris Travers |
| 11 | Sodium | Na | 22.9898 | Alkali metals | 1807 | Humphry Davy |
| 12 | Magnesium | Mg | 24.3051 | Alkaline earth metals | 1755 | Joseph Black (oxide isolated by Humphry Davy 1808; pure form isolated by Antoine-Alexandre-Brutus Bussy 1828) |
| 13 | Aluminum | Al | 26.9815 | Other metals | 1824 | Hans Oersted (also attributed to Friedrich Wöhler 1827) |
| 14 | Silicon | Si | 28.0855 | Nonmetals | 1823 | Johan Arfwedson |
| 15 | Phosphorus | P | 30.9738 | Nonmetals | 1674 | Hennig Brand |
| 16 | Sulfur | S | 32.067 | Nonmetals | prehistoric | unknown |
| 17 | Chlorine | Cl | 35.4528 | Halogens | 1774 | Karl Scheele |
| 18 | Argon | Ar | 39.948 | Noble gases | 1894 | John Rayleigh and William Ramsay |
| 19 | Potassium | K | 39.0983 | Alkali metals | 1807 | Humphry Davy |
| 20 | Calcium | Ca | 40.078 | Alkaline earth metals | 1808 | Humphry Davy |
| 21 | Scandium | Sc | 44.9559 | Transition metals | 1876 | Lars Nilson |
| 22 | Titanium | Ti | 47.867 | Transition metals | 1790 | William Gregor |
| 23 | Vanadium | V | 50.9415 | Transition metals | 1801 | Andrés del Rio (disputed), or Nils Sefström 1830 |
| 24 | Chromium | Cr | 51.9962 | Transition metals | 1797 | Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin |
| 25 | Manganese | Mn | 54.938 | Transition metals | 1774 | Johann Gottlieb Gahn |
| 26 | Iron | Fe | 55.845 | Transition metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| 27 | Cobalt | Co | 58.9332 | Transition metals | 1730 | Georg Brandt |
| 28 | Nickel | Ni | 58.6934 | Transition metals | 1751 | Axel Cronstedt |
| 29 | Copper | Cu | 63.546 | Transition metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| 30 | Zinc | Zn | 65.409 | Transition metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| 31 | Gallium | Ga | 69.723 | Other metals | 1875 | Paul Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
| 32 | Germanium | Ge | 72.61 | Other metals | 1886 | Clemens Winkler |
| 33 | Arsenic | As | 74.9216 | Nonmetals | prehistoric | unknown |
| 34 | Selenium | Se | 78.96 | Nonmetals | 1817 | Jöns Berzelius |
| 35 | Bromine | Br | 79.904 | Halogens | 1826 | Antoine-Jérôme Balard |
| 36 | Krypton | Kr | 83.798 | Noble gases | 1898 | William Ramsay and Morris Travers |
| 37 | Rubidium | Rb | 85.4678 | Alkali metals | 1861 | Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff |
| 38 | Strontium | Sr | 87.62 | Alkaline earth metals | 1808 | Humphry Davy |
| 39 | Yttrium | Y | 88.906 | Transition metals | 1794 | Johan Gadolin |
| 40 | Zirconium | Zr | 91.224 | Transition metals | 1789 | Martin Klaproth |
| 41 | Niobium | Nb | 92.9064 | Transition metals | 1801 | Charles Hatchett |
| 42 | Molybdenum | Mo | 95.94 | Transition metals | 1781 | named by Karl Scheele (isolated by Peter Jacob Hjelm 1782) |
| 43 | Technetium | Tc | (98) | Transition metals | 1937 | Carlo Perrier and Emilio Segrè |
| 44 | Ruthenium | Ru | 101.07 | Transition metals | 1827 | G. W. Osann (isolated by Karl Klaus 1844) |
| 45 | Rhodium | Rh | 102.9055 | Transition metals | 1804 | William Wollaston |
| 46 | Palladium | Pd | 106.42 | Transition metals | 1804 | William Wollaston |
| 47 | Silver | Ag | 107.8682 | Transition metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| 48 | Cadmium | Cd | 112.412 | Transition metals | 1817 | Friedrich Strohmeyer |
| 49 | Indium | In | 114.818 | Other metals | 1863 | Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymus Richter |
| 50 | Tin | Sn | 118.711 | Other metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| 51 | Antimony | Sb | 121.760 | Other metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| 52 | Tellurium | Te | 127.60 | Nonmetals | 1782 | Franz Müller |
| 53 | Iodine | I | 126.9045 | Halogens | 1811 | Bernard Courtois |
| 54 | Xenon | Xe | 131.29 | Noble gases | 1898 | William Ramsay and Morris Travers |
| 55 | Cesium | Cs | 132.9054 | Alkali metals | 1860 | Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff |
| 56 | Barium | Ba | 137.328 | Alkaline earth metals | 1808 | Humphry Davy |
| 57 | Lanthanum | La | 138.9055 | Lanthanide series | 1839 | Carl Mosander |
| 58 | Cerium | Ce | 140.115 | Lanthanide series | 1804 | Jöns Berzelius and Wilhelm Hisinger, and independently by Martin Klaproth |
| 59 | Praseodymium | Pr | 140.908 | Lanthanide series | 1885 | Carl von Welsbach |
| 60 | Neodymium | Nd | 144.24 | Lanthanide series | 1885 | Carl von Welsbach |
| 61 | Promethium | Pm | (145) | Lanthanide series | 1945 | J. A. Marinsky, Lawrence Glendenin, and Charles Coryell |
| 62 | Samarium | Sm | 150.36 | Lanthanide series | 1879 | Paul Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
| 63 | Europium | Eu | 151.966 | Lanthanide series | 1901 | Eugène Demarçay |
| 64 | Gadolinium | Gd | 157.25 | Lanthanide series | 1886 | Paul Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
| 65 | Terbium | Tb | 158.9253 | Lanthanide series | 1843 | Carl Mosander |
| 66 | Dysprosium | Dy | 162.500 | Lanthanide series | 1886 | Paul Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
| 67 | Holmium | Ho | 164.9303 | Lanthanide series | 1879 | Per Cleve |
| 68 | Erbium | Er | 167.26 | Lanthanide series | 1843 | Carl Mosander |
| 69 | Thulium | Tm | 168.9342 | Lanthanide series | 1879 | Per Cleve |
| 70 | Ytterbium | Yb | 173.04 | Lanthanide series | 1878 | Jean Charles de Marignac |
| 71 | Lutetium | Lu | 174.967 | Transition metals | 1907 | Georges Urbain and Carl von Welsbach, independently of each other |
| 72 | Hafnium | Hf | 178.49 | Transition metals | 1913 | Dirk Coster and Georg von Hevesy |
| 73 | Tantalum | Ta | 180.948 | Transition metals | 1802 | Anders Ekeberg |
| 74 | Tungsten | W | 183.84 | Transition metals | 1783 | isolated by Juan José Elhuyar and Fausto Elhuyar |
| 75 | Rhenium | Re | 186.207 | Transition metals | 1925 | Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke, and Otto Berg |
| 76 | Osmium | Os | 190.23 | Transition metals | 1804 | Smithson Tennant |
| 77 | Iridium | Ir | 192.217 | Transition metals | 1804 | Smithson Tennant |
| 78 | Platinum | Pt | 195.08 | Transition metals | 1557 | Julius Scaliger |
| 79 | Gold | Au | 196.9665 | Transition metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| 80 | Mercury | Hg | 200.59 | Transition metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| 81 | Thallium | Tl | 204.3833 | Other metals | 1861 | William Crookes (isolated by William Crookes and Claude August Lamy, independently of each other, in 1862) |
| 82 | Lead | Pb | 207.2 | Other metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| 83 | Bismuth | Bi | 208.9804 | Other metals | prehistoric | unknown |
| 84 | Polonium | Po | (209) | Other metals | 1898 | Marie and Pierre Curie |
| 85 | Astatine | At | (210) | Halogens | 1940 | Dale R. Corson, K. R. MacKenzie, and Emilio Segrè |
| 86 | Radon | Rn | (222) | Noble gases | 1900 | Friedrich Dorn |
| 87 | Francium | Fr | (223) | Alkali metals | 1939 | Marguérite Perey |
| 88 | Radium | Ra | (226) | Alkaline earth metals | 1898 | Marie Curie |
| 89 | Actinium | Ac | (227) | Actinide series | 1899 | André Debierne |
| 90 | Thorium | Th | 232.0381 | Actinide series | 1828 | Jöns Berzelius |
| 91 | Protactinium | Pa | 231.036 | Actinide series | 1913 | Kasimir Fajans and O. Göhring |
| 92 | Uranium | U | 238.0289 | Actinide series | 1789 | Martin Klaproth (isolated by Eugène Péligot 1841) |
| 93 | Neptunium | Np | (237) | Actinide series | 1940 | Edwin McMillan and Philip Abelson |
| 94 | Plutonium | Pu | (244) | Actinide series | 1940 | Glenn Seaborg, Edwin McMillan, Joseph Kennedy, and Arthur Wahl |
| 95 | Americium | Am | 243 | Actinide series | 1944 | Glenn Seaborg, Ralph James, Leon Morgan, and Albert Ghiorso |
| 96 | Curium | Cm | (247) | Actinide series | 1944 | Glenn Seaborg, Ralph James, and Albert Ghiorso |
| 97 | Berkelium | Bk | (247) | Actinide series | 1949 | Glenn Seaborg, Stanley Thompson, and Albert Ghiorso |
| 98 | Californium | Cf | (251) | Actinide series | 1950 | Glenn Seaborg, Stanley Thompson, Kenneth Street, Jr., and Albert Ghiorso |
| 99 | Einsteinium | Es | (252) | Actinide series | 1952 | Albert Ghiorso and coworkers |
| 100 | Fermium | Fm | (257) | Actinide series | 1955 | Albert Ghiorso and coworkers |
| 101 | Mendelevium | Md | (258) | Actinide series | 1955 | Albert Ghiorso, Bernard G. Harvey, Gregory Choppin, Stanley Thompson, and Glenn Seaborg |
| 102 | Nobelium | No | (259) | Actinide series | 1958 | Albert Ghiorso, Torbjørn Sikkeland, J. R. Walton, and Glenn Seaborg |
| 103 | Lawrencium | Lr | (260) | Transition metals | 1961 | Albert Ghiorso, Torbjørn Sikkeland, Almon Larsh, and Robert Latimer |
| 104 | Rutherfordium | Rf | (261) | Transition metals | 1969 | claimed by U.S. scientist Albert Ghiorso and coworkers (disputed by Soviet workers) |
| 105 | Dubnium | Db | (262) | Transition metals | 1970 | claimed by Albert Ghiorso and coworkers (disputed by Soviet workers) |
| 106 | Seaborgium | Sg | (266) | Transition metals | 1974 | claimed by Georgii Flerov and coworkers, and independently by Albert Ghiorso and coworkers |
| 107 | Bohrium | Bh | (262) | Transition metals | 1976 | Georgii Flerov and Yuri Oganessian (confirmed by German scientist Peter Armbruster and coworkers) |
| 108 | Hassium | Hs | (263) | Transition metals | 1984 | Peter Armbruster and coworkers |
| 109 | Meitnerium | Mt | (268) | Transition metals | 1982 | Peter Armbruster and coworkers |
| 110 | Darmstadtium | Ds | (271) | Transition metals | 1994 | team at the Heavy-Ion Research Laboratory, Darmstadt, Germany |
| 111 | Roentgenium | Rg | (272) | Transition metals | 1994 | team at the Heavy-Ion Research Laboratory, Darmstadt, Germany |
| 112 | Ununbium | Uub | (277) | Transition metals | 1996 | team at the Heavy-Ion Research Laboratory, Darmstadt, Germany |
| 114 | Ununquadium | Uuq | (285) | Other metals | 1998 | team at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia |
| 116 | Ununhexium | Uuh | (292) | Other metals | 2000 | team at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia |

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