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Formerly Used or Proposed Element Names and Symbols

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Element

Name

Symbol

Notes

Actinium

emanium

no matching symbol specified

Antimony

St

Argon

A

Astatine

alabamine

Ab

Barium

plutonium

no matching symbol specified

barytium

no matching symbol specified

Berkelium

mendelevium

no matching symbol specified

Beryllium

glucinum

G

glucinum

Gl

glucinium

no matching symbol specified

Bohrium

nielsbohrium

Ns

unnilseptium

Uns

eka-rhenium

no matching symbol specified

Boron

bore

no matching symbol specified

boracium

no matching symbol specified

Bromine

muride

no matching symbol specified

Cerium

cererium

no matching symbol specified

Chlorine

muriaticum

M

Chromium

Ch

Copernicium

Cp

ununbium

Uub

eka-mercury

no matching symbol specified

Darmstadtium

ununnilium

Uun

eka-platinum

no matching symbol specified

Dubnium

joliotium

Jl

hahnium

Ha

nielsbohrium

Ns

bohrium

no matching symbol specified

unnilpentium

Unp

eka-tantalum

no matching symbol specified

Einsteinium

E

phoenicium

no matching symbol specified

athenium

Am

Erbium

E

Fermium

centurium

Ct

Flerovium

ununquadium

Uuq

eka-lead

no matching symbol specified

Fluorine

fluoricum

no matching symbol specified

Fl

Francium

Fa

actinium K

AcK

moldavium

no matching symbol specified

virginium

Vi

russium

no matching symbol specified

ekacäsium

no matching symbol specified

Gallium

ekaaluminum

Ea

eka-aluminium

no matching symbol specified

Germanium

ekasilicon

Es

eka-silicium

no matching symbol specified

Hafnium

celtium

no matching symbol specified

Hassium

hahnium

Ha

hahnium

Hn

unniloctium

Uno

eka-osmium

no matching symbol specified

Holmium

element X

no matching symbol specified

Iridium

I

Lawrencium

Lw

unniltrium

Unt

Lead

P

Livermorium

ununhexium

Uuh

eka-polonium

no matching symbol specified

Lutetium

lutecium

no matching symbol specified

cassiopeium

Cp

Magnesium

Ms

magnium

no matching symbol specified

Manganese

Ma

Meitnerium

unnilennium

Une

eka-iridium

no matching symbol specified

Mendelevium

Mv

unnilunium

Unu

Mercury

Hy

Moscovium

ununpentium

Uup

eka-bismuth

no matching symbol specified

Nihonium

ununtrium

Uut

eka-thallium

no matching symbol specified

Niobium

columbium

Cl

columbium

Cb

Nitrogen

azote

Az

Nobelium

flerovium

Fl

joliot-curium

no matching symbol specified

lerovium

no matching symbol specified

unnilbium

Unb

Oganesson

ununoctium

Uuo

eka-radon

no matching symbol specified

Palladium

ceresium

no matching symbol specified

Pa

Polonium

radium F

no matching symbol specified

Potassium

Ka

Po

Promethium

prometheum

Pm

cyclonium

Cy

illinium

Il

florentium

no matching symbol specified

Protactinium

protoactinium

no matching symbol specified

brevium

no matching symbol specified

ekatantalum

no matching symbol specified

Radon

niton

no matching symbol specified

radium emanation

no matching symbol specified

Rhenium

dwi-manganese

no matching symbol specified

Rhodium

R

Roentgenium

unununium

Uuu

eka-gold

no matching symbol specified

Ruthenium

vestium

no matching symbol specified

Rutherfordium

dubnium

Db

kurchatovium

Ku

unnilquadium

Unq

eka-hafnium

no matching symbol specified

Samarium

Sa

Scandium

ekaboron

Eb

eka-bore

no matching symbol specified

Seaborgium

alvarezium

no matching symbol specified

rutherfordium

Rf

unnilhexium

Unh

eka-tungsten

no matching symbol specified

Silicon

silicium

no matching symbol specified

Sodium

So

Sulfur

sulphur

no matching symbol specified

Tantalum

tantalium

no matching symbol specified

Technetium

trinacrium

no matching symbol specified

moseleyum

Ms

ilmenium

no matching symbol specified

polinium

no matching symbol specified

masurium

Ma

moselium

no matching symbol specified

neomolybdenum

no matching symbol specified

nipponium

Np

lucium

no matching symbol specified

ekamanganese

Em

davyum

Da

pelopium

Pe

Tennessine

ununseptium

Uus

eka-astatine

no matching symbol specified

Tungsten

Tu

Tn

scheelium

no matching symbol specified

wolfram

no matching symbol specified

Vanadium

zimapanium

no matching symbol specified

riom

no matching symbol specified

rionium

no matching symbol specified

erythronium

no matching symbol specified

panchromium

no matching symbol specified

erithrome

no matching symbol specified

pancrome

no matching symbol specified

Ytterbium

neoytterbium

no matching symbol specified

aldebaranium

no matching symbol specified

Yttrium

Yt

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