Examples of Chemical Elements
Chemical elements are identified with their own symbol and are organized in the so-called Periodic Table of Chemical Elements, an arrangement of columns and periods (lines) that orders them according to their atomic number (number of protons in the nucleus) and, therefore, according to their properties.
Dmitri Mendeleev was the Russian chemist who discovered the pattern that these substances follow in terms of their atomic weight, their physical characteristics and their chemical behavior, and proposed the definitive design of the Periodic Table, which is in force today.
In this way, you have a visual reference of the properties that a specific element is going to have according to its location in a group of the table. From left to right, metals, metalloids, nonmetals, and gases are shown.
At present, 118 chemical elements are known , most of which are found in the substances found in nature. The heaviest ones, with an atomic number greater than 100, are created in the laboratory and are very unstable, making them useful in research projects aimed at better understanding matter and energy.
118 examples of chemical elements with their symbol
They are ordered according to their atomic number:
- Hydrogen (H)
- Helium (He)
- Lithium (Li)
- Beryllium (Be)
- Boron (B)
- Carbon (C)
- Nitrogen (N)
- Oxygen (O)
- Fluorine (F)
- Neon (Ne)
- Sodium (Na)
- Magnesium (Mg)
- Aluminum (Al)
- Silicon (Si)
- Phosphorus (P)
- Sulfur (S)
- Chlorine (Cl)
- Argon (Ar)
- Potassium (K)
- Calcium (Ca)
- Scandium (Sc)
- Titanium (Ti)
- Vanadium (V)
- Chromium (Cr)
- Manganese (Mn)
- Iron (Fe)
- Cobalt (Co)
- Nickel (Ni)
- Copper (cu)
- Zinc (Zn)
- Gallium (Ga)
- Germanium (Ge)
- Arsenic (As)
- Selenium (Se)
- Bromine (Br)
- Krypton (Kr)
- Rubidium (Rb)
- Strontium (Sr)
- Yttrium (Y)
- Zirconium (Zr)
- Niobium (Nb)
- Molybdenum (Mo)
- Technetium (Tc)
- Ruthenium (Ru)
- Rhodium (Rh)
- Palladium (Pd)
- Silver (Ag)
- Cadmium (Cd)
- Indian (In)
- Tin (Sn)
- Antimony (Sb)
- Tellurium (Te)
- Iodine (I)
- Xenon (Xe)
- Cesium (Cs)
- Barium (Ba)
- Lanthanum (The)
- Cerium (Ce)
- Praseodymium (Pr)
- Neodymium (Nd)
- Promethium (Pm)
- Samarium (Sm)
- Europium (Eu)
- Gadolinium (Gd)
- Terbium (Tb)
- Dysprosium (Dy)
- Holmium (Ho)
- Erbium (Er)
- Thulium (Tm)
- Ytterbium (Yb)
- Lutetium (Lu)
- Hafnium (Hf)
- Tantalum (Ta)
- Tungsten (W)
- Rhenium (Re)
- Osmium (Os)
- Iridium (Go)
- Platinum (Pt)
- Gold (Au)
- Mercury (Hg)
- Thallium (Tl)
- Lead (Pb)
- Bismuth (Bi)
- Polonium (Po)
- Astat (At)
- Radon (Rn)
- Francio (Fr)
- Radius (Ra)
- Actinium (Ac)
- Thorium (Th)
- Protactinium (Pa)
- Uranium (U)
- Neptunium (Np)
- Plutonium (Pu)
- Americio (Am)
- Curium (Cm)
- Berkelium (Bk)
- Californium (Cf)
- Einsteinium (Es)
- Fermium (Fm)
- Mendelevium (Md)
- Nobelio (No)
- Lawrencio (Lr)
- Rutherfordio (Rf)
- Dubnium (Db)
- Seaborgio (Sg)
- Bohrio (Bh)
- Hassio (Hs)
- Meitnerium (Mt)
- Darmstatio (Ds)
- Roentgenio (Rg)
- Copernicium (Cn)
- Nihonium (Nh)
- Flerovio (Fl)
- Moscovio (Mc)
- Livermorio (Lv)
- Tenese (Ts)
- Oganeson (Og)