|
Mercury
|
Hg
|
80
|
Post-transition metal
|
the New Latin name mercurius, named after the Roman god (Hg from former name hydrargyrum, from Greek hydr-, 'water', and argyros, 'silver')
|
12
|
6
|
200.59
|
0.00
|
13.53
|
234.43
|
629.88
|
0.14
|
2.00
|
0.09
|
|
Platinum
|
Pt
|
78
|
Transition metal
|
the Spanish platina, meaning 'little silver'
|
10
|
6
|
195.08
|
0.01
|
21.46
|
2041.40
|
4098.00
|
0.13
|
2.28
|
0.01
|
|
Tungsten
|
W
|
74
|
Transition metal
|
the Swedish tung sten, 'heavy stone' (W is wolfram, the old name of the tungsten mineral wolframite)
|
6
|
6
|
183.84
|
0.01
|
19.25
|
3695.00
|
5828.00
|
0.13
|
2.36
|
1.30
|
|
Cerium
|
Ce
|
58
|
Lanthanide
|
the then recently discovered asteroid Ceres, considered a planet at the time
|
|
6
|
140.12
|
0.00
|
6.77
|
1068.00
|
3716.00
|
0.19
|
1.12
|
66.50
|
|
Palladium
|
Pd
|
46
|
Transition metal
|
the then recently discovered asteroid Pallas, considered a planet at the time
|
10
|
5
|
106.42
|
0.01
|
12.02
|
1828.05
|
3236.00
|
0.24
|
2.20
|
0.02
|
|
Thorium
|
Th
|
90
|
Actinide
|
Thor, the Scandinavian god of thunder
|
|
7
|
232.04
|
0.00
|
11.72
|
2115.00
|
5061.00
|
0.11
|
1.30
|
9.60
|
|
Thulium
|
Tm
|
69
|
Lanthanide
|
Thule, the ancient name for Scandinavia
|
|
6
|
168.93
|
0.00
|
9.32
|
1818.00
|
2223.00
|
0.16
|
1.25
|
0.52
|
|
Titanium
|
Ti
|
22
|
Transition metal
|
Titans, the sons of the Earth goddess of Greek mythology
|
4
|
4
|
47.87
|
0.00
|
4.54
|
1941.00
|
3560.00
|
0.52
|
1.54
|
5650.00
|
|
Bismuth
|
Bi
|
83
|
Post-transition metal
|
Uncertain, possibly Arabic or German
|
15
|
6
|
208.98
|
0.00
|
9.81
|
544.70
|
1837.00
|
0.12
|
2.02
|
0.01
|
|
Antimony
|
Sb
|
51
|
Metalloid
|
uncertain: perhaps from the Greek anti, 'against', and monos, 'alone', or the Old French antimoine, 'Monk's bane' (stibium in Latin)
|
15
|
5
|
121.76
|
0.00
|
6.69
|
903.78
|
1860.00
|
0.21
|
2.05
|
0.20
|