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Rutherfordium
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Rf
|
104
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Transition metal
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Ernest Rutherford, chemist and physicist
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4
|
7
|
|
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-23.20
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-2400.00
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-5800.00
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
Rhenium
|
Re
|
75
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Transition metal
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Rhenus, the Latin name for the river Rhine
|
7
|
6
|
186.21
|
0.00
|
21.02
|
3459.00
|
5869.00
|
0.14
|
1.90
|
0.00
|
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Rubidium
|
Rb
|
37
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Alkali metal
|
the Latin rubidus, 'deep red'
|
1
|
5
|
85.47
|
0.00
|
1.53
|
312.46
|
961.00
|
0.36
|
0.82
|
90.00
|
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Radium
|
Ra
|
88
|
Alkaline earth metal
|
the Latin radius, 'ray'
|
2
|
7
|
|
|
5.50
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973.00
|
2010.00
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0.09
|
0.90
|
0.00
|
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Plutonium
|
Pu
|
94
|
Actinide
|
Pluto, a dwarf planet in the Solar System (then considered the ninth planet)
|
|
7
|
|
|
19.84
|
912.50
|
3501.00
|
|
1.28
|
0.00
|
|
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
|
|
Praseodymium
|
Pr
|
59
|
Lanthanide
|
the Greek praseios didymos meaning 'green twin'
|
|
6
|
140.91
|
0.00
|
6.77
|
1208.00
|
3793.00
|
0.19
|
1.13
|
9.20
|
|
Polonium
|
Po
|
84
|
Post-transition metal
|
Named after the home country of Marie Curie (Polonia, Latin for Poland), who is also the discoverer of Radium
|
16
|
6
|
|
|
9.32
|
527.00
|
1235.00
|
|
2.00
|
0.00
|
|
Promethium
|
Pm
|
61
|
Lanthanide
|
Prometheus of Greek mythology who stole fire from the Gods and gave it to humans
|
|
6
|
|
|
7.26
|
1315.00
|
3273.00
|
|
1.13
|
0.00
|
|
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
|