californium is the only real element named after a us state on the periodic table.
californium is the only real element named after a us state on the periodic table.
on the periodic table what is the only real element named after a us state?
californium
the discoverers named the new element after the university and the state. this was a break from the convention used for elements 95 to 97, which drew inspiration from how the elements directly above them in the periodic table were named. however, the element directly above element 98 in the periodic table, dysprosium, has a name that simply means "hard to get at" so the researchers decided to set aside the informal naming convention. they added that "the best we can do is to point out [that] ... searchers a century ago found it difficult to get to california."
californium
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