I find researching the elements on the periodic table to be incredibly interesting, but I have yet to make a comprehensive list of notes to reference. This page will work as a living compendium of sorts of facts about the elements, alternate names, allotropes, etc. I hope to make this a great resource for anyone interested in learning about the elements, not through a chemist's or physicist's lens, but seeing them as characters full of personality and history that make up the cast of this grand play we call our universe!
SOURCES CITED
Wikipedia entries for the periodic table and elements (not citing all 118+ for convenience).
Fontani, Marco, et al. The Lost Elements: the Periodic Table's Shadow Side. Oxford University Press, 2015.
Gray, Theodore. “Allotrope Names of the Elements.” Periodictable.com.
ALLOTROPES + FORMS | |
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Hydrogen | Protium, Deuterium, Tritium, Dihydrogen |
Boron | Alpha Rhombohedral, Beta Rhombohedral, Alpha Tetragonal |
Carbon | Graphite, Diamond, Amorphous, Lonsdaleite, Fullerene, Carbon Nanotube, Graphene |
Nitrogen | Dinitrogen |
Oxygen | Dioxygen, Ozone, Tetraoxygen |
Fluorine | Difluorine |
Phosphorus | White, Red, Black, Violet |
Sulfur | Rhombic, Monoclinic, Amorphous |
Chlorine | Dichlorine |
Arsenic | Yellow, Black, Gray |
Selenium | Amorphous Red, Amorphous Black, Monoclinic, Hexagonal |
Bromine | Dibromine |
Tin | White, Gray |
Antimony | White, Yellow, Black |
Iodine | Diiodine |
Polonium | Alpha, Beta |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
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Hydrogen | Hydron, Phlogiston |
Lithium | Lithion, Lithnia |
Beryllium | Glucinium |
Boron | Boracium |
Nitrogen | Azote |
Fluorine | Fluore |
Neon | Novum |
Sodium | Natrium |
Magnesium | Magnium |
Potassium | Kalium |
Scandium | Gadenium |
Titanium | Menachite |
Vanadium | Panchromium, Erythronium, Vanadin, Rionium |
Iron | Ferrum |
Copper | Cuprum |
Germanium | Neptunium |
Arsenic | Polymnestum |
Selenium | Hesperisium |
Bromine | Muride, Brome |
Krypton | Eosium |
Yttrium | Lucium |
Niobium | Columbium |
Molybdenum | Erebodium |
Technetium | Masurium |
Ruthenium | Polinium |
Palladium | Ceresium |
Silver | Argentum |
Cadmium | Melinum |
Tin | Stannum |
Antimony | Stibium |
Tellurium | Pilsum |
Barium | Plutonium |
Cerium | Ochroite |
Promethium | Florentium |
Samarium | Decipium |
Holmium | Philippium |
Ytterbium | Aldebaranium, Neoytterbium |
Lutetium | Cassiopeium, Lutecium |
Hafnium | Celtium |
Tungsten | Scheelium, Wolfram |
Rhenium | Nipponium |
Gold | Aurum |
Mercury | Hydrargyrum |
Lead | Plumbum |
Astatine | Anglo-Helvetium, Dor, Viennium, Alabamine, Lapetine |
Radon | Niton, Emanation |
Francium | Alkalinium, Russium, Virginium, Moldavium, Catium |
Radium | Masrium |
Actinium | Emanium |
Protactinium | Brevium |
Uranium | Klaprothium, Uranit |
Neptunium | Ausonium |
Plutonium | Hesperium, Extremium |
Americium | Pandemonium |
Curium | Delirium, Bastardium |
Berkelium | Mendelevium |
Californium | Cyclonium |
Einsteinium | Losalium |
Fermium | Phoenicium, Centurium, Uclasium, and Arconium |
Nobelium | Joliotium |
Rutherfordium | Kurchatovium |
Dubnium | Nielsbohrium |
Seaborgium | Alvarezium |
Bohrium | Hahnium |
Flerovium | Russium |
Livermorium | Leosium |
LOST ELEMENTS |
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Terra nobilis Siderum Hydroserium (wassereisen) Metallum problematicum Saturnium Saturnit Terra admantina Diamanthspatherde Caloric Apulium Borbonium Austrium Parthenium Bornium Hydrosideron Sydneium Australium Austral sand Terra australis Thermoxygen Agusterde Andronia Thelyke Pneum-alkali Silene Silenium Gahnium Nitricium Klaprothium Niccolanum Vestium (vestalium, vestaeium) Urstoff Crodonium Melinum (melinium) Apyre (apyrit) Aurum millium Wodanium Ostranium Pluranium Polinium Donium Treenium Didymium Pelopium Norium Aridium Donarium Thalium Sulphurium Junoium Vestium Neptunium Astaeum Hebeium Dianium Wasium Aurorium Jargonium Nigrium Ouralium Uralium Udalium Ilmenium Davyum (davyium, devium) Lavoesium Mosandrum (mosandrium) Neptunium Decipium Rogerium Columbium Norwegium Comesium Phipsonium Idunium A and B Zα, Zβ, Zγ, Zδ, Zε, and Zζ Austrium Protyle Gα, Gβ,Gδ, and Gζ Meta-elements Extinct elements Polymnestum Erebodium Gadenium Hesperisium Erα and Erβ Xα, Xβ, Xγ, Xδ, Xε, Xζ, and Xη Tmα and Tmβ Smα and Smβ Diα, Diβ, Diγ, Diδ, Diε, Diζ, Diη, Diθ, Diι, Di Neo-erbium Austriacum (austrium) Gnomium Damarium Masrium Kalidium Oxidium Prefluorine Bauxium Demonium Co-helium Orthohelium Parahelium Metacerium Infra-elements Supra-elements “Hydrogen” Actinium Argentaurum Kosmium Neo-kosmium Lucium (metal A) Anglium Scotium Hibernium Bythium δ Glaucodymium Glaucodidymium Russium Etherium Etherion Monium Victorium Metargon (metaargon) Proto-metals Proto-elements Element Σ, Τ, Δ, Θ, Ω Krypton II Radiolead Thorium-α and Thorium-β Berzelium Carolinium Euxenium Amarillium Ursubstanz Brillium Newtonium Coronium Radium foil Ether Radiomercurium Ionium Incognitum Anodium Cathodium Proto-glucinium Proto-boron Occultum Kalon Platinum-B Anu Proti-argon Satellite Nitron “Helium” Primary substances Zoikon Sub-element X Protohydrogenium Pseudoelements Archonium Element E or X₂ Canadium Coronium “Hydrogen” Nebulium Proto-fluorine Archonium Geocoronium Neo-holmium Pantogen Thulium I, II, III Josephinium Asium Denebium Neo-thulium Dubhium Euro-samarium Welsium Neo-molybdenum Neo-tungsten Asteroid elements Crustaterrium Primordial matter Terrium Chondrium Pallasium Siderium Cosmium “Helium system” “Hydrogen system” Emilium Hibernium Oceanium Neutronium Neuton Neutronon Element Z = zero Masurium Pragium Dvi-manganese Illinium Florentinum Hypon Alkalinium Virginium (verium) Element 108 Adyarium Meta-Elements Alabamine (alabamium, eline) Neo-actinium Neo-radium Neo-elements Ausonium Hesperium Bohemium Eka-iodine Th-F Gourium Dakin (Dacinum) Dekhine Moldavium Sequanium Dor Helvetium Anglo-helvetium Sulfenium T.W. Kow Quebecium Hawkingium |