Chemische Elemente
Chemical Elements
Basic Chemical Elements • Chemische Grundstoffe
To date, scientists have discovered 112 basic chemical elements. (Elements 111 and 112 have yet to be named.) These Grundstoffe or Elemente are chemical matter that cannot be broken down any further by chemical means. The following chart lists each element in alphabetical order (by the German name, which is usually similar to the English; see our English-German table for the names of common elements that differ from English). The number under the chemical symbol (chemisches Zeichen) is the atomic number or Protonenzahl/Ordnungszahl. The column on the far right also lists the Entdecker (discoverer) and the year (Jahr) of discovery.
Genders: All but six element names in German are neuter (das), including the many elements that end in -ium, -en or -on. Only der Phosphor, der Schwefel (sulphur) and the four elements ending with -stoff are masculine (e.g., der Wasserstoff = hydrogen).
Also see information about the Periodic Table further down on this page.
| Chemische Elemente - Chemical Elements | |||
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH | Sign Nr. |
Entdecker/Jahr |
| Actinium | actinium | Ac 89 |
Debierne, Giesel 1899 |
| Aluminium | aluminum (Am.) aluminium (Br.) |
Al 13 |
Oersted 1825 |
| Americium | americium | Am 95 |
Seaborg, James, Morgan 1945 |
| Antimon | antimony | Sb 51 |
since ancient times |
| Argon | argon | Ar 18 |
Rayleigh, Ramsay 1895 |
| Arsen | arsenic | As 33 |
since ancient times |
| Astat | astatine | At 85 |
Corson, Mackenzie, Segré 1940 |
| Barium | barium | Ba 56 |
Davy 1808 |
| Berkelium | berkelium | Bk 97 |
Seaborg, Thomson, Ghiorso 1949 |
| Beryllium | beryllium | Be 83 |
Vauquelin 1798 |
| Bismut Wismut |
bismuth | Bi 83 |
15th century |
| Blei | lead | Pb 82 |
since ancient times |
| Bohrium | bohrium | Bh 107 |
Russian scientists 1976 |
| Bor | boron | B 5 |
Gay-Lussac, Thénard 1808 |
| Brom | bromine | Br 35 |
Balard 1825 |
| Cadmium | cadmium | Cd 48 |
Stromeyer 1817 |
| Calcium Kalzium |
calcium | Ca 20 |
Davy 1808 |
| Californium | californium | Cf 98 |
Seaborg, Thomson, et al 1950 |
| Cäsium | caesium (Br.) cesium (Am.) |
Cs 55 |
Bunsen, Kirchhoff 1860 |
| Cer | cerium | Ce 58 |
Klaproth 1803 |
| Chlor | chlorine | Cl 17 |
Scheele 1774 |
| Chrom | chromium chrome |
Cr 24 |
Vauquelin 1797 |
| Cobalt Kobalt |
cobalt | Co 27 |
Brandt 1735 |
| Curium | curium | Cm 96 |
Seaborg, James, Ghiorso 1944 |
| Dubnium | dubnium | Db 105 |
USA 1970 |
| Dysprosium | dysprosium | Dy 66 |
Lecoq de Boisbaudran 1886 |
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Das Periodensystem der Elemente (PSE)
Die systematische Anordnung der chemischen Elemente nach ihrerer Ordnungs- oder Kernladungszahl. - The periodic system or periodic law for chemical elements was first developed in 1869 by the Russian Dmitri I. Mendeléyev (1834-1907). The German chemist J. Lothar Meyer (1830-1895) independently developed a similar system around the same time. The element mendelevium—atomic weight 101, discovered in 1955—is named for Mendeléyev.
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