List of elements by name
2008/9 Schools Wikipedia Selection. Related subjects: Chemical elements; Chemistry
This is a list of chemical elements, sorted by name and colour coded according to type of element.
Given is each element's element symbol, atomic number, atomic mass or most stable isotope, and group and period numbers on the periodic table.
Element categories in the periodic table
| Metals | Metalloids | Nonmetals | Unknown | |||||||
| Alkali metals | Alkaline earth metals | Inner transition elements | Transition elements | Other metals | Other nonmetals | Halogens | Noble gases | |||
| Lanthanides | Actinides | |||||||||
| Name | Symbol | Atomic Number | Atomic Mass | Group | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actinium | Ac | 89 | [227] | 7 | |
| Aluminium (Aluminium) | Al | 13 | 26.9815386(8) | 13 | 3 |
| Americium | Am | 95 | [243] | 7 | |
| Antimony (Stibium) | Sb | 51 | 121.760(1) | 15 | 5 |
| Argon | Ar | 18 | 39.948(1) | 18 | 3 |
| Arsenic | As | 33 | 74.92160(2) | 15 | 4 |
| Astatine | At | 85 | [210] | 17 | 6 |
| Barium | Ba | 56 | 137.327(7) | 2 | 6 |
| Berkelium | Bk | 97 | [247] | 7 | |
| Beryllium | Be | 4 | 9.012182(3) | 2 | 2 |
| Bismuth | Bi | 83 | 208.98040(1) | 15 | 6 |
| Bohrium | Bh | 107 | [264] | 7 | 7 |
| Boron | B | 5 | 10.811(7) | 13 | 2 |
| Bromine | Br | 35 | 79.904(1) | 17 | 4 |
| Cadmium | Cd | 48 | 112.411(8) | 12 | 5 |
| Caesium (Cesium) | Cs | 55 | 132.9054519(2) | 1 | 6 |
| Calcium | Ca | 20 | 40.078(4) | 2 | 4 |
| Californium | Cf | 98 | [251] | 7 | |
| Carbon | C | 6 | 12.0107(8) | 14 | 2 |
| Cerium | Ce | 58 | 140.116(1) | 6 | |
| Chlorine | Cl | 17 | 35.453(2) | 17 | 3 |
| Chromium | Cr | 24 | 51.9961(6) | 6 | 4 |
| Cobalt | Co | 27 | 58.933195(5) | 9 | 4 |
| Copper (Cuprum) | Cu | 29 | 63.546(3) | 11 | 4 |
| Curium | Cm | 96 | [247] | 7 | |
| Darmstadtium | Ds | 110 | [271] | 10 | 7 |
| Dubnium | Db | 105 | [262] | 5 | 7 |
| Dysprosium | Dy | 66 | 162.500(1) | 6 | |
| Einsteinium | Es | 99 | [252] | 7 | |
| Erbium | Er | 68 | 167.259(3) | 6 | |
| Europium | Eu | 63 | 151.964(1) | 6 | |
| Fermium | Fm | 100 | [257] | 7 | |
| Fluorine | F | 9 | 18.9984032(5) | 17 | 2 |
| Francium | Fr | 87 | [223] | 1 | 7 |
| Gadolinium | Gd | 64 | 157.25(3) | 6 | |
| Gallium | Ga | 31 | 69.723(1) | 13 | 4 |
| Germanium | Ge | 32 | 72.64(1) | 14 | 4 |
| Gold (Aurum) | Au | 79 | 196.966569(4) | 11 | 6 |
| Hafnium | Hf | 72 | 178.49(2) | 4 | 6 |
| Hassium | Hs | 108 | [277] | 8 | 7 |
| Helium | He | 2 | 4.002602(2) | 18 | 1 |
| Holmium | Ho | 67 | 164.93032(2) | 6 | |
| Hydrogen | H | 1 | 1.00794(7) | 1 | 1 |
| Indium | In | 49 | 114.818(3) | 13 | 5 |
| Iodine | I | 53 | 126.90447(3) | 17 | 5 |
| Iridium | Ir | 77 | 192.217(3) | 9 | 6 |
| Iron (Ferrum) | Fe | 26 | 55.845(2) | 8 | 4 |
| Krypton | Kr | 36 | 83.798(2) | 18 | 4 |
| Lanthanum | La | 57 | 138.90547(7) | 6 | |
| Lawrencium | Lr | 103 | [262] | 3 | 7 |
| Lead (Plumbum) | Pb | 82 | 207.2(1) | 14 | 6 |
| Lithium | Li | 3 | 6.941(2) | 1 | 2 |
| Lutetium | Lu | 71 | 174.967(1) | 3 | 6 |
| Magnesium | Mg | 12 | 24.3050(6) | 2 | 3 |
| Manganese | Mn | 25 | 54.938045(5) | 7 | 4 |
| Meitnerium | Mt | 109 | [268] | 9 | 7 |
| Mendelevium | Md | 101 | [258] | 7 | |
| Mercury (Hydrargyrum) | Hg | 80 | 200.59(2) | 12 | 6 |
| Molybdenum | Mo | 42 | 95.94(2) | 6 | 5 |
| Neodymium | Nd | 60 | 144.242(3) | 6 | |
| Neon | Ne | 10 | 20.1797(6) | 18 | 2 |
| Neptunium | Np | 93 | [237] | 7 | |
| Nickel | Ni | 28 | 58.6934(2) | 10 | 4 |
| Niobium | Nb | 41 | 92.906 38(2) | 5 | 5 |
| Nitrogen | N | 7 | 14.0067(2) | 15 | 2 |
| Nobelium | No | 102 | [259] | 7 | |
| Osmium | Os | 76 | 190.23(3) | 8 | 6 |
| Oxygen | O | 8 | 15.9994(3) | 16 | 2 |
| Palladium | Pd | 46 | 106.42(1) | 10 | 5 |
| Phosphorus | P | 15 | 30.973762(2) | 15 | 3 |
| Platinum | Pt | 78 | 195.084(9) | 10 | 6 |
| Plutonium | Pu | 94 | [244] | 7 | |
| Polonium | Po | 84 | [210] | 16 | 6 |
| Potassium (Kalium) | K | 19 | 39.0983(1) | 1 | 4 |
| Praseodymium | Pr | 59 | 140.90765(2) | 6 | |
| Promethium | Pm | 61 | [145] | 6 | |
| Protactinium | Pa | 91 | 231.03588(2) | 7 | |
| Radium | Ra | 88 | [226] | 2 | 7 |
| Radon | Rn | 86 | [220] | 18 | 6 |
| Rhenium | Re | 75 | 186.207(1) | 7 | 6 |
| Rhodium | Rh | 45 | 102.905 50(2) | 9 | 5 |
| Roentgenium | Rg | 111 | [272] | 11 | 7 |
| Rubidium | Rb | 37 | 85.4678(3) | 1 | 5 |
| Ruthenium | Ru | 44 | 101.07(2) | 8 | 5 |
| Rutherfordium | Rf | 104 | 261 | 4 | 7 |
| Samarium | Sm | 62 | 150.36(2) | 6 | |
| Scandium | Sc | 21 | 44.955912(6) | 3 | 4 |
| Seaborgium | Sg | 106 | [266] | 6 | 7 |
| Selenium | Se | 34 | 78.96(3) | 16 | 4 |
| Silicon | Si | 14 | 28.0855(3) | 14 | 3 |
| Silver (Argentum) | Ag | 47 | 107.8682(2) | 11 | 5 |
| Sodium (Natrium) | Na | 11 | 22.98976928(2) | 1 | 3 |
| Strontium | Sr | 38 | 87.62(1) | 2 | 5 |
| Sulfur | S | 16 | 32.065(5) | 16 | 3 |
| Tantalum | Ta | 73 | 180.94788(2) | 5 | 6 |
| Technetium | Tc | 43 | 7 | 5 | |
| Tellurium | Te | 52 | 127.60(3) | 16 | 5 |
| Terbium | Tb | 65 | 158.92535(2) | 6 | |
| Thallium | Tl | 81 | 204.3833(2) | 13 | 6 |
| Thorium | Th | 90 | 232.03806(2) | 7 | |
| Thulium | Tm | 69 | 168.93421(2) | 6 | |
| Tin (Stannum) | Sn | 50 | 118.710(7) | 14 | 5 |
| Titanium | Ti | 22 | 47.867(1) | 4 | 4 |
| Tungsten (Wolfram) | W | 74 | 183.84(1) | 6 | 6 |
| Ununbium | Uub | 112 | [285] | 12 | 7 |
| Ununhexium | Uuh | 116 | [292] | 16 | 7 |
| Ununoctium | Uuo | 118 | [294] | 18 | 7 |
| Ununpentium | Uup | 115 | [288] | 15 | 7 |
| Ununquadium | Uuq | 114 | [289] | 14 | 7 |
| Ununtrium | Uut | 113 | [284] | 13 | 7 |
| Uranium | U | 92 | 238.02891(3) | 7 | |
| Vanadium | V | 23 | 50.9415(1) | 5 | 4 |
| Xenon | Xe | 54 | 131.293(6) | 18 | 5 |
| Ytterbium | Yb | 70 | 173.04(3) | 6 | |
| Yttrium | Y | 39 | 88.90585(2) | 3 | 5 |
| Zinc | Zn | 30 | 65.409(4) | 12 | 4 |
| Zirconium | Zr | 40 | 91.224(2) | 4 | 5 |
Element categories in the periodic table
| Metals | Metalloids | Nonmetals | Unknown | |||||||
| Alkali metals | Alkaline earth metals | Inner transition elements | Transition elements | Other metals | Other nonmetals | Halogens | Noble gases | |||
| Lanthanides | Actinides | |||||||||