Discovery
- Discovery
- Gallery of images
- Periodic table gallery
- Heatscapes
- Bar chart
- Group 1
- Group 2
- Group 3
- Group 4
- Group 5
- Group 6
- Group 7
- Group 8
- Group 9
- Group 10
- Group 12
- Group 13
- Group 14
- Group 16
- Group 17
- Group 18
- Period 2
- Period 3
- Period 4sp
- Period 4
- Period 4d
- Period 5sp
- Period 5spd
- Period 5d
- Period 6sp
- Period 6spd
- Period 6
- Period 6d
- Period 6f
- Period 7sp
- Period 7spd
- Period 7
- Period 7d
- Period 7f
- s- and p-Block
- d-Block
- f-Block
This gives the date, where known, of the discovery of the element, together with the discoveror and place of discovery.
Units
years (AD)
Notes
Ref. 2 is a comprehensive volume on the discovery of the elements.
Literature sources
- D.R. Lide, (ed.) inChemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
- M.E. Weeks and H.M. Leicester inDiscovery of the elements, J. Chem. Ed, Easton, Penn, USA, 1968.