Biology
- Calcium (ca)
Term: calcium (Ca)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to lime stone?Origin: ?????/khalix(=pebble, gravel)>(latin) calx(gen calcis) =limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).Coined/History Calcium was isolated and named by English chemist Sir Humphrey...
- Iridium (ir)
Term: iridium (Ir)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to rainbow?Origin=é??? (gen ??????)/iris(=rainbow)>????/ero(=announce, say)Iridium element named because of variety of colors which it gives while dissolving in marine acid. Coined/History ...
- Barium (ba)
Term: barium (Ba)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to heavy?Origin: Anc Greek?????/varys(=heavy) The element was called barium because it is found in baryte(BaSO4), a mineral which had been given its name because of its high Coined/History Barium...
- Titanium (ti)
Term: titaniumLiterally meaning: ?pertaining to Titans?Origin: Anc Greek?????/Titan(= in Greek Mythology Titans and their sisters Titanesses were giant and strong primordial dieities children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (sky). Titans were...
- Lithium (li)
Term: lithium (Li)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to stone?Origin: Anc Greek?????/lithos(=stone, rock)Coined/History The element was named in 1817 by Sweeden chemist Johan August Arfvedsen (1792-01-12) when analysing petalite (LiAlSi4O10)...
Biology
cadmium (Cd)
Term: cadmium (Cd)
Literally meaning: ??
Origin: Anc Greek
???????=ancient name for calamine (zinc carbonate) =a cadmium bearing mixture of minerals > ??????=Cadmus (the founder of Thebes).
Coined/History
The element was discovered simultaneously in 1817 by professor of metallurgy Friedrich Stromeyer (1776-1835) and Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann as an impurity in zinc carbonate. In the 19th century Zinc oxide was used for a number of ailments. Hermann had found the new metal in it and had sent samples to Stromeyer, for further examination. Stromeyer isolated the new metal and had named it Kadmiumin Autumn from the latin cadmia, an older name for the zinc ore calamine (zink carbonate, ZnCO3). The name cadmia is derived from the Greek ???????? ??? meaning cadmean earth (=calamine), zinc ore first found near city Thebes. The city was founded c.1450 BC by the Phoenician prince ??????, brother of E????? (Europe). According legend Cadmus was the first to have found a zinc rock and to notice that it gave a golden tinge to copper during smelting.
- J.C.H. Roloff, "Zur Geschichte des Kadmium". Annalen der Physik N.F. 31 (1819), pp. 205-210.
- C.S. Hermann, "Noch ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Kadmiums". Annalen der Physik N.F. 36 (1820), pp. 285-289.
Definition
Cadmium (Cd) is a chemical element with atomic number 48 and atomic mass 112.411. Cadmium is a white very volatile poisonous metal and its use is somewhat limited for this reason. The only mineral which contains a significant amount of Cadmium is known as Greenockite (Cds).
- Calcium (ca)
Term: calcium (Ca)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to lime stone?Origin: ?????/khalix(=pebble, gravel)>(latin) calx(gen calcis) =limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).Coined/History Calcium was isolated and named by English chemist Sir Humphrey...
- Iridium (ir)
Term: iridium (Ir)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to rainbow?Origin=é??? (gen ??????)/iris(=rainbow)>????/ero(=announce, say)Iridium element named because of variety of colors which it gives while dissolving in marine acid. Coined/History ...
- Barium (ba)
Term: barium (Ba)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to heavy?Origin: Anc Greek?????/varys(=heavy) The element was called barium because it is found in baryte(BaSO4), a mineral which had been given its name because of its high Coined/History Barium...
- Titanium (ti)
Term: titaniumLiterally meaning: ?pertaining to Titans?Origin: Anc Greek?????/Titan(= in Greek Mythology Titans and their sisters Titanesses were giant and strong primordial dieities children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (sky). Titans were...
- Lithium (li)
Term: lithium (Li)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to stone?Origin: Anc Greek?????/lithos(=stone, rock)Coined/History The element was named in 1817 by Sweeden chemist Johan August Arfvedsen (1792-01-12) when analysing petalite (LiAlSi4O10)...