Biology
- Phosphorus Cycle
What is the Phosphorus Cycle? How does it work?...
- Plutonium (pu)
Term: plutonium (Pu)Literally meaning: ?pertainingto planet Pluto?Origin: ?????????/Plutonas(=Pluto was the god of underworld, son of Cronus and Rea and brother of Zeus. The earlier word of god was Hades/????)>???????/plutos(=wealth, riches) The...
- Actinium (ac)
Term: actinium (Ac)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to ray?Origin: 'á???? actis(genitive á??[é???/actinos)(=ray, beam) The element was named after its power of emitting energy in the form of rays suchas radioactive ?radium? which comes from latin...
- Thulium (tm)
Term: thulium (Tm)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to Thoule land?Origin According Greek explorer Pytheas of Massalia (4 t6h cen BC) Thoulewas the northernmost habitable region of the world. Pytheas about 330 BC was travelled to England and then...
- 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...
Biology
phosphorus (P)
Term: phosphorus
Literally meaning: ?the bearer of light?
Origin: Anc Greek
????????/phosphoros (=god of the planet Venus )
> ???/phos(=light)
+????/phero(=bear, carry)
Coined/History
In Greek Mythology Phosporus or Eosphorus was the god of the planet Venus when seen before sunrise. Phosphorus element was first isolated in 1669 by a German alchemist, Henning Brand (1630 ? 1710). He heated urine in a flask that without air. The concentrated urine glowed in the dark. When he placed this white solid in air there was an immediate reaction which produce a lot of fumes.
Definition
1.
Phosphorus is a nonmetallic poisonous highly reactive chemical element (P) with atomic number 15.
- Phosphorus Cycle
What is the Phosphorus Cycle? How does it work?...
- Plutonium (pu)
Term: plutonium (Pu)Literally meaning: ?pertainingto planet Pluto?Origin: ?????????/Plutonas(=Pluto was the god of underworld, son of Cronus and Rea and brother of Zeus. The earlier word of god was Hades/????)>???????/plutos(=wealth, riches) The...
- Actinium (ac)
Term: actinium (Ac)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to ray?Origin: 'á???? actis(genitive á??[é???/actinos)(=ray, beam) The element was named after its power of emitting energy in the form of rays suchas radioactive ?radium? which comes from latin...
- Thulium (tm)
Term: thulium (Tm)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to Thoule land?Origin According Greek explorer Pytheas of Massalia (4 t6h cen BC) Thoulewas the northernmost habitable region of the world. Pytheas about 330 BC was travelled to England and then...
- 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...