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Periodic table by era of discovery

1
H
Hydrogen
1766

Periodic Table

2
He
Helium
1868
3
Li
Lithium
1817
4
Be
Beryllium
1798
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5
B
Boron
1808
6
C
Carbon
3750 BC
7
N
Nitrogen
1772
8
O
Oxygen
1771
9
F
Fluorine
1810
10
Ne
Neon
1898
11
Na
Sodium
1807
12
Mg
Magnesium
1755
13
Al
Aluminium
1825
14
Si
Silicon
1823
15
P
Phosphorus
1669
16
S
Sulfur
2000 BC
17
Cl
Chlorine
1774
18
Ar
Argon
1894
19
K
Potassium
1807
20
Ca
Calcium
1808
21
Sc
Scandium
1879
22
Ti
Titanium
1791
23
V
Vanadium
1801
24
Cr
Chromium
1794
25
Mn
Manganese
1774
26
Fe
Iron
5000 BC
27
Co
Cobalt
1735
28
Ni
Nickel
1751
29
Cu
Copper
9000 BC
30
Zn
Zinc
1000 BC
31
Ga
Gallium
1875
32
Ge
Germanium
1886
33
As
Arsenic
815
34
Se
Selenium
1817
35
Br
Bromine
1825
36
Kr
Krypton
1898
37
Rb
Rubidium
1861
38
Sr
Strontium
1787
39
Y
Yttrium
1794
40
Zr
Zirconium
1789
41
Nb
Niobium
1801
42
Mo
Molybdenum
1778
43
Tc
Technetium
1937
44
Ru
Ruthenium
1844
45
Rh
Rhodium
1804
46
Pd
Palladium
1802
47
Ag
Silver
5000 BC
48
Cd
Cadmium
1817
49
In
Indium
1863
50
Sn
Tin
3500 BC
51
Sb
Antimony
815
52
Te
Tellurium
1782
53
I
Iodine
1811
54
Xe
Xenon
1898
55
Cs
Cesium
1860
56
Ba
Barium
1772
57-71
57
La
Lanthanum
1838
58
Ce
Cerium
1803
59
Pr
Praseodymium
1885
60
Nd
Neodymium
1885
61
Pm
Promethium
1942
62
Sm
Samarium
1879
63
Eu
Europium
1896
64
Gd
Gadolinium
1880
65
Tb
Terbium
1843
66
Dy
Dysprosium
1886
67
Ho
Holmium
1878
68
Er
Erbium
1843
69
Tm
Thulium
1879
70
Yb
Ytterbium
1878
71
Lu
Lutetium
1906
72
Hf
Hafnium
1922
73
Ta
Tantalum
1802
74
W
Tungsten
1781
75
Re
Rhenium
1908
76
Os
Osmium
1803
77
Ir
Iridium
1803
78
Pt
Platinum
1735
79
Au
Gold
6000 BC
80
Hg
Mercury
1500 BC
81
Tl
Thallium
1861
82
Pb
Lead
7000 BC
83
Bi
Bismuth
1000
84
Po
Polonium
1898
85
At
Astatine
1940
86
Rn
Radon
1899
87
Fr
Francium
1939
88
Ra
Radium
1898
89-103
89
Ac
Actinium
1902
90
Th
Thorium
1829
91
Pa
Protactinium
1913
92
U
Uranium
1789
93
Np
Neptunium
1940
94
Pu
Plutonium
1940
95
Am
Americium
1944
96
Cm
Curium
1944
97
Bk
Berkelium
1949
98
Cf
Californium
1950
99
Es
Einsteinium
1952
100
Fm
Fermium
1952
101
Md
Mendelevium
1955
102
No
Nobelium
1966
103
Lr
Lawrencium
1961
104
Rf
Rutherfordium
1969
105
Db
Dubnium
1970
106
Sg
Seaborgium
1974
107
Bh
Bohrium
1981
108
Hs
Hassium
1984
109
Mt
Meitnerium
1982
110
Ds
Darmstadtium
1994
111
Rg
Roentgenium
1994
112
Cn
Copernicium
1996
113
Nh
Nihonium
2003
114
Fl
Flerovium
1999
115
Mc
Moscovium
2003
116
Lv
Livermorium
2000
117
Ts
Tennessine
2009
118
Og
Oganesson
2002

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