The elemenents of the periodic table sorted by the discovery year

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The chemical elements of the periodic chart sorted by:	Discovery- year	Name chemical element	Symbol	Atomic number
- Name alphabetically	ancient	Copper	Cu	29
- Atomic number	ancient	Sulfur	S	16
- Symbol	ancient	Silver	Ag	47
- Atomic Mass	ancient	Tin	Sn	50
- Electronegativity	ancient	Antimony	Sb	51
- Density	ancient	Gold	Au	79
- Melting point	ancient	Mercury	Hg	80
- Boiling point	ancient	Lead	Pb	82
- Vanderwaals radius	~ 1400	Bismuth	Bi	83
- Year of discovery	1669	Phosphorus	P	15
- Inventor surname	~ 1694	Carbon	C	6
- Elements in earthcrust	1735	Iron	Fe	26
- Elements in human body	1735	Platinum	Pt	78
- Covalenz radius	1751	Nickel	Ni	28
- Ionization energy	1751	Cobalt	Co	27
For chemistry students and teachers: The tabular chart on the right is arranged by the discovery year. The oldest chemical element is Phosphorus and the newest element is Hassium. Please note that the elements do not show their natural relation towards each other as in the Periodic system. There you can find the metals, semi-conductor(s), non-metal(s), inert noble gas(ses), Halogens, Lanthanoides, Actinoids (rare earth elements) and transition metals.	1755	Magnesium	Mg	12
	1772	Nitrogen	N	7
	1774	Oxygen	O	8
	1774	Manganese	Mn	25
	1774	Chlorine	Cl	17
	1774	Chromium	Cr	24
	1776	Hydrogen	H	1
	1781	Molybdenum	Mo	42
	1782	Tellurium	Te	52
	1783	Tungsten	W	74
	1789	Zirconium	Zr	40
	1789	Uranium	U	92
	1790	Strontium	Sr	38
	1791	Scandium	Sc	21
	1794	Yttrium	Y	39
	1797	Beryllium	Be	4
	1797	Vanadium	V	23
	1801	Niobium	Nb	41
	1802	Tantalum	Ta	73
	1803	Rhodium	Rh	45
	1803	Palladium	Pd	46
	1803	Cerium	Ce	58
	1803	Osmium	Os	76
	1803	Iridium	Ir	77
	1807	Sodium	Na	11
	1807	Potassium	K	19
	1808	Boron	B	5
	1808	Potassium	K	19
	1808	Barium	Ba	56
	1811	Iodine	I	53
	1817	Lithium	Li	3
	1817	Cadmium	Cd	48
	1824	Silicon	Si	14
	1817	Arsenic	As	33
	1825	Aluminum	Al	13
	1826	Selenium	Se	34
	1829	Thorium	Th	90
	1830	Titanium	Ti	22
	1839	Lanthanum	La	57
	1842	Erbium	Er	68
	1843	Terbium	Tb	65
	1844	Ruthenium	Ru	44
	1860	Cesium	Cs	55
	1861	Rubidium	Rb	37
	1861	Thallium	Tl	81
	1863	Indium	In	49
	1867	Holmium	Ho	67
	1875	Zinc	Zn	30
	1878	Ytterbium	Yb	70
	1879	Calcium	Ca	20
	1879	Samarium	Sm	62
	1879	Thulium	Tm	69
	1880	Gadolinium	Gd	64
	1885	Praseodymium	Pr	59
	1885	Neodymium	Nd	60
	1886	Fluorine	F	9
	1886	Germanium	Ge	32
	1886	Gallium	Ga	31
	1886	Dysprosium	Dy	66
	1894	Argon	Ar	18
	1895	Helium	He	2
	1898	Neon	Ne	10
	1898	Krypton	Kr	36
	1898	Xenon	Xe	54
	1898	Polonium	Po	84
	1898	Radium	Ra	88
	1899	Actinium	Ac	89
	1900	Radon	Rn	86
	1901	Europium	Eu	63
	1907	Lutetium	Lu	71
	1913	Protactinium	Pa	91
	1923	Hafnium	Hf	72
	1925	Rhenium	Re	75
	1937	Technetium	Tc	43
	1939	Francium	Fr	87
	1940	Astatine	At	85
	1940	Neptunium	Np	93
	1940	Plutonium	Pu	94
	1944	Americium	Am	95
	1944	Curium	Cm	96
	1945	Promethium	Pm	61
	1949	Berkelium	Bk	97
	1950	Californium	Cf	98
	1952	Einsteinium	Es	99
	1952	Fermium	Fm	100
	1955	Mendelevium	Md	101
	1958	Nobelium	No	102
	1961	Lawrencium	Lr	103
	1964	Rutherfordium	Rf	104
	1967	Dubnium	Db	105
	1974	Seaborgium	Sg	106
	1981	Bohrium	Bh	107
	1982	Meitnerium	Mt	109
	1984	Hassium	Hs	108
	1994	Darmstadtium	Ds	110
	1994	Roentgenium	Rg	111
	1996	Ununbium	Uub	112
	1998	Ununtrium	Uut	113
	1999	Ununoctium	Uuo	118
	1999	Ununquadium	Uuq	114
	2000	Ununhexium	Uuh	116
	2004	Ununpentium	Uup	115
	unknown	Ununseptium	Uus	117

Chemical elements listed by the discovery year

The elements of the periodic table sorted by the discovery year