The Women of the Periodic Table
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THE WOMEN OF THE PERIODIC TABLE MARIE CURIE IDA NODDACK YVETTE CAUCHOIS Co-discoverer of polonium and radium. Co-discovered rhenium; made an unproven Contributed to the discovery of astatine, Curium is named after her and Pierre Curie. claim for the discovery of technetium. identifying one of its natural isotopes. H He HYDROGEN DARLEANE HOFFMAN HELIUM Li Be Helped confirm the discoveries of B C N O F Ne LITHIUM BERYLLIUM seaborgium, livermorium and oganesson. BORON CARBON NITROGEN OXYGEN FLUORINE NEON HARRIET BROOKS Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar SODIUM MAGNESIUM ALUMINIUM SILICON PHOSPHORUS SULFUR CHLORINE ARGON Working with Ernest Rutherford, she identified a radioactive gas that later work K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr confirmed as the element radon. POTASSIUM CALCIUM SCANDIUM TITANIUM VANADIUM CHROMIUM MANGANESE IRON COBALT NICKEL COPPER ZINC GALLIUM GERMANIUM ARSENIC SELENIUM BROMINE KRYPTON Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe RUBIDIUM STRONTIUM YTTRIUM ZIRCONIUM NIOBIUM MOLYBDENUM TECHNETIUM RUTHENIUM RHODIUM PALLADIUM SILVER CADMIUM INDIUM TIN ANTIMONY TELLURIUM IODINE XENON Cs Ba Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn CAESIUM BARIUM HAFNIUM TANTALUM TUNGSTEN RHENIUM OSMIUM IRIDIUM PLATINUM GOLD MERCURY THALLIUM LEAD BISMUTH POLONIUM ASTATINE RADON Fr Ra Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og CLARICE PHELPS FRANCIUM RADIUM RUTHERFORDIUM DUBNIUM SEABORGIUM BOHRIUM HASSIUM MEITNERIUM DARMSTADTIUM ROENTGENIUM COPERNICIUM NIHONIUM FLEROVIUM MOSCOVIUM LIVERMORIUM TENNESSINE OGANESSON Part of the team that discovered tennessine. The first African-American woman to be La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu involved with the discovery of an element. LANTHANUM CERIUM PRASEODYMIUM NEODYMIUM PROMETHIUM SAMARIUM EUROPIUM GADOLINIUM TERBIUM DYSPROSIUM HOLMIUM ERBIUM THULIUM YTTERBIUM LUTETIUM Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr ACTINIUM THORIUM PROTACTINIUM URANIUM NEPTUNIUM PLUTONIUM AMERICIUM CURIUM BERKELIUM CALIFORNIUM EINSTEINIUM FERMIUM MENDELEVIUM NOBELIUM LAWRENCIUM MARGUERITE PEREY LISE MEITNER DAWN SHAUGHNESSY Discovered francium – the only element Co-discovered protactinium. Part of a team involved in the discovery and discovered soley by a woman. Meitnerium is named after her. confirmation of elements 113–118. © Andy Brunning/Compound Interest 2020 - www.compoundchem.com | Twitter: @compoundchem | FB: www.facebook.com/compoundchem Ci This graphic is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 licence. BY NC ND.