List of chemical elements named after places (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of chemical elements named after places" in English language version.

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acs.org (Global: 865th place; English: 887th place)

pubsapp.acs.org

angelo.edu (Global: low place; English: low place)

britannica.com (Global: 37th place; English: 64th place)

  • - "The element was named after the United States of America."

illinois.edu (Global: 1,178th place; English: 745th place)

acshist.scs.illinois.edu

  • - "Ideas received by the program and submitted to Seaborg..."

lanl.gov (Global: 5,474th place; English: 5,230th place)

periodic.lanl.gov

  • - "named after the continent of North America"

theatlantic.com (Global: 322nd place; English: 198th place)

  • - "Four other countries have elements named after them: francium for France, germanium for Germany, polonium for Poland, and americium for the United States."

vanderkrogt.net (Global: 8,803rd place; English: low place)

  • - "The element is named after America, especially the United States of America."

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

  • - "Americium (95 Am): Named for (the United States of) America, the land where the element was discovered during the course of the Manhattan Project, the US-led World War II programme that would develop the first atomic bomb."