Non-Metals
Name: Carbon
Symbol: C
Atomic Weight: 12.011
Atomic Number: 6
Element Classification: Non-Metals
Discovered By: Known to the ancients
Discovery Date: n/a (Unknown)
Name Origin:Latin: carbo, (charcoal).
Name: Nitrogen
Symbol: N
Atomic Weight: 14.00674
Atomic Number: 7
Element Classification: Non-Metals
Discovered By: Daniel Rutherford
Discovery Date: 1772 (Scotland)
Name Origin:Greek: nitron and genes, (soda forming).
Name: Oxygen
Symbol: O
Atomic Weight: 15.9994
Atomic Number: 8
Element Classification: Non-Metals
Discovered By: Joseph Priestly, Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Discovery Date: 1774 (England/Sweden)
Name Origin:Greek: oxys and genes, (acid former).
Name: Phosphorus
Symbol: P
Atomic Weight: 30.973762
Atomic Number: 15
Element Classification: Non-Metals
Discovered By: Hennig Brand
Discovery Date: 1669 (Germany)
Name Origin:Greek: phosphoros, (bringer of light).
Name: Sulfur
Symbol: S
Atomic Weight: 32.066
Atomic Number: 16
Element Classification: Non-Metals
Discovered By: Known to the ancients.
Discovery Date: n/a (Unknown)
Name Origin:Latin: sulphur (brimstone).
Name: Selenium
Symbol: Se
Atomic Weight: 78.96
Atomic Number: 34
Element Classification: Non-Metals
Discovered By: Jons Jacob Berzelius
Discovery Date: 1818 (Sweden)
Name Origin:Greek: selene (moon).
Name: Hydrogen
Symbol: H
Atomic Weight: 1.00794
Atomic Number: 1
Element Classification: Non-Metals
Discovered By: Henry Cavendish
Discovery Date: 1766 (England)
Name Origin:Greek: hydro (water) and genes (generate)
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