Technetium - Periodic Table of Videos

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Technetium comes from the Greek "technetos", which means artificial, because it was the first non-naturally occurring element to be synthesized.
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Technetium is the first artificial element found in the periodic table.
The element was named after the Greek word “teknetos” meaning artificial. What would be your favourite name to call a synthetic element?
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