Chemical Elements · Question
What element has the symbol 'Ga'?
Answer
Gallium
The story behind the answer
Ga is the chemical symbol for gallium. Gadolinium is Gd, Gold is Au (from Latin aurum), and “Galliumite” isn’t an element. Discovered in 1875 by Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, gallium was named after “Gaul,” the Latin for France—possibly also a pun