Question

How does IUPAC name elements written ?

Answer 1

Hint: IUPAC means International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and there is a joint working group in this called IUPAC-IUPAP working group. The discoverer is invited when the naming and assigning symbol to the new element happens.

Complete answer: When a new element is discovered, it has to be named for further purposes. This naming of the element is done by IUPAC which means International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
So, when the element is discovered, it is established by a joint IUPAC-IUPAP working group. In the IUPAC Inorganic Chemistry Division, the discoverer is invited so he /she can propose a name and symbol of the element.
There are some factors like a mythological concept, a mineral, a place or country, a property, or a scientist, which can be decided for the naming of the element. After the name is proposed by the discoverer, it is examined and accepted by the Inorganic Chemistry Division, then follows the accepted IUPAC procedure, and then it is ratified by the council of IUPAC.
Now, the changes are done accordingly to the ending name that reflects and maintain the chemical and historical consistency, like elements between group 1-16 should have “-ium”, elements of group 17 should have “-one”, elements of group 18 should have “-on”, etc.
After all the formalities, the name is given to the element.

Note: Not only for the naming of elements, compounds are also named according to the IUPAC, like organic compounds are named as alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, etc.