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  • that are intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals. The following ... as a metalloid. Because very limited amounts of this element have been available ...
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  • several properties that are opposite those of a metal. Based on their properties ... Only 18 elements of the periodic table are generally considered nonmetals ...
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  • The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular display of ... :Main article: History of the periodic table The original table was ...
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  • The development of the periodic table of the elements parallels the ... eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the rate of discovery of new elements increased ...
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  • just a trace element in the air. As a member of the noble gas series, it is ... meaning "new") was discovered by Scottish chemist William Ramsay ...
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  • 35) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as ... Bromine is an important resource for the production of a wide range ...
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  • Protactinium (chemical symbol Pa, atomic number 91) is a member of ... The isotope protactinium-231 occurs in pitchblende to the extent of ...
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  • Thulium (chemical symbol Tm, atomic number 69) is the least abundant ... techniques have led to easier separation of the rare earths, which has ...
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  • Nd,Y)PO4, which contains up to 0.03 percent of terbium), xenotime (YPO4) and ... Terbium was discovered in 1843 by Swedish chemist Carl Gustaf Mosander, ...
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  • rare metal. Obtained as a byproduct of molybdenum refinement, it is ... This mineral, however, is not an economically viable source of the element. ...
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  • with erbium, holmium, and other rare earth elements. == History == Dysprosium was first identified in Paris in 1886 by French chemist ...
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  • Europium (chemical symbol Eu, atomic number 63) is the most reactive ... has also been identified in the spectra of the Sun and certain stars. ...
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  • 9) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as ... Fluorine and its compounds are useful for a wide range of applications ...
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  • with yttrium. It is the heaviest and hardest of the rare earth elements. ... Found with almost all other rare-earth metals but never by itself ...
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  • to blue. It belongs to the same family of chemical elements as arsenic ... This element expands on freezing and was long an important component ...
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  • associated with yttrium or other related elements and is used in certain steels ... Ytterbium is found with other rare earth elements in several rare ...
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  • is a bright silvery metal that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ... in nature, but, like other rare earth elements, it is contained in many ...
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  • It is associated with several other rare earth elements in the mineral ... century have greatly brought down the cost of production of all rare-earth ...
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  • Argon (chemical symbol Ar, atomic number 18) is a member of the noble ... The inertness of argon is a very useful property for a number of applications ...
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  • with aluminum for minor components needed by the aerospace industry and ... the only known concentrated sources of this element. It is also found ...
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