Search results for "List of elements by atomic mass" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • Palladium (chemical symbol Pd, atomic number 46) is a rare, silver ... addition, this element is useful in a number of other applications, including ...
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  • Yttrium (chemical symbol Y, atomic number 39) is a lustrous, silvery ... Interestingly, lunar rock samples retrieved by Apollo space missions were ...
    12 KB (1,634 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
  • Gadolinium (chemical symbol Gd, atomic number 64) is a silvery white ... Today, gadolinium is isolated by techniques such as ion exchange and ...
    13 KB (1,750 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
  • Strontium (chemical symbol Sr, atomic number 38) is a soft, silvery ... is widely used in the glass screens of color television sets. Strontium ...
    14 KB (1,860 words) - 21:04, 26 February 2023
  • Gallium (chemical symbol Ga, atomic number 31) is a rare, soft, silvery ... Gallium is most commonly used in the form of the compound gallium ...
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  • for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements" ... , contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed ...
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  • Oxygen (chemical symbol O, atomic number 8) is the second most common ... Oxygen is essential for the respiratory function of humans, animals ...
    23 KB (3,469 words) - 06:02, 18 November 2022
  • Molybdenum (chemical symbol Mo, atomic number 42) is a silvery white ... free in nature. The main commercial source of molybdenum is the mineral molybdenite ...
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  • Tantalum, formerly tantalium (chemical symbol Ta, atomic number 73 ... for metalworking, and for the production of superalloys for jet engine ...
    14 KB (1,813 words) - 03:03, 19 April 2023
  • Osmium (chemical symbol Os, atomic number 76) is a hard, brittle, ... The compound osmium tetroxide is very toxic but has a number of important ...
    14 KB (1,905 words) - 04:43, 18 November 2022
  • html Solar Wind Squeezes Some of Earth's Atmosphere into ... An ion is an atom, group of atoms, or subatomic particle with a net ...
    17 KB (2,619 words) - 11:09, 6 March 2024
  • Lead (chemical symbol Pb, atomic number 82) is a soft, heavy metal ... and arsenic. Lead is mentioned in the Book of Exodus. Lead pipes that bear ...
    18 KB (2,664 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
  • An alloy is the combination of metal with other chemical elements ... material are actually alloys. Alloys of gold are rated on a scale of ...
    17 KB (2,388 words) - 08:10, 23 July 2023
  • Vanadium (chemical symbol V, atomic number 23) is a rare, silver-gray ... Vanadium was originally discovered by Andrés Manuel del Río, a Spanish ...
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  • Barium (chemical symbol Ba, atomic number 56) is a soft, silvery chemical ... Barium and its compounds have a variety of applications. For instance ...
    13 KB (1,855 words) - 08:07, 20 September 2023
  • Xenon (chemical symbol Xe, atomic number 54) is a colorless, odorless ... This element can be extracted by fractional distillation of liquid ...
    13 KB (1,905 words) - 14:16, 20 May 2023
  • Niobium or columbium (chemical symbol Nb, atomic number 41) is a rare ... often also contain tantalum. Large deposits of niobium have been found associated ...
    14 KB (1,909 words) - 04:59, 15 November 2022
  • Silver (chemical symbol Ag, atomic number 47) is a soft metal with ... electronic products. The nitrate and halides of silver are valuable in photography ...
    20 KB (2,849 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
  • Zirconium (chemical symbol Zr, atomic number 40) is a strong, lustrous ... The purified metal is primarily used by the nuclear industry to form ...
    16 KB (2,114 words) - 06:08, 13 June 2023
  • Helium (chemical symbol He, atomic number 2) is a minor component ... almost all new helium is created as a result of the nuclear fusion of hydrogen ...
    32 KB (4,897 words) - 15:19, 25 January 2023

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