Search results for "List of elements by atomic number" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Gallium (chemical symbol Ga, atomic number 31) is a rare, soft, silvery ... Gallium is most commonly used in the form of the compound gallium ...15 KB (2,122 words) - 04:06, 18 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
- Thorium (chemical symbol Th, atomic number 90) is a naturally occurring ... as lead. Soil commonly contains an average of around 12 parts per million ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- Tellurium (chemical symbol Te, atomic number 52) is a relatively rare ... with care. Exposure to even small amounts of tellurium can generate a garlicky ...14 KB (1,880 words) - 05:35, 27 February 2023
- Palladium (chemical symbol Pd, atomic number 46) is a rare, silver ... In addition, this element is useful in a number of other applications, including ...13 KB (1,749 words) - 06:25, 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 ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 19:51, 9 November 2022
- 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
- Bismuth (chemical symbol Bi, atomic number 83) is a brittle, white ... This element expands on freezing and was long an important component ...14 KB (1,891 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- 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
- 1 (one) is a number, numeral, and the glyph that represents the number ... In mathematics, the number 1 is the natural number A natural number ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
- 2 (two) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... that follows 1 and precedes 3. It is an integer and a cardinal number ...19 KB (2,775 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 5 (five) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... that follows 4 and precedes 6. It is an integer and a cardinal number ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- 28, 1968) was a German chemist and a pioneer of radioactivity and radiochemistry ... 1879, in Frankfurt am Main, the youngest son of the glazier and entrepreneur ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- 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
- 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
- Vanadium (chemical symbol V, atomic number 23) is a rare, silver-gray ... Vanadium was originally discovered by Andrés Manuel del Río, a Spanish ...15 KB (2,022 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
