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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 ...13 KB (1,942 words) - 00:40, 24 November 2022
- Neon (chemical symbol Ne, atomic number 10) is the fourth most abundant ... meaning "new") was discovered by Scottish chemist William Ramsay ...6 KB (841 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- Protactinium (chemical symbol Pa, atomic number 91) is a member of ... The isotope protactinium-231 occurs in pitchblende to the extent of ...9 KB (1,150 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- Thulium (chemical symbol Tm, atomic number 69) is the least abundant ... techniques have led to easier separation of the rare earths, which has ...9 KB (1,135 words) - 23:14, 30 April 2023
- Terbium (chemical symbol Tb, atomic number 65) is a silvery-white ... Nd,Y)PO4, which contains up to 0.03 percent of terbium), xenotime (YPO4) and ...9 KB (1,141 words) - 03:47, 30 April 2023
- Dysprosium (chemical symbol Dy, atomic number 66) is a rare earth ... with erbium, holmium, and other rare earth elements. == History == ...10 KB (1,193 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- Bromine (chemical symbol Br, atomic number 35) is a nonmetal that ... Bromine is an important resource for the production of a wide range ...10 KB (1,346 words) - 04:33, 22 November 2023
- Lutetium (chemical symbol Lu, atomic number 71) is a silvery white ... Found with almost all other rare-earth metals but never by itself ...11 KB (1,371 words) - 03:06, 5 November 2022
- Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States, with ... in clothing that recalls the design elements of the flag of the United ...8 KB (1,272 words) - 01:35, 3 May 2023
- Europium (chemical symbol Eu, atomic number 63) is the most reactive ... has also been identified in the spectra of the Sun and certain stars. ...10 KB (1,254 words) - 04:34, 23 March 2024
- Ytterbium (chemical symbol Yb, atomic number 70) is a soft silvery ... associated with yttrium or other related elements and is used in certain steels ...11 KB (1,375 words) - 21:33, 4 June 2023
- Samarium (chemical symbol Sm, atomic number 62) is a bright silvery ... in nature, but, like other rare earth elements, it is contained in many ...11 KB (1,437 words) - 02:07, 23 December 2022
- Erbium (chemical symbol Er, atomic number 68) is a silvery metallic ... It is associated with several other rare earth elements in the mineral ...11 KB (1,419 words) - 19:19, 13 February 2024
- :For other meanings of the abbreviation Pr, see PR. number=59 | symbol ... (chemical symbol Pr, atomic number 59) is a soft silvery metallic ...12 KB (1,535 words) - 22:14, 30 November 2022
- 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 ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 06:25, 12 August 2023
- (chemical symbol Nd, atomic number 60) is a silvery metallic element ... It constitutes about 38 parts per million (ppm) of the Earth’s crust. ...12 KB (1,578 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- Promethium (chemical symbol Pm, atomic number 61) is a metallic element ... Promethium can be formed as a product of uranium fission. Only trace ...11 KB (1,429 words) - 23:55, 1 December 2022
- Rhenium (chemical symbol Re, atomic number 75) is a silvery-white ... This mineral, however, is not an economically viable source of the element. ...10 KB (1,384 words) - 20:01, 8 December 2022
- Fluorine (chemical symbol F, atomic number 9) is a nonmetal that belongs ... Fluorine and its compounds are useful for a wide range of applications ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 17:47, 28 March 2024
- Rhodium (chemical symbol Rh, atomic number 45) is a rare, silvery ... it is a symbol of wealth and is occasionally used in the presentation ...13 KB (1,685 words) - 20:04, 8 December 2022
- Lanthanum (chemical symbol La, atomic number 57) is a soft, silvery ... Lanthanum, its alloys, and its compounds have a wide range of applications ...11 KB (1,398 words) - 22:23, 22 October 2022
- In the Standard Model of particle physics, a meson is a composite ... Since mesons are composed of quarks, they participate in both the ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes ... Disciplines within chemistry are traditionally grouped by the type ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- Scandium (chemical symbol Sc, atomic number 21) is a soft, silvery ... with aluminum for minor components needed by the aerospace industry and ...12 KB (1,615 words) - 17:06, 25 January 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
- Hafnium (chemical symbol Hf, atomic number 72) is a lustrous, silvery ... the two difficult to separate. About half of all hafnium metal manufactured ...10 KB (1,277 words) - 16:40, 21 January 2024
- 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
- Cesium (also spelled caesium, chemical symbol Cs, atomic number 55 ... This element has many isotopes, of which the single stable isotope ...14 KB (1,931 words) - 00:09, 4 December 2023
- Cerium (chemical symbol Ce, atomic number 58) is a silvery metallic ... Cerium, its alloys, and its compounds are valuable for a variety of ...15 KB (2,039 words) - 23:59, 3 December 2023
- Palladium (chemical symbol Pd, atomic number 46) is a rare, silver ... addition, this element is useful in a number of other applications, including ...13 KB (1,749 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- Germanium (chemical symbol Ge, atomic number 32) is a lustrous, hard ... The development of the germanium transistor opened the door to numerous ...13 KB (1,672 words) - 09:43, 5 December 2022
- Manganese (chemical symbol Mn, atomic number 25) is a gray-white metal ... The greatest demand for manganese is for the production of iron and ...14 KB (1,946 words) - 11:03, 9 March 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
- 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
- samples. 7Li would thereforehave a content of up to 96.25%. ... Lithium (chemical symbol Li, atomic number 3) is the lightest solid ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 04:29, 29 October 2022
- Ruthenium (chemical symbol Ru, atomic number 44) is a rare, hard, ... platinum group metals in the Ural Mountains of western Russia and in parts ...13 KB (1,814 words) - 18:24, 22 December 2022
- Rubidium (chemical symbol Rb, atomic number 37) is a soft, silvery ... and zinnwaldite, which contains traces of up to one percent of its oxide ...14 KB (1,892 words) - 20:57, 21 December 2022
- 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
- Thallium (chemical symbol Tl, atomic number 81) is a soft, malleable ... for low-temperature measurements. Crystals of thallium bromide-iodide have ...13 KB (1,784 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- Cobalt (chemical symbol Co, atomic number 27) is a hard, lustrous ... Cobalt compounds are used in the production of inks, paints, and varnishes ...13 KB (1,769 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- 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
- Platinum (chemical symbol Pt, atomic number 78) is a silvery gray ... Naturally occurring platinum appears to have been used by the craftsmen ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 08:01, 24 November 2022
- 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
- Copper (symbol Cu, atomic number 29) is one of the oldest known metals ... used in hospitals to prevent the transfer of germs, and copper (II) sulfate ...21 KB (3,086 words) - 17:35, 21 May 2020
- 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
- == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution5glyph.png The evolution of our modern glyph for five cannot be neatly traced ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- Chlorine (chemical symbol Cl, atomic number 17) is a nonmetal that ... in nature and necessary for most forms of life, including human life ...15 KB (2,040 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- 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
- 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
- [[Image:Medieval writing desk.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustration of a scribe ... Writing is a form of communication through the act of preserving text ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 14:05, 20 May 2023
- Antimony (chemical symbol Sb, atomic number 51) is a metalloid with ... and solder. Recently, it is being used by the semiconductor industry ...17 KB (2,369 words) - 06:33, 31 July 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
- web page, or other published item. Citations of both types should supply sufficient ... quot; used in some systems, is a number or symbol added inline and usually ...17 KB (2,468 words) - 22:25, 10 December 2023
- Tin (chemical symbol Sn, atomic number 50) is a silvery, malleable ... This metal is an important component of many alloys, including bronze ...16 KB (2,335 words) - 23:38, 30 April 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
- 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
- Potassium (chemical symbol K, atomic number 19) is a member of a group ... The ions, alloys, and compounds of potassium have a wide range of ...18 KB (2,538 words) - 05:52, 30 November 2022
- Cadmium (chemical symbol Cd, atomic number 48) is a relatively rare ... plastics stabilizers, and many kinds of solder. In nuclear reactors ...16 KB (2,248 words) - 10:14, 25 November 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
- Tungsten (formerly wolfram) is a chemical element with the symbol ... Tungsten was first hypothesized to exist by Peter Woulfe in 1779, ...17 KB (2,431 words) - 18:45, 2 May 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
- traditional homes (Indonesian: Rumah adat) of the Minangkabau (also known ... painted floral carvings. Every aspect of the house has a symbolic significance ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 18:12, 22 December 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
- The Red Fort has become a symbol for Indian independence from British ... The Red Fort stands at the eastern edge of Shahjahanabad, receiving its ...10 KB (1,606 words) - 02:24, 8 December 2022
- Chromium (chemical symbol Cr, atomic number 24) is a hard, shiny, ... used in paints and pigments. The red color of rubies derives from the presence ...15 KB (2,106 words) - 21:52, 10 December 2023
- founded, being the first to adopt the title of "emperor" (huangdi ... officials in his administration as a means of controlling the Han people ...14 KB (2,103 words) - 17:48, 27 January 2022
- Arsenic (chemical symbol As, atomic number 33) is a notoriously poisonous ... surreptitiously, arsenic was used in history by murderers, including members ...21 KB (2,920 words) - 04:00, 15 August 2023
- language did not have a writing system of its own. Chinese characters ... Kanji includes new characters created in Japan, and modifications ...32 KB (4,676 words) - 02:41, 5 October 2022
- 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
- Boron (chemical symbol “B,” atomic number “5”) is a chemical ... antiseptics, adhesives, and a variety of other products. The isotope ...16 KB (2,239 words) - 19:45, 20 November 2023
- Magnesium (chemical symbol Mg, atomic number 12) is the eighth most ... In its ionic form, magnesium is one of the most essential elements ...17 KB (2,430 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- The World Heritage Site known as the Monasteries on the slopes of ... In 1994 UNESCO designated these fourteen monasteries, part of a much ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 13:08, 10 March 2023
- Concepts are the categorization of objects, events, or people that ... While research on learning in animals has been used by some psychologists ...32 KB (5,041 words) - 02:42, 8 January 2024
- Egyptian hieroglyphs are a formal writing system used by the ancient ... Egyptian hieroglyphs constitute one of the oldest known writing systems ...23 KB (3,348 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- lost textual source for the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke. Testament scholars noted that the gospels of Matthew and Luke shared much ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 03:59, 7 December 2022
- Sulfur or sulphur (see spelling below) (chemical symbol S, atomic ... This element is essential for living organisms, particularly as part ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- Sodium (chemical symbol Na, atomic number 11) is a member of a group ... bright illumination at low cost. An alloy of sodium and potassium (NaK) ...21 KB (3,204 words) - 21:54, 30 January 2023
- Beryllium (chemical symbol Be, atomic number 4) ranks among the lightest ... Alloys of beryllium with copper or nickel are strong and wear-resistant ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 17:26, 29 September 2023
- There are not specific matsuri days for all of Japan; dates vary from area ... and still others around contests where many of the participants sport loin ...16 KB (2,547 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- true to the Genesis account, this is one of the most famous depictions ... covenants underpin the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and ...23 KB (3,861 words) - 20:30, 28 May 2020
- Selenium (chemical symbol Se, atomic number 34) is a chemical element ... This element and its compounds have a wide range of applications. ...23 KB (3,335 words) - 17:47, 25 January 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
- The Majapahit empire was the last of the major Hindu empires of the ... Little physical evidence of Majapahit remains, Jean Gelman Taylor, ...26 KB (3,833 words) - 05:33, 5 November 2022
- sense, it is a three-dimensional example of the more general structure ... interior volume is considered to be part of the polyhedron, sometimes only ...42 KB (6,082 words) - 00:20, 12 April 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
- == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution4glyph.png tiresome. The Brahmin Indians simplified 4 by joining its four lines into ...24 KB (3,319 words) - 06:45, 13 June 2023
- Calcium (chemical symbol Ca, atomic number 20) is the fifth most plentiful ... state. Rather, it occurs in the form of various compounds: calcium ...18 KB (2,626 words) - 18:21, 25 November 2023
- danse 1874.jpg|right|200px|thumb|An artifact of "high culture": a ... or to honor), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not generally ... and legally protected for a specific period of time, a trade secret can only ...18 KB (2,736 words) - 04:53, 1 May 2023
- Zinc (chemical symbol Zn, atomic number 30) is a bluish-white metal ... sunburn and diaper rash. The chloride of zinc is a deodorant, and the ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 06:07, 13 June 2023
- "Angkor Wat" is the modern name of the temple; its original name ... and capital city, Angkor Wat was the epitome of the high classical style of ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 01:44, 9 January 2023
- and for his Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) of 1837, with its tremendous orchestral ... law, but he dared to disrespect the wishes of his family in order to pursue ...23 KB (3,532 words) - 08:21, 21 January 2024
- Phosphorus (chemical symbol P, atomic number 15) is a multivalent ... When purified artificially, several different allotropic forms of ...25 KB (3,622 words) - 22:45, 28 March 2023
- Technetium (chemical symbol Tc, atomic number 43) is a silvery gray ... Before the element was discovered, many of the properties of element ...43 KB (6,283 words) - 22:03, 13 January 2024
- The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman ... It entrusted to the Pope the completion of some sections of its work ...19 KB (2,903 words) - 08:28, 10 January 2024
- mathematics, philosophy, and the theory of signs, or semeiotic, that he ... was scant until after World War II. Much of his huge output is still unpublished ...60 KB (9,018 words) - 22:24, 4 December 2023
- period to whom is ascribed authorship of a large number of alchemical ... are from the tenth century. The first, Notes of Abu Suaiman al-Mantiqi al-Sijistani ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 08:37, 13 March 2024
- the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons ... mausolea are almost universally places of religious and/or national significance ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- Nitrogen (symbol N, atomic number 7) is the chief constituent of the ... In living organisms, nitrogen atoms are part of the molecular structures ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 02:26, 16 November 2022
- and artistic movement predominant at the end of the nineteenth and beginning ... and mystical poetry and philosophy of Fyodor Tyutchev and Vladimir ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 15:49, 1 June 2023
