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  • in air. It was the "secret" element used in the production of ... and uranium ores, but never as a free element. It is commercially recovered ...
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  • toxic, and highly radioactive chemical element. It is found in small amounts ... A very rare element in nature, polonium is found in uranium ores at ...
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  • (chemical symbol Pr, atomic number 59) is a soft silvery metallic ... "didymium" (meaning "twin element") from lanthana. It ...
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  • as primary sources of extraction of the element or its compounds. Rather ... Before gallium was discovered, the element and many of its properties ...
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  • number 64) is a silvery white metallic element and a member of the lanthanide ... In nature, gadolinium is found not as the free element but in various ...
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  • for many years before isolation of the element fluorine. For example, the ... acid contained a previously unknown element. This element, however, ...
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  • compounds but it does not exist as a free element in nature. Minerals that ... Denmark. Based on the Bohr Theory, this element was predicted to be associated ...
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  • Scandinavia and elsewhere. It is a rare element that chemically resembles ... This element is mainly used in alloys with aluminum for minor components ...
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  • Wilhelm Hisinger, he discovered a new element, cerium. His studies of ... current on several diseases. During this period, a mine owner, Wilhelm Hisinger ...
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  • number 52) is a relatively rare chemical element that belongs to the group ... This element is primarily used in alloys. For instance, when added ...
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  • a lustrous, hard, grayish-white chemical element. It is classified as a metalloid—that ... of certain coals. A large reserve of this element is found in coal sources. ...
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  • atomic number 58) is a silvery metallic element that is a member of the ... Cerium is an inner transition metal (or lanthanide) that lies in period ...
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  • and compounds represented by combining element symbols and numbers representing ... similar to one another, as was the second element in each group, and the third ...
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  • (chemical symbol Nd, atomic number 60) is a silvery metallic element ... In nature, neodymium is found not as the free element but in ores ...
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  • This element is a highly effective hardener and wear-resistant agent ... This element is generally found in ores with the other platinum group ...
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  • number 88) is an extremely radioactive element that is classified as an ... care. Exposure to radiation from this element can lead to sores on the ...
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  • Vanadium is never found as a free element in nature, but it occurs ... him of chromium salts, so he named the element "panchromium." ...
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  • Cl2. Given its high reactivity, the free element is not found in nature. ... experiments indicated that this gas was an element, not a compound. He named ...
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  • , though translated as “phase” or “element,” is a verb meaning “to ... Each of the five agents is associated with a specific element in each ...
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  • various ores and is important as a trace element in the human body. It is ... of transition metals. It is located in period four of the periodic table ...
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  • This element expands on freezing and was long an important component ... and Kazakhstan are smaller producers of this element. == History == ...
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  • 57) is a soft, silvery white metallic element. Found in combination with ... range of applications. For instance, the element is used in motion-picture ...
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  • number 56) is a soft, silvery chemical element classified as an alkaline ... and radium. In addition, it is placed in period six, between cesium and lanthanum. ...
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  • Silicon (chemical element symbol Si, atomic number 14) is a member ... Various biological systems contain silicon as an essential element ...
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  • 37) is a soft, silvery-white metallic element of the alkali metal group ... This element is considered to be the sixteenth most abundant element ...
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  • to gray when exposed to air. This element and its compounds are highly ... The element thallium is reasonably abundant in the Earth's crust ...
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  • The element is never found as a free element but does occur in the ... of Connecticut. Hatchett named the element columbium (symbol Cb). ...
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  • 65.409(4) [Ar] 3d10 4s2 2, 8, 18, 2 color1=#ffc0c0 | color2=black ... 906.4 | 1733.3 | 3833 135 142 131 139 color1= | color2=black ...
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  • The element molybdenum (from the Greek molybdos, meaning "lead ... increased demand for tungsten made that element scarce and high-strength ...
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  • first to recognize that manganese was an element, and his colleague, Johan ... a transition metal. It is placed in period four and group seven (former ...
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  • : This article is about the chemical element lithium. number=3 | symbol ... number 3) is the lightest solid chemical element and a member of the group ...
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  • Chromium is a transition metal in period four of the periodic table ... As a transition element, chromium combines with oxygen and other elements ...
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  • ” atomic number “5”) is a chemical element that is classified as a ... and animals is poorly understood. The element is nontoxic to humans, and ...
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  • 1 is also known as the "identity element" of multiplication ... rank 1. Sets like this with a single element are called singletons. ...
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  • are used in jewelry. In addition, this element is useful in a number of ... to isolate palladium metal. He named the element in 1804, deriving the word ...
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  • complex. Principal sources of this element are located in South Africa ... metal. In the periodic table, it lies in period five between ruthenium and ...
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  • 6, 5, 4, 3, 2(mildly acidic oxide) 2.36 770 | 1700 135 193 ... 4.5 (annealed)4620 411 161 310 0.28 7.5 3430 2570 7440-33-7 ...
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  • that lies between rhenium and iridium in period 6 of the periodic table. ... The measured density of osmium is higher than that of any other element ...
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  • This element is also abundant in S-type stars and has been detected ... The mineral was not known to contain a new element until Klaproth analyzed ...
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  • 7439-95-4 isotopesof=magnesium | color1=#ffdead | color2=black ... 12) is the eighth most abundant chemical element in the Earth's crust ...
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  • atomic number 8) is the second most common element on Earth and the third most ... addition, it lies between nitrogen and fluorine in period 2. ...
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  • The symbol Io was used for this supposed element. ==Notable characteristics ... actinide series. It follows actinium in period seven of the periodic table. ...
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  • may be unstable, and will decay after some period of time. For example, in ... In alpha decay, the radioactive element decays by emitting a helium ...
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  • 38) is a soft, silvery white metallic element that occurs naturally in ... to be the fifteenth most abundant element on Earth, averaging 0.034 ...
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  • :This article is about the chemical element. number=16 | symbol=S ... in nature, it can be found as the pure element or as sulfide and sulfate ...
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  • 300.4 24.440 1509 | 1661 | 1850 | 2089 | 2404 | 2836 | comment= ... In its ionic form, copper is an essential element for higher plants and animals ...
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  • 101 U.S. Figure Skating History], accessed September 4, 2006. ... The top male skaters of this period included Gillis Grafström and ...
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  • of the Earth's atmosphere and a vital element in all known forms of life ... In addition, nitrogen is a constituent element in every major class of drugs. ...
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  • Selenium (chemical symbol Se, atomic number 34) is a chemical element ... This element and its compounds have a wide range of applications. ...
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  • country. This metal is a relatively scarce element, with an abundance in the ... and lead. In addition, it lies in period 5, between indium and antimony ...
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