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  • The element is never found in nature in pure form, but it is found ... turned out to be the oxide of the element holmium and was named holmia ...
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  • Europium is never found in nature as a free element; however, there ... samples of the recently discovered element samarium were contaminated ...
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  • molybdenum ores contain 0.002 percent to 0.2 percent rhenium. It was only ... is not an economically viable source of the element. Commercial rhenium ...
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  • Dysprosium (chemical symbol Dy, atomic number 66) is a rare earth ... Dysprosium is never encountered as a free element but is found in ...
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  • 96) is a radioactive, metallic, transuranic element "Transuranic ... amounts, making it feasible to study the element's chemical properties ...
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  • number 71) is a silvery white, metallic element that usually occurs in association ... which contains 0.003 percent of the element. Pure lutetium metal has ...
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  • number 70) is a soft silvery metallic rare earth element. ... gadolinite, monazite, and xenotime. The element is sometimes associated ...
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  • | colspan="2" align="center" | [[image:Ga,31.jpg ... as primary sources of extraction of the element or its compounds. Rather ...
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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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  • number 68) is a silvery metallic rare earth element. The term "rare ... Like other rare earths, this element is never found as a free element ...
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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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  • (in which it occurs up to an extent of 2.8 percent) and bastnasite are ... in 1845–1861. The name of the element is derived from the name of ...
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  • Cl2. Given its high reactivity, the free element is not found in nature. naturally occurring waters. Common salt or table salt is the compound sodium ...
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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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  • Promethium (chemical symbol Pm, atomic number 61) is a metallic element ... in 1914, who found a gap for a missing element which would have atomic ...
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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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  • 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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  • This element has many isotopes, of which the single stable isotope ... lines were produced by a hitherto unknown element, which they named cesium ...
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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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • air, but they were unable to identify the element responsible for the lines ... Argon, an extremely unreactive element, is a member of the noble gas ...
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  • An atom of any other element ionized down to a single electron is ... electron configuration of the atoms and the periodic table. ...
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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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  • 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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  • number 56) is a soft, silvery chemical element classified as an alkaline ... in group two (former group 2A) of the periodic table, between strontium ...
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  • various ores and is important as a trace element in the human body. It is ... * erythrite - hydrated cobalt arsenate (Co3(AsO4)2•8H2O) ...
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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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  • 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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  • atomic number 58) is a silvery metallic element that is a member of the ... (also known as orthite) [(Ca, Ce, La, Y)2(Al, Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)], monazite ...
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  • complex. Principal sources of this element are located in South Africa ... radioactive isotopes with half-lives of up to 2.9 years. In other words, after ...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • that follows 0 and precedes 2. It is an integer and a cardinal number ... 1 is also known as the "identity element" of multiplication ...
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  • Commercially viable production of this element can follow one of several ... niobium and tantalum were the same element, until researchers showed ...
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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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  • country. This metal is a relatively scarce element, with an abundance in the ... Tin is located in group 14 (former group 4A) of the periodic table ...
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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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  • 2, 8, 2 color1=#ffdead | color2=black solid 1.738 1.584 ... 2(strongly basic oxide) 1.31 737.7 | 1450.7 | 7732.7 150 ...
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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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  • have numerous applications. Common salt, or table salt, is sodium chloride ... Sodium is the most abundant alkali metal and makes up about 2.6 percent ...
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  • 2, 8, 18, 32, 17, 1 color1=#ffc0c0 | color2=black solid ... 2, 3, 4(mildly basic oxide) 2.28 870 | 1791 135 177 128 ...
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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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  • Before the element was discovered, many of the properties of element ... in their spectrum indicating the presence of this element. ...
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