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On the periodic table xe marks the spot for this element
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58
Because sound travels 2.7 times faster in this gas than in air inhaling it makes your voice higher
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64
This element used to galvanize steel is also used in lozenges to treat a cold--go figure!
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80
Organic chemistry is devoted to compounds that contain this element which forms diamonds
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95
Erbium is used in optical fibers that transmit messages & also in these devices to remove wrinkles & scars
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188
Used to control goiter this element was discovered in seaweed by a french chemist in 1811
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254
It makes up only 25% of the u.s. five cent piece
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323
This metal used in blue pigments has also been used to treat cancer
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328
Borax is a compound of this lightweight brownish element
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391
The brimstone of biblical times was really this smelly element
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406
In the title of an old comedy it's paired with old lace
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522
Though the curies discovered it in pitchblende in 1898 it wasn't isolated as a metal until 1910
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650
Superman knows its atomic number is 36
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683
Over 13 times heavier than water it was known in ancient times as living silver
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691
3 elements begin with the letter o: oxygen oganesson & this one
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714
Found in limestone it derives its name from the latin for lime calx
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742
It's used in gunpowder & to vulcanize rubber
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843
Though not identified until 1808 it still managed to get a low single-letter abbreviation b
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845
Its symbol hg comes from the latin term hydrargyrum meaning watery silver
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849
This deadly element whose symbol is as is used in rat poison & in electrical equipment
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866
Einsteinium & this element symbol fm were first produced in a 1952 thermonuclear explosion
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900
This element's symbol is derived from its latin name natrium
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950
Copper magnesium manganese & this element form an alloy called duralumin
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995
Nasa's space capsules were largely made out of this silver-white metallic element
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1087
The chief use of nitrogen & this element is in the manufacture of ammonia
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1116
The element abbreviated am was named for this land
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1297
Extracted from sea water it's the only nonmetallic element that's liquid at room temperature
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1377
The ph in ph scale stands for potential of this element
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1385
Sand is composed largely of oxygen & this element atomic number 14
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1495
Used in some camping lanterns it was named after the norse god of thunder
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1527
This metal symbolized as bi is one of the few metals that expand on solidification
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1626
Symbolized ac it's alphabetically first among the elements
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1640
When it's pure it's 24 karat
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1648
To help lessen pollution this element pb is omitted from gasoline
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1649
Sometimes this metallic element no. 72 is better than the whole
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1670
Marguerite perey named this radioactive element symbol fr after her country
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1706
In the u.s. all regularly minted coins today contain some of this element symbol cu
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1709
Its name comes from the swedish for heavy stone & it has the highest melting point of the metals
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1711
The lightest of the halogens its name is from the latin for to flow
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1719
Though chemists call it a noble gas the epa calls it the #1 united states radiation health risk
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1728
V on the periodic table this element was named for the scandinavian goddess of beauty
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1760
Liquid at room temperature it sounds like a planet
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1809
Betadine used as a skin antiseptic is a solution of povidone & this element with the symbol i
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1826
You'll find an abundance of this element in limestone & marble as well as in your bones
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1911
Traces of this poisonous element can be detected in the body after death by the marsh test
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1929
Because it combines readily with other elements it's only found in compounds like salt & tincal
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1938
This element whose symbol is li follows helium at no. 3 on the periodic table
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2041
Abbreviated ra it can cause cancer as well as treat it
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2104
This very hard metal is named for the children of uranus & gaea
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2186
This element is named after an italian physicist
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2377
As an old proverb reminds us all that glitters is not this
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