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Argon |
used in incandescent light bulbs |
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Calcium |
chalk, plaster of paris. 2% of body |
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Titanium |
strong, corrosive resistant, used in surgery |
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Chromium |
used in pigments, vibrant colors |
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Manganese |
enhances steel, crucial to the effectiveness of vitamin B |
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Iron |
plentiful, inexpensive, and useful; Used with carbon to create steel |
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Cobalt |
cobalt blue glass |
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Nickel |
powerful magnets; compounds green in color |
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Copper |
electrical wires and water pipes |
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Bromine |
hospital level dysinfectant |
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Krypton |
bright white lights; light bulbs |
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Palladium |
teeth braces, precious metal |
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Silver |
In WWI, for antibiotics, british lb. |
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Xenon |
strobe lights |
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Barium |
x-rays |
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Tungsten |
glows bright white; highest melting point of all metals |
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Iridium |
most corrosion resistant of all metals |
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Gold |
ancient origins |
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Radon |
radioactive gas, found in basements |
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Radium |
glows in the dark |
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Uranium and Plutonium |
nuclear power plants |
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Cesium |
liquid at 30 degrees Celcius |
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Rubidium |
violently with water causes explosion |
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Titanium |
75% of earthcrust; only burns in Nitrogen, lipstick contains 10% |
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Helium |
preserve Declaration of Independence |
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Fluorine |
In WWII, made uranium hexifloride |
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Silver, Gold, Palladium, Platinum, Iridium |
precious metals |
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Einsteinium |
only use is to produce other elements |
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Plutonium |
main ingredient in fission weapons |
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Uranium |
used by the military or nuclear power industry |
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Mercury |
quick silver |
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Mercury |
compounds stay in your body |
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Bismuth |
very low melting point, sprinkler systems |
