Elements

Elemental

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    A long time

  • zinc
    Jan 1, 1480

    zinc

    its used in dry cell batteries
  • Arsenic

    Arsenic

    An ingredient used in victorian medicines, though now we know it as poisonous
  • Phosphorus

    Phosphorus

    a dangerous which glows in the dark and is very flamnable
  • Cobalt

    Cobalt

    comes from Kobald which is german for goblin
  • Hydrogen

    Hydrogen

    an explosive gas that used to be in airships
  • Chlorine

    Chlorine

    A poisonous green gas used as a weapon in WWI
  • Tungsten

    Tungsten

    the metal with the highest melting point >3400°C
  • Uranium

    Uranium

    the metal that was dropped in the first nuclear bomb in 1945
  • Electric battery

    Electric battery

    Contins zinc and mercury
  • Boron

    Boron

    one of the ingredients in pyrex glass
  • Calcium

    Calcium

    important for your teeth and bones, discovered using electrysis
  • Aliminium

    Aliminium

    A common element today which was expensive in victorian times because it was used for electricity.
  • Bromine

    Bromine

    a nasty, smelly, red liquid, the name comes from the greek for stench
  • Helium

    Helium

    an element discovered in the sun (helios means sun in greek)
  • Radium

    Radium

    used to be painted on watch dials because it glows in the dark but we now know it can cause canceer
  • Rhenium

    Rhenium

    a metal with the melting point of <3000°C
  • Einsteinium

    Einsteinium

    a radioactive element named after Einstein
  • Hafnium

    Hafnium

    an element used inside a nuclear reactor
  • ununquadium

    ununquadium

    Flerovium is the radioactive chemical element with the symbol Fl and atomic number 114. The element is named after Russian physicist Georgy Flyorov, the founder of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research .
  • Ununhexium

    Ununhexium

    Livermorium is the synthetic superheavy element with the symbol Lv and atomic number 116. The name was adopted by IUPAC on May 31, 2012
  • Ununseptium

    Ununseptium

    Ununseptium is the temporary name of a superheavy artificial chemical element with temporary symbol Uus and atomic number 117.
  • ununpentium

    ununpentium

    nunpentium is the temporary name of a synthetic superheavy element in the periodic table that has the temporary symbol Uup and has the atomic number 115
  • Ununoctium

    Ununoctium

    Ununoctium is the temporary IUPAC name for the transactinide element having the atomic number 118 and temporary element symbol Uuo.