The Periodic Table Of The Elements: Timeline

  • 350

    Tin

    Tin
    Tin is a chemical element with symbol Sn and atomic number 50. Tin has many uses. It takes a high polish and is used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion, such as in tin cans which are made of tin-coated steel. Alloys of tin are important, such as soft solder, pewter, bronze and phosphor bronze. The most important tin salt used is tin chloride which is used as a reducing agent and as a mordant. Tin salts sprayed onto glass are used to produce electrically conductive coatings.
  • 350

    Iron

    Iron
    Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. Iron is used as a precursor to other compounds. It is used to reduce chromate in cement. It is used to fortify foods and treat iron deficiency anemia. These are its main uses. Iron sulfate is used in settling minute sewage particles in tank water. Iron chloride is used as a reducing flocculating agent, in the formation of iron complexes and magnetic iron oxides, and as a reducing agent in organic synthesis.
  • 500

    Silver

    Silver
    Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. Its a metal element. Silver is used in the construction of musical wind instruments of many types. Flutes, in particular, are commonly constructed of silver alloy or silver plated, both for appearance and for the frictional surface properties of silver. Silver is also used to decorative items and mirrors.
  • Oct 18, 600

    Carbon

    Carbon
    Carbon is the chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. The uses of carbon and its compounds are extremely varied. It can form alloys with iron, of which the most common is carbon steel. Graphite is combined with clays to form the 'lead' used in pencils used for writing and drawing. It is also used as a lubricant and a pigment, as a molding material in glass manufacture, in electrodes for dry batteries and in electroplating and electroforming, in brushes for electric motors.
  • Oct 15, 1200

    Platinum

    Platinum
    Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Platinum is used in catalytic converters, laboratory equipment, electrical contacts and electrodes, platinum resistance thermometers, dentistry equipment, and jewelry. Because only a few hundred tonnes are produced annually, it is a scarce material, and is highly valuable and is a major precious metal commodity. Being a heavy metal, it leads to health issues upon exposure to its salts, but due to its corrosion
  • Oct 15, 1250

    Arsenic

    Arsenic
    Arsenic is a chemical element with symbol As and atomic number. Arsenic is a metalloid. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, usually in conjunction with sulfur and metals, and also as a pure elemental crystal. It was first documented by Albertus Magnus. The main use of metallic arsenic is for strengthening alloys of copper and especially lead. Arsenic and its compounds, especially the trioxide, are used in the production of pesticides, treated wood products, herbicides, and insecticides.
  • Oct 15, 1500

    Zinc

    Zinc
    Zinc it has the symbol Zn and atomic number. Is a metal. The Zinc is used as a vitamin. The human body needs zinc daily in adequate amounts because consuming can be as harmful as consuming very little. The body can not store zinc, so it all depends on the daily supply of food obtained.
  • Oct 17, 1529

    Fluorine

    Fluorine
    Fluorine is the chemical element with symbol F and its a non-metal element. The Flouride when directly applied to teeth reduce decay, for this reason its used in toothpaste and water flouridation. A significant fraction of modern pharmaceuticals such as Lipitor and Prozac contains Flourine
  • Lead

    Lead
    Lead is a chemical element in the carbon group with symbol Pb and atomic number 82. Lead is used in some candles to treat the wick to ensure a longer, more even burn. Because of the dangers, European and North American manufacturers use more expensive alternatives such as zinc.[74][75] Lead glass is composed of 12–28% lead oxide. It changes the optical characteristics of the glass and reduces the transmission of radiation.
  • Phosphorus

    Phosphorus
    Phosphorus is a nonmetallic chemical element with symbol P and atomic number 15. The dominant application of phosphorus is in fertilisers, which provides phosphate as required for all life and is often a limiting nutrient for crops. Phosphorus, being an essential plant nutrient, finds its major use as a constituent of fertilizers for agriculture and farm production in the form of concentrated phosphoric acids
  • Nickel

    Nickel
    Nickel is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ni and atomic number 28. Is a metal. Nickel is used in many specific and recognizable industrial and consumer products, including stainless steel, alnico magnets, coinage, rechargeable batteries, electric guitar strings, microphone capsules, and special alloys. It is also used for plating and as a green tint in glass.
  • NItrogen

    NItrogen
    Nitrogen is a chemical element whose symbol is N and atomic number 7. The most important commercial application of Nitrogen is the collection of ammonia. At present, nitrogen is employed in various jobs in developed countries one of the latest and most common is to be used in place of common air for inflating tires and wheels due to the high efficiency that result from its use.
  • Oxygen

    Oxygen
    Oxygen is a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8.Is non-metal. Oxygen is an important part of the atmosphere, and is necessary to sustain most terrestrial life as it is used in respiration. Uses of elemental oxygen include the production of steel, plastics and textiles, brazing, welding and cutting of steels and other metals, rocket propellant, oxygen therapy and life support systems in aircraft, submarines, spaceflight and diving.
  • Chlorine

    Chlorine
    Chlorine is a chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17. Chlorine is a non-metal. Chlorine is used in the manufacture of a wide range of consumer products, about two-thirds of them organic chemicals such as polyvinyl chloride, as well as many intermediates for production of plastics and other end products which do not contain the element. As a common disinfectant, elemental chlorine and chlorine-generating compounds are used more directly in swimming pools to keep them clean and sanit
  • Sulfur

    Sulfur
    Sulfur is a chemical element with symbol S and atomic number 16. Elemental sulfur is one of the oldest fungicides and pesticides. "Dusting sulfur," elemental sulfur in powdered form, is a common fungicide for grapes, strawberry, many vegetables and several other crops. It has a good efficacy against a wide range of powdery mildew diseases as well as black spot. In organic production, sulfur is the most important fungicide. It is the only fungicide used in organically farmed.
  • Antimony

    Antimony
    Antimony is a chemical element with symbol Sb and atomic number 51. Antimony is mainly used as its trioxide in making flame-proofing compounds. It is nearly always used in combination with halogenated flame retardants It is also used in the fiberglass composites industry as an additive to polyester resins for such items as light aircraft engine covers.
  • Aluminium

    Aluminium
    Is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13. Is a metalloid. Aluminium is usually alloyed it is used as pure metal only when corrosion resistance and workability is more important than strength or hardness. Despite its prevalence in the environment, aluminium salts are not known to be used by any form of life. In keeping with its pervasiveness, aluminium is well tolerated by plants and animals. Owing to their prevalence, potential beneficifial biological roles of aluminium composi
  • Argon

    Argon
    Argon is a chemical element with symbol Ar and atomic number 18. The Argon is a non-metal element. Argon is mostly used as an inert shielding gas in welding and other high-temperature industrial processes where ordinarily non-reactive substances become reactive; for example, an argon atmosphere is used in graphite electric furnaces to prevent the graphite from burning. Argon gas also has uses in incandescent and fluorescent lighting, and other types of gas discharge tubes.
  • Helium

    Helium
    Helium is a chemical element with symbol He and atomic number 2. Its a non-metal element. Helium's other industrial uses as a pressurizing and purge gas, as a protective atmosphere for arc welding and in processes such as growing crystals to make silicon wafers account for half of the gas produced.
  • Krypton

    Krypton
    Krypton is a chemical element with symbol Kr and atomic number 36. can be used in lighting and photography. Krypton light has a large number of spectral lines, and krypton's high light output in plasmas allows it to play an important role in many high-powered gas lasers (krypton ion and excimer lasers), which pick out one of the many spectral lines to amplify.
  • Neon

    Neon
    Neon is a chemical element with symbol Ne and atomic number 10. Neon is used in vacuum tubes, high-voltage indicators, lightning arrestors, wave meter tubes, television tubes, and helium-neon lasers. Liquefied neon is commercially used as a cryogenic refrigerant in applications not requiring the lower temperature range attainable with more extreme liquid helium refrigeration.
  • Polonium

    Polonium
    Polonium is a chemical element with the symbol Po and atomic number 84. The Pollonium is a metalloid element. Polonium is used in brushes for removing dust from photographic films, although the polonium must be carefully sealed to protect the user from contamination. Polonium is also combined with beryllium to form neutron sources.
  • Radium

    Radium
    Radium is a chemical element with symbol Ra and atomic number 88. Its a metal element. Radium was formerly used in self-luminous paints for watches, nuclear panels, aircraft switches, clocks, and instrument dials.Radium was once an additive in products such as toothpaste, hair creams, and even food items due to its supposed curative powers.[34] Such products soon fell out of vogue and were prohibited by authorities in many countries after it was discovered they could have serious adverse health
  • Actinium

    Actinium
    Actinium is a radioactive chemical element with symbol Ac and atomic number 89. Its a metal element. can be applied in a neutron probe a standard device for measuring the quantity of water present in soil, as well as density for quality control in highway construction. Such probes are also used in well logging applications, in neutron radiography, tomography and other radiochemical investigations.
  • Radon

    Radon
    Radon is a chemical element with symbol Rn and atomic number 86. Its a non-metal element. Radon has been produced commercially for use in radiation therapy, but for the most part has been replaced by radionuclides made in accelerators and nuclear reactors. Radon has been used in implantable seeds, made of gold or glass, primarily used to treat cancers.
  • Gold

    Gold
    Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. Its a metal element. Gold has been widely used throughout the world as a vehicle for monetary exchange, either by issuance and recognition of gold coins or other bare metal quantities, or through gold-convertible paper instruments by establishing gold standards in which the total value of issued money is represented in a store of gold reserves.
  • Francium

    Francium
    Francium is a chemical element with symbol Fr and atomic number 87. Its a metal element. Francium's ability to be synthesized, trapped, and cooled, along with its relatively simple atomic structure have made it the subject of specialized spectroscopy experiments.
  • Plutonium

    Plutonium
    Plutonium is a chemical element with the symbol Pu and atomic number 94. Its a metal element. Plutonium has also been used successfully to power artificial heart pacemakers, to reduce the risk of repeated surgery.
  • Americium

    Americium
    Americium is the chemical element with the symbol Am and atomic number 95. Its a metal element. Americium has some uses: it is used in some smoke detectors, as portable gamma ray source in radiography, to help to create flat glass. However this isotope is extremely expensive to produce in usable quantities.
  • Dubnium

    Dubnium
    Dubnium is a chemical element with the symbol Db and atomic number 105. Its a metal element. It is a chemical element that has the symbol Db and atomic number 105. The Dubnium is a synthetic element which means that it is not the atmosphere. It can be only found in the laboratories. It has no presents in the environtment. Wich means that the Dubnium don't have uses in the human life.
  • Ununbium

    Ununbium
    Ununbium is a chemical element with symbo Uub and atomic mass 122. Ununbium is a temporary name. Ununbium is a highly radioactive metal and synthetic element. It has never been found naturally and only a few atoms have been produced in laboratories. Its chemistry and appearance are not known with any certainty, although the chemistry is believed to be similar to mercury. Ununbium is too rare to have any commercial or industrial application.
  • Copper

    Copper
    Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. Its a metal element. The major applications of copper are in electrical wires, roofing and plumbing and industrial machinery. Copper is mostly used as a pure metal, but when a higher hardness is required it is combined with other elements to make an alloy such as brass and bronze. A small part of copper supply is used in production of compounds for nutritional supplements and fungicides in agriculture.