Can you name the Chemical elements by their descriptions??

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DescriptionElement
Lime; Healthy bones and teeth
Very rare lanthanide; a radioactive isotope is used in portable x-ray equipment
Used in pulmonary nuclear imaging and ion propulsion
Emeralds, X-ray tubes; nuclear weapons
Additive to arc-welding electrodes; Hybrid car batteries; Hydrogen sponge
Almost odorless, many of this yellow element's compounds 'stink'
Makes party balloons float
Highly reactive gas; one isotope is used in most PET scan tracers
Superalloys; Nuclear control rods
Essential trace element, its oxide is the black stuff in old-fashioned dry cell batteries
Alloyed with Lead for bullets and batteries
WW I poison gas; found in swimming pools and bleach
Low melting point alloys; Upset stomach therapy
'Alkaline-earth' element; provides scarlet color in fireworks
Most reactive non-radioactive metal; 'atomic clocks'
Stainless steel; colorful compounds
Named for a pioneer in nuclear fission, who had to survive prejudice as a woman and a Jew
Named for New Zealand-born discoverer of the nucleus
Add copper to make bronze or pewter; Has most stable isotopes of all elements
Temperature resistant glass; '20 Mule Team' detergeant
Used in catalytic converters and 'white gold'
Catalytic converters; highly reflective, often electroplated to make jewelry shinier
Lanthanide; high magnetic susceptibility; nuclear reactor control rods
With aluminum, forms synthetic garnet used in lasers
Liquid; Toxic; Bygone thermometers
Major component of the earth's atmosphere
Only three elements are denser; only two have higher melting points. None has a higher boiling point
Metalloid; improves machineability of steel. Found in semiconductors, solar panels and blasting caps
Red color for TV and computer monitors; named for a continent
A healthy thyroid gland needs this
Adds strength to steel; its sulfide is used as high temperature lubricant
Named for the German state of Hessen
Found in coins, brass, batteries, galvanized steel
Lightweight; Antacids; Burns white hot
With Cobalt, makes strong permanent magnet
Isolated by the Curies; named for Marie's native country
Was the major component of U.S. half dollars until 1964
Second most common cause of lung cancer
DescriptionElement
Electric wire
Named for inventor of the cyclotron
Nuclear power plant fuel
Named for discoverer of X-rays
Having an Upper GI X-ray? Drink up!
Lanthanide; adds yellow color to glass
Heavyweight champ; pen nibs and tissue stains
Radioactive alkali metal
Named for father of the Periodic table
Can't breathe without it
Semiconductors; Tarnish-resistant silverware; thermal imaging
Magnetic metal; Part of vitamin B12
Decay product of Uranium, once used to make luminous watch dials
Alpha-emitter in smoke detectors
Fertilizer; comes in many 'colors' including red, white, purple and black.
Pure metal highly reactive; most common cation in animal cells
Named for husband & wife team who discovered radium; used in spectrometer on Mars Rover
Radioactive halogen
Melts on a warm day; stays liquid over a range of 2100 degrees
First synthetic element; One of its isotopes is the most commonly used radionuclide in nuclear medicine
Asteroids; Geological layer dating to late Cretaceous
Found in nibs of expensive fountain pens; hardens platinum and titanium alloys
Named for city that is home of Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; First proposed name was Hahnium
Discovered at GSI, located in a suburb of the German town for which it is named
Former rat poison; an isotope is used for heart imaging
Only radioactive lanthanide
Vegas Strip at night
Toxic heavy metal. Often end product of radioactive decay
Most common element in Santa Clara County?
Essential trace element; photocells; DC surge protectors; dandruff therapy
Named for inventor of dynamite
Highest numbered element recognized by IUPAC
Lanthanide; Lasers, magnets for audio speakers; neutron absorber
Lightest metal; Bipolar disorder therapy
Erstwhile favorite poison for detective fiction
Most abundant element in the Universe
Diamonds; organic chemistry
Third most abundant element in the atmosphere
DescriptionElement
Soft, reactive metal; Its chloride can be found on most kitchen tables
Low-melting point alloys; thin-film LCDs; Isotope used to in labeled white blood cell scans
Additive to high-strength steels; Superconducting alloys
Discovered 1899; Highly radioactive extremely rare; found in minute quantities in Uranium ore
Has fissile isotope; neutron detector; one of the densest of elements
Primary component of all steel alloys
Lanthanide; lasers, strain gauges, portable gamma ray sources
Named for 1921 Nobel Prize winner (for his work on photoelectric effect)
Optical fiber; improved workability of Vanadium; pink color for ceramics
Malleable, conductive, dense, coveted
Transuranic metal named for branch of U of Calif where first synthesized
Its carbide has a hardness and melting point exceeded only by diamond
Wrap your left-overs with this metal
Light bulb filament; X-ray tubes
It's a noble gas, not a superhero's home planet
Component, with Fe & B of most powerful permanent magnets
Adds strength to aluminum baseball bats
Radioactive, naturally-occurring metal; more common than uranium; high-quality lenses, arc-lights
A salt, 'LSO', is in detectors for PET scanners
Lanthanide metal; MRI contrast agents
Explodes on contact with water; fourth lowest melting point of metals
Despite its name, it makes up only 25% of a U.S. five-cent piece
Most common constituent of cigarette lighter 'flints'
Transuranic element; highly radioactive neutron emitter; has been used for radiotherapy and portable detector for petroleum and precious metals
Named for 1951 Nobel Prize winner, discoverer of many actinide elements
Fuel used in first successful A-bomb test
Named for 1938 Nobel Prize winner, led team that created first nuclear reactor
Lightweight metal; Surgical implants
Among the rarest of naturally occurring elements, its name is derived from fact that it decays to actinium
Toxic metal formerly widely used in rechargeable batteries
Catalytic converters; electrodes; precious jewelry
Named for Danish physicist, 1922 Nobel Prize winner
Corrosion-resistant alloys; nuclear power plants; one form of its oxide used as would-be cheap diamond substitute
Additive to strengthen steel and titanium alloys; Named for Scandinavian goddess
The only nonmetal liquid at room temperature
Highest magnetic susceptibility of non-ferromagnetic elements
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Identify the Elements Quiz

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Contributed: February 13th, 2010
Category: Science
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