| Use | Element |
| Used in making glass, ceramics, and solar cells | |
| Used in making steel and magnets | |
| Used to float balloons and in laser beams | |
| Used as the 'lead' in pencils and as fuel | |
| Used to freeze biological specimens and in industry as a blanketing gas | |
| Keeps almost all living things alive | |
| Used in making acid for fertilizers and in detergents | |
| Used for bleaching textiles and for preserving food | |
| Used for bleaching and to kill bacteria in pool water | |
| Used in vegetable oils and in rocket fuels | |
| Used in incandescent and flourescent light bulbs | |
| Used in batteries, TV screens, and paint | |
| Used in foil sheets and in electrical connections | |
| | Use | Element |
| Used in making wires, jewelry, and eating utensils | |
| Used in plumbing, electrical wires, and coins | |
| Used in making mortar, concrete, and gypsum | |
| Used in jewelry and coins | |
| Used in thermometers and in pesticides | |
| Used in jewelry and dentistry | |
| Used as an antiseptic solution and an additive for table salt | |
| Used in pacemakers and in space missions | |
| Used to color glass, in nuclear reactors, and for shielding of radiation | |
| Used in cancer therapy | |
| Used in bombs and in power generation for satellites | |
| Used in antacid medicines and in cosmetics | |
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