Element Summary Slides

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Element Summary Slides

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Element Summary

• most abundant metal
• third most abundant element in earths crust
• usually found in nature combined with oxygen or
  silicon
• bauxite is the name of its ore
• this elements sulfate alum used in
  antiperspirants and remove suspended particles
  during water purification
• ANSWER Aluminum

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Element Summary

• A reddish-brown liquid
• Highly reactive
• ANSWER bromine

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Element Summary

• This element has 3 main allotropes diamond,
  graphite, and charcoal
• The study of this element is given its own branch
  of chemistry called Organic Chemistry
• ANSWER carbon

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Element Summary

• three solid allotropes white (bursts into
  flames in air thus stored in water), red (used on
  striking surface for match boxes) black (formed
  when other under high pressure)
• compounds used in fertilizers
• ANSWER phosphorus

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Element Summary

• Colorless diatomic gas
• Element with the highest electronegativity
• most reactive nonmetal
• Latin fluere to flow
• the elements compounds are added to toothpaste
  and drinking water, also in non-stick surfaces
• ANSWER fluorine

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Element Summary

• metalloid
• Used in computer chips and solar cells
• second most abundant element in Earths crust
  after oxygen
• Usually exists as silica.
• Silica found in quartz crystals, sand, and glass
• ANSWER silicon

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Element Summary

• Soft, highly reactive metal
• Most abundant metal in its group
• Present in vapor lamps
• heat exchanger in nuclear reactors
• most common positive ion in fluid outside cells
  (flow into cells when nerve cell is stimulated)
• in table salt
• ANSWER sodium

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Element Summary

• reacts with most elements
• deadly yellowish green gas
• Its compounds disinfect sewage
• Its compounds are used as bleaching agents and to
  remove stains
• dentist use compounds to block pain
• an element in the acid found in your stomach,
  part of PVC pipes
• ANSWER chlorine

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Element Summary

• its chloride can be used as a salt substitute
• found in compounds used in fertilizers
• its nitrate used as explosive and for fireworks
• most common positive ion inside the cell in table
  salt
• Reacts vigorously w/water
• ANSWER potassium

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Element Summary

• radioactive element found in smoke detectors
• ANSWER americium

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Element Summary

• forms explosives
• gains 3 electrons to form -3 ion
• colorless, odorless relatively unreactive
• 78 earths atmosphere
• contained in protein bacteria in soil fix this
  element into compounds which contain this element
• used in making ammonia (cleaning product)
  explosives (TNT and nitroglycerine), dyes, and
  fertilizers
• ANSWER nitrogen

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Element Summary

• ten allotropes
• its oxide is found in acid rain
• Present in the compound that has a rotten egg
  smell
• released through ocean vents
• ANSWER sulfur

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Element Summary

• Unreactive gas
• Light displays named after this element which
  gives off orange light
• ANSWER neon

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Element Summary

• Flammable, colorless, diatomic gas
• has 3 isotopes (protium, deuterium, and tritium)
• The gas that caused the Hindenberg to explode.
• ANSWER hydrogen

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Element Summary

• best conductor
• transition metal
• precious metal
• ANSWER silver

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Element Summary

• contained in peptobismal
• Woods metal alloy
• ANSWER bismuth

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Element Summary

• found widely in nature especially as a metal
  carbonate
• Its carbonate compound is the main ingredient in
  limestone, chalk, and marble coral reefs
  exoskeletons antacid tablets abrasive in
  toothpaste
• ANSWER calcium

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Element Summary

• unreactive gas
• most abundant member of its family (1
  atmosphere)
• Used in high temperature welding for an inert
  environment
• used in filament of incandescent light bulbs and
  as layer of insulation between panes of glass
• ANSWER argon

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Element Summary

• Abundant
• can be formed into almost any shape
• lighter alloy than steel (bicycles, backpack
  frames, mag wheels)
• needed in plants (in chlorophyll)
• its ion is important in muscle function and
  metabolism
• part of hard water (with Ca2) ions interfere
  with action of soaps and detergents can form
  scum (deposits) that clog pipes, water heaters,
  and steam irons
• Burns in CO2
• ANSWER magnesium

Magnesium Ribbon
mag wheel
Burning magnesium ribbon
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Element Summary

• FYI Magnesium can burn in carbon dioxide, like
  many things can burn in oxygen, thus CO2 fire
  extinguishers do not work to put out Magnesium
  fires.
• ANSWER magnesium

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Element Summary
Tin shot

• softer than most metals
• found in bronze and pewter
• ANSWER tin

pewter
Tin lead
Bronze
- tin copper
Tin foil
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Element Summary

• least reactive alkali
• in long-lasting batteries
• used in de-humidifiers to absorb water
• its carbonate is used to strengthen glass and as
  a drug for bipolar disorder
• In alloys in airplanes (strong lightweight).
• ANSWER lithium

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Element Summary

• found combined with Al, Si, O in beryl
• used in alloys where sparks bad
• only metal in its group that doesnt form an
  alkaline solution when it reacts with water.
• ANSWER beryllium

beryl
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Element Summary

• discovered in emission spectrum of sun
• found in earth natural gas wells (light enough to
  escape gravity)
• used in blimps air ships and balloons
• mixed with O2 for divers to prevent bends
• coolant for supercooling magnets
• ANSWER helium

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Element Summary

• Least representative of its group
• found in borosilicate glass (withstand extreme
  differences in temp)
• main source borax (Mojave Desert) borax
  cleaning agent fireproof insulation boric acid
  disinfectant eye wash
• its nitride is the second hardest known material
  (superabrasive)
• ANSWER boron

Borax
Borosilicate glass
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Element Summary

• This element has two main allotropes
• 20 earths atmosphere,
• colorless, odorless gas
• needed for combustion
• produced in photosynthesis
• most abundant element in earths crust
• ANSWER oxygen

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Element Summary

• The only metal that is a liquid at room
  temperature
• toxic
• Forms amalgams
• ANSWER mercury

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Element Summary

• Transition metal that is found uncombined in
  nature
• Good conductor, found in electrical wiring
• Highly ductile
• orangish-brown in color

• ANSWER copper

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Element Summary

• low m.p. (melt in hand)
• its arsenide is used in semiconductor chips in
  light-powered solar calculators and solar panels
  (10x more efficient than Si chips)

• scientist using this elements nitride to make
  blue laser (triple storage capacity shorter
  wavelength also increase speed and resolution
  of laser printers)
• ANSWER gallium

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Element Summary

• found as part of a compound in fish, eggs, and
  grains (works w/ vit. E prevent cell damage
  prevent cancer growth?)
• locoweed plant get sick
• can convert light into electricity used in
  solar panels
• photographers use in light meters
• photocopiers work because charged particles of
  this element create an image of item
• semiconductor
• ANSWER selenium

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Element Summary

• Toxic metal
• Has a low m.p
• maybe first obtained from ore (due to low m.p.)
• used to be used for eating utensils, pipes
• additive in gas in paint
• currently used in storage batteries
• ANSWER lead

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Sources

• Silicon - www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/sil
  icon.html
• Silcon-quartz - www.mii.org/Minerals/photosil.html
  
• Neon sign Ne - www.theodoregray.com/.../010/inde
  x.s9.html
• Neon tube - www.assumption.edu/.../Spectra/LightSo
  urces.html
• Hydrogen - www.theodoregray.com/.../001/index.s7.h
  tml
• Bismuth - www.dkimages.com/.../Bismuth/Bismuth-3.h
  tml
• Peptobismal - library.thinkquest.org/2824/Digestiv
  e.html
• Calcium - www.tvel.ru/.../non-nuclear_products/cal
  cium/
• Limeston -www.dep.state.fl.us/.../marianna_limesto
  ne.htm
• Argon inert environment www.amrc.mmhosting.co.uk
  /research/index.php?p...
• Argon fill glass - www.csglaziers.co.uk/products
  .shtml
• Argon blue sign - www.abercaraudio.co.uk
• Argon light bulb - www.dkimages.com/.../Unassigned
  -52.html
• Magnesium Ribbon - www.dkimages.com/.../Metals/Met
  als-106.html
• Magnesium burning - www.uncp.edu/home/mcclurem/pta
  ble/mg_2.jpgMagnesium wheel - www.ocmazdaspeed.co
  m/search.asp?txtcatMAZD...
• Magnesium ribbon - www.dkimages.com/.../Metals/Met
  als-106.html
• Magnesium burning - www.uncp.edu/home/mcclurem/pta
  ble/mg.htm

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Sources

• Tin - cgi.ebay.com/TIN-Metal-Element-Shot-99.96--
  ...
• Tin foil - www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/?id12
  41491...
• Tin bronze - www.interdnet.hu/csmw/prod05.htm
• Tin pewter pilgrim.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?a
  rticleid...
• Lithium battery - www.medibix.com/.../company/comp
  any_id/43914
• Lithium2 - library.thinkquest.org/C0113863/Lithium
  .shtml
• Lithium pills - www.janethull.com/shop/index.php?m
  ain_pagein...
• Beryllium ball - www.daviddarling.info/.../B/beryl
  lium.html
• Beryllium disc - www.americanelements.com/bem.html
  
• Beryl - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ImageBeryll.jp
  g
• Helium balloon - www.partywarehouse.co.nz/test/cat
  alog/index.p..
• Boron Carbide - qdmmm.en.alibaba.com/.../Sell_Boro
  n_Carbide.html
• Borosilicate glass - www.alibaba.com/.../CN-suppli
  ers/Glass_Tube.html
• Borax - chemistry.about.com/.../Borax.htm
• Selenium - www.emporia.edu/.../go336/johnson/index
  .htm
• Oxygen(both) - www.theodoregray.com/.../008/index.
  s9.html
• Sodium-potassium pump - www.lionden.com/cell_anima
  tions.htm