Moscovium is used for scientific research purposes only.

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Livermorium is used for scientific research purposes only.

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Tennessine is used for scientific research purposes only.

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Oganesson is used for scientific research purposes only.

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Hydrogen is the primary component of Jupiter and the other gas giant planets

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Unlike any other element, helium will remain liquid down to absolute zero at normal pressures

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Lithium is the only metal which reacts with nitrogen under normal conditions

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Emerald is a naturally occurring compound of beryllium

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Boron is an essential nutrient for all green plants

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About 20% of the weight of living organisms is carbon

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Nitrogen is present in all living organisms, in proteins, nucleic acids and other molecules

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Green and red colors in the Aurora Borealis are caused by oxygen atoms

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Fluorine reacts violently with water to produce oxygen

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In a vacuum discharge tube, neon glows reddish orange

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Sodium burns in air with a brilliant yellow flame

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When it burns in air, magnesium produces a brilliant white light

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Aluminum does not stick to magnets under normal conditions

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Silicon also has the unusual property that it expands as it freezes

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Elemental phosphorus exists in two major forms - white phosphorus and red phosphorus

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Penicillin is a natural, sulfur-based antibiotic

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Tree frogs have a chlorine compound in their skin that is a very powerful pain killer

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Argon makes a distinctive blue-green gas laser

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People whose diets are low in potassium can suffer from hypokalemia

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The shell of an egg is made up of primarily calcium carbonate

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The stable form of scandium is created in supernovas via the r-process

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Titanium is one of the few elements that burns in pure nitrogen gas

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Vanadium is mined mostly in South Africa, north-western China, and eastern Russia

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Chromium oxide was used by the Chinese in the Qin dynasty over 2,000 years ago

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Neanderthals may have used black manganese di oxide as a cosmetic 50,000 years ago

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The color of blood is due to the hemoglobin, an iron-containing protein

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Supplemental colbalt is essential in sheep's diets to improve the wools quality

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Nickel is 100 times more concentrated below Earth's crust than in it

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Pure copper is orange-red and acquires a reddish tarnish when exposed to air

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Zinc is referred to in nonscientific contexts as spelter

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Gallium has a strong tendency to supercool below its melting point / freezing point

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Germanium and the oxide are transparent to infrared radiation

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Prawns are known to contain quite high levels of arsenic

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Selenium deficiency in animals can lead to slow growth

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Bromine is the only nonmetallic element that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

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When ionized, krypton gas emits bright white light

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Rubidium burns with a reddish-violet flame color

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Strontium metal turns yellow when exposed to air

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Finely divided yttrium is very unstable in air

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The most common oxide is zirconium dioxide, also referred to as zirconia

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Brazil is the leading producer of niobium

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Molybdenum is essential for plant foliage health

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Technetium was the first element to be produced artificially

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Ruthenium is unaffected by air, water and acids

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Rhodium metal does not normally form an oxide, even when heated

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In the late 1800s, palladium was more expensive than platinum

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