The Elements - Periodic Table

Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry Division Presents Periodic Table of the Elements A Resource for Elementary, Middle Sc ...

Lanthanide Series* 58 Ce 140. 59 Pr 140. 60 Nd 144. 61 Pm (147) 62 Sm 150. 63 Eu 152. 64 Gd 157. 65 Tb 158. 66 Dy 162. 67 Ho 164 ...

about this resource A Periodic Table of the Elements at Los Alamos National Laboratory http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/ (3 of 3) ...

Hydrogen For rocket fuel Atomic Number: 1 Atomic Symbol: H Atomic Weight: 1. Electron Configuration: 1s^1 History (Gr. hydro, wa ...

hydrogen. In 1973, a group of Russian experimenters may have produced metallic hydrogen at a pressure of 2. Mbar. At the transit ...

Isotopes The ordinary isotope of hydrogen, H, is known as Protium, the other two isotopes are Deuterium (a proton and a neutron) ...

Helium For blimps Atomic Number: 2 Atomic Symbol: He Atomic Weight: 4. Electron Configuration: 1s^2 History (Gr. helios, the sun ...

Properties Helium has the lowest melting point of any element and is widely used in cryogenic research because its boiling point ...

determine (by blood analysis) whether a patient has any form of cancer. Helium is also being used to advertise on blimps for var ...

Lithium For pacemaker batteries Atomic Number: 3 Atomic Symbol: Li Atomic Weight: 6. Electron Configuration:[He]2s^1 History (Gr ...

Cost The metal is priced at about $300/lb. Sources: CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics and the American Chemical Society. Las ...

Beryllium For watch springs Atomic Number: 4 Atomic Symbol: Be Atomic Weight: 9. Electron Configuration: [He]2s^2 History (Gr. b ...

Uses Beryllium is used as an alloying agent in producing beryllium copper, which is extensively used for springs, electrical con ...

Boron For tennis rackets Atomic Number: 5 Atomic Symbol: B Atomic Weight: 10. Electron Configuration:[He]2s^2 2p^1 History (Ar. ...

Uses Amorphous boron is used in pyrotechnic flares to provide a distinctive green color, and in rockets as an igniter. By far th ...

Carbon For pencils Atomic Number: 6 Atomic Symbol: C Atomic Weight: 12. Electron Configuration:[He]2s^2 2p^2 History (Latin: car ...

Compounds In combination, carbon is found as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of the earth and dissolved in all natural waters. ...

Nitrogen Nitrogen compounds for rocket fuels. Atomic Number: 7 Atomic Symbol: N Atomic Weight: 14. Electron Configuration:[He]2s ...

The Element The French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier named nitrogen azote, meaning without life. However, nitrogen compounds ...

Ammonia Ammonia (NH 3 ) is the most important commercial compound of nitrogen. It is produced by the Haber Process. Natural gas ...