A Visual Encyclopedia of the Periodic Table

49 Alkaline Earth Metals The intestine is filled with a barium solution. The barium in the metallic strip absorbs gases in the t ...

50 Alkaline Earth Metals This ore contains just 0.7 g (0.02 oz) of radium in every 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) of rock. Forms Radium Ra ...

51 Alkaline Earth Metals Radium face powder was once thought to be good for the skin. Skin lotions containing radium were common ...

Oddly shaped piece of pure cobalt (Co). 052-053_Transition_Metals_Opener.indd 52 02/12/16 6:52 pm ...

Transition Metals Sc Ti V MnCr Fe Co Ni Cu Zn MoNbZr Tc CdAgPdRhRu Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg CnRgDsMtHsBhSgDbRf Y This is the la ...

54 Transition Metals Forms Greasy texture A soft and lightweight metal, scandium is similar to aluminium. It is spread so thinly ...

55 Transition Metals Named after the Titans, a race of mythic Greek gods, titanium is a silvery metal. It is as strong as steel ...

56 Transition Metals 56 Vanadium can be hammered and stretched without breaking. This hard, strong metal is easy to shape. Vanad ...

57 Transition Metals 57 Chromium is named after chroma, the Greek word for “colour”. Many minerals of chromium, including chromi ...

58 Transition Metals Like magnesium, this element gets its name from the Greek region of Magnesia. There are many manganese mine ...

59 Transition Metals In 1774, Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn discovered manganese by reacting manganese dioxide with charco ...

60 Most of the iron on our planet is locked away in Earth’s hot, molten core. This element is widely found in rocks worldwide, a ...

61 Transition Metals This steel body resists rusting. Iron filings and magnet These small grains of pure iron are magnetic and a ...

Steelmaking A stream of red-hot, liquid metal pours from a furnace at a steelmaking workshop. This is the end of a long process ...

Steel is an alloy of iron that contains about two per cent carbon and some other elements. The carbon locks all the atoms togeth ...

64 Transition Metals Forms Medieval German miners often mistook ores of cobalt for precious metals. When they tried to purify th ...

65 that can be used to make a permanent magnet. Large permanent magnets are made from a tough alloy of cobalt, nickel, and alumi ...

66 Transition Metals Forms Nickel is named after Old Nick, a demonic spirit from Christian lore that was believed to live underg ...

67 Transition Metals them look like silver – a trick still used to make inexpensive ornamental objects. Nickel is also mixed wit ...

68 Transition Metals Forms Copper is a soft, bendy metal that is an excellent conductor of electricity and heat. Although it is ...