A Visual Encyclopedia of the Periodic Table

69 Transition Metals be magnetic as and when they are needed. They can be much more powerful than normal magnets and can lift he ...

Copper wires Not much thicker than a human hair, these copper wires are twisted together and woven into a tight bundle. One of t ...

Copper is a very good conductor of electricity, but not the best; silver is better. However, copper is more widely used because ...

72 Transition Metals Zinc Zn 30 30 30 35 State: Solid Discovery: 1746 Zinc was used in India and China hundreds of years before ...

73 range of applications. For example, a compound of zinc and oxygen called zinc oxide is used in medical tape and sunscreen. Zi ...

74 Transition Metals Forms Yttrium Y 39 The samples of rock brought back from the Moon by astronauts in NASA’s Apollo missions c ...

75 Transition Metals This fabric mantle holds the hot flame inside. In 1828, the German chemist Friedrich Wöhler became the firs ...

76 Transition Metals 40 40 51 State: Solid Zirconium Discovery: 1789 Zr 40 This element is named after the mineral zircon, which ...

77 Transition Metals 41 41 52 State: Solid Niobium Discovery: 1801 Nb 41 Niobium is so similar to the metal tantalum that the tw ...

78 Transition Metals Molybdenum Mo 42 Forms Uses Molybdenum gets its unusual name from the Greek word molybdos, which means “lea ...

79 Transition Metals Molybdenum, Technetium Tc 43 Technetium was the first element to be produced artificially by researchers. I ...

80 Ru 44 44 44 57 State: Solid Discovery: 1844 Forms Uses Ruthenium This component contains ruthenium dioxide. This yellow-brown ...

81 Transition Metals Rhodium Rh 45 45 45 58 State: Solid Discovery: 1803 Forms Uses This golden mineral is defined by its needle ...

82 Transition Metals Blue Ridge mines, South Africa Forms Uses Palladium Pd 46 Palladium is a rare, precious metal: it is 10 tim ...

83 Transition Metals precious, it is used to make commemorative coins in some countries. Palladium is alloyed with steel to make ...

84 Transition Metals This mineral’s colour changes to purple when it is exposed to bright light. Black silver sulfide forms twis ...

85 Glass infused with silver chloride turns brownish when exposed to sunlight. The polished surface has a pale, metallic shine. ...

86 Transition Metals Cadmium Cd 48 Forms Uses Cadmium is a highly toxic metal, and is known to cause cancer. This rare element i ...

87 Transition Metals Cadmium, Hafnium Hf 72 Forms Uses Hafnium is named after Hafnia, the Latin word for the city of Copenhagen ...

88 Transition Metals Ta 73 Tantalum is a hard metal named after Tantalus, a man from Greek mythology who was punished by the god ...