A Visual Encyclopedia of the Periodic Table

89 Transition Metals Tantalum, Tungsten W 74 Tungsten has the highest melting point of any metal: it turns to liquid at a searin ...

90 Re 75 Rhenium is very rare in nature: only one atom out of every billion in Earth’s crust is a rhenium atom. Discovered in Ge ...

91 Transition Metals Osmium Os 76 Osmium is the densest of all naturally occurring elements: 250 ml (8.5 fl oz) of this metal (i ...

92 Transition Metals Forms Iridium Ir 77 77 77 115 State: Solid Discovery: 1803 Iridium is the rarest natural element on Earth: ...

93 Uses explosion 66 million years ago when a large meteorite hit our planet. The applications of this element include coating t ...

94 Transition Metals This dense, shiny mineral consisting of platinum and arsenic is the most common ore of platinum. Forms Plat ...

95 Transition Metals Although platinum had been in use in jewellery on the west coast of South America for more than 2,000 years ...

96 Transtion Metals These flakes of pure gold are locked into quartz crystals. Pure gold has a dark yellow colour unlike any oth ...

97 Transtion Metals gold dust with water or strong acids. The applications for gold include heat shields in astronaut’s visors. ...

Golden Buddha A precious statue of Buddha with one thousand eyes and one thousand hands stands in Long Son Pagoda, a temple in N ...

Although humans have discovered many strong metals and useful elements, gold has remained one of the most valuable. Before peopl ...

Transition Metals 100 80 80 121 State: Liquid Discovery: c. 1500 bce Forms Mercury Hg 80 Mercury is the only metal that is liqui ...

Transition Metals 101 Uses it can damage organs and nerves if inhaled or swallowed. As a result, the use of this metal is carefu ...

102 Transition Metals Rutherfordium Rf 104 Dubnium Db 105 Rutherfordium was the first superheavy element to be discovered. In th ...

103 Transition Metals Seaborgium Sg 106 Atoms of seaborgium break apart in about three minutes, so little is known about it. Sci ...

104 Transition Metals Bohrium Bh 107 Hassium Hs 108 Bohrium is an artificial element named after the Danish scientist Niels Bohr ...

105 Transition Metals Meitnerium Mt 109 Researchers think meitnerium might be the densest of all elements. It is very unstable, ...

106 Transition Metals Darmstadtium Ds 110 Roentgenium Rg 111 This artificial element is named after the German city of Darmstadt ...

107 Transition Metals Copernicium Cn 112 State: Solid Discovery: 1996 112 112 173 The atoms of this radioactive element survive ...

Europium’s (Eu) colour changes when left in the air. 108-109_Lanthanides_Opener.indd 108 02/12/16 9:25 pm ...