205Death Valley, USA 130
dental equipment 25, 76, 94
diamonds 142, 144–145
diaspore 136
diving clothing 183
DNA 159
dolomite 40
drag racing 155, 156–157
drill bits 89
drugs see medicines
dubnium 102
dyes 155
dysprosium 115E
Earth’s atmosphere 9
Einstein, Albert 125
einsteinium 125
electrical equipment 68,
70–71, 80
electricity 47, 120
electrolysis 10
electromagnetism 13,
68
electrons 12
electronic devices 25
electroplating 69
engines 167
erbium 116
Esplanade Theatre,
Singapore 133
europium 108, 113euxenite 54
explosions 16
explosives 154F
Fermi, Enrico 126
fermium 126
fertilizers 155, 159
fibreglass 81
fibre optics 173
film projectors 197
fingerprinting 91
fire 167
fire protection suits 132–133,
185
fireworks 27, 41, 47
flares 47
Flerov, Georgy 151
flerovium 151
flowers 168
fluorine 178–179
fluorite 178
Fly Geyser, USA 44–45
francium 35
fuel cell 95G
Gadolin, Johan 74, 114
gadolinite 54
gadolinium 114Gahn, Johan Gottlieb 59
galena 150
gallium 128, 136
galvanised steel 73, 73
garnierite 66
gases 8, 11, 20, 189
Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis
131
geiger counters 121
geothermal power plants
198
germanite 148
germanium 148
Ghiorso, Albert 102
glass 31, 59, 112, 178
glucometer tests 83
glues 155
gold 96–97, 98–99
Golden Buddha, Vietnam
98
graphite 142
greenockite 86
groups 14, 15
guitars 67
gunpowder 31H
hafnium 87
Hahn, Otto 105
halite 26, 180
halogens 177
hassium 104
Heavy Ion Research Centre,
Germany 104, 106
helicopters 38–39helium 190–191, 192–193
hemimorphite 72
Hofmann, Sigurd 106
holmium 115
Holtermann Nugget 97
Hope, Thomas Charles 46
hopper crystals 162
hot springs 170–171
human body, elements in 9
hydrogen 18–19, 20–21, 157
hydrogen bomb test 125I
illuminated signs 194
indium 137
ink 186
insulators 33
iodine 176, 186
ionic bonds 17
iridium 92–93
iron 60–61
iron ore 62
isotopes 13, 65J
jet engines 64, 134–135
jewellery 81, 94, 97
Joint Institute for Nuclear
Research, Russia 151, 175,
199
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