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Common Chemical Elements

Dive into this elemental vocabulary list, where the building blocks of the universe come alive in a symphony of atoms and molecules, revealing the essence of nature's boundless complexity.
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  1. hydrogen
    a colorless, odorless gas; the lightest chemical element
  2. helium
    a light colorless element that is one of the six inert gases
  3. oxygen
    a colorless, odorless gas that is essential for respiration
  4. carbon
    an abundant nonmetallic element in all organic compounds
  5. nitrogen
    a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
  6. neon
    a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
  7. sodium
    a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
  8. magnesium
    a light, malleable, silver-white metallic element
  9. aluminum
    a silvery, flexible, metallic element
  10. silicon
    a tetravalent nonmetallic element
  11. phosphorus
    a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
  12. sulfur
    an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
  13. chlorine
    a chemical commonly used to purify water or to disinfect
  14. potassium
    a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
  15. calcium
    a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light
  16. iron
    a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element
  17. nickel
    a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
  18. copper
    a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
  19. zinc
    a bluish-white lustrous metallic element
  20. bromine
    a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water
  21. silver
    a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
  22. iodine
    a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens
  23. gold
    a soft yellow malleable ductile metallic element
  24. mercury
    a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
  25. lead
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  26. uranium
    a heavy, silvery-white, radioactive, metallic element
  27. radon
    a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health
  28. argon
    a colorless and odorless inert gas
  29. titanium
    a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
  30. platinum
    a heavy precious metallic element
Created on Thu Oct 19 14:29:35 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Mar 27 10:26:28 EDT 2024)

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