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The most abundant element in the universe.
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Hydrogen
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Often used to fill balloons.
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Helium
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Commonly used in energy dense batteries.
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Lithium
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Chemical symbol Be.
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Beryllium
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Combined with another element to form Borax.
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Boron
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One of the required constituents of organic molecules.
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Carbon
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Main constituent of air.
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Nitrogen
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Required for breathing by animals.
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Oxygen
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Part of a common additive to drinking water and toothpaste.
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Fluorine
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Commonly used in bright signage.
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Neon
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Combined with another element to form table salt.
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Sodium
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Burns with a bright white flame.
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Magnesium
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Commonly used light weight metal.
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Aluminium
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Best known for its use in circuit boards.
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Silicon
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Known for catching on fire when exposed to air.
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Phosphorous
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Provides the smell in rotten eggs.
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Sulphur
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Used to keep swimming pools clean.
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Chlorine
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Typically used in welding as a shielding gas.
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Argon
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So soft of a metal that it can be cut with a knife.
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Potassium
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Bones are made from this.
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Calcium
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Discovered in 1879 in minerals from Scandinavia.
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Scandium
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Known for its incredible strength to weight ratio.
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Titanium
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Additive in steel manufacture especially where hardness is valued.
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Vanadium
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Known for taking a high polish.
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Chromium
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Most widely used in steel production but also essential for all life forms.
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Manganese
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The most widely used metal on Earth.
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Iron
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Widely used in battery and petroleum production.
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Cobalt
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US coin of this name is an alloy made with 25% this element.
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Nickel
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Electrical wiring is made from this.
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Copper
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Used as a sacrificial anode on boats.
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Zinc
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It has a very low melting point (30 °C, 86 °F).
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Gallium
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Named after the European country of birth of its discoverer.
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Germanium
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Known for its toxicity although this element was eaten in Victorian times.
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Arsenic
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The main use (50%) of this element is in glass manufacturing.
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Selenium
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Known for its distinctive brown colour.
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Bromine
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This gas is often confused with Superman's home planet.
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Krypton
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One of the alkali metals, this element is used to make purple fireworks.
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Rubidium
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Best known as a fission by product small amounts are now found across the world.
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Strontium
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Named for the village it was discovered in on the island of Resarö.
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Yttrium
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Best known for creating artificial gemstones.
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Zirconium
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It is one of the 35 technology-critical elements.
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Niobium
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86% of annual production is used as a steel additive especially for tools.
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Molybdenum
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The first "man-made" element as its name suggests.
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Technetium
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This member of the platinum group is named after Russia.
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Ruthenium
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Discovered in 1803 and is named for its Rose colour.
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Rhodium
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Used in the core of the arc reactor in Iron Man.
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Palladium
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Argentina gets its name from this metal.
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Silver
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This metal was used alongside Ni in batteries but is being phased out.
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Cadmium
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Another technology-critical element this is used in flat screens and semiconductors.
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Indium
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One of the first metals to be extracted and used.
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Tin
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Its name means "Not Alone" which is fitting as it is often alloyed with lead.
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Antimony
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Its name is derived from the Roman goddess of the Earth.
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Tellurium
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Used widely as a disinfectant.
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Iodine
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This gas is the most commonly used propellant of the Hall-effect thruster.
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Xenon
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Used in the standard definition of a second.
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Caesium
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Used to highlight the GI tract during X-rays.
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Barium
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Used in studio lighting.
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Lanthanum
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Used for control rods in nuclear reactors because it is a good neutron absorber.
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Hafnium
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This metal is used to make surgical equipment and implants.
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Tantalum
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Due to its hardness this is often used to give cutting tools a long lasting edge.
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Tungsten
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It has the 3rd highest melting point and is 4th most dense.
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Rhenium
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This is the most dense metal.
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Osmium
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A constellation of 77 satellites was named after this element.
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Iridium
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This is the least reactive metal.
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Platinum
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This metal has been highly prized throughout history.
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Gold
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Known for being liquid at room temperature.
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Mercury
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It is a tasteless, odourless poison.
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Thallium
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It was used for plumbing until it was found to be toxic.
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Lead
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It forms incredibly attractive crystal structures.
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Bismuth
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It was named for Poland by Marie Curie.
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Polonium
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Short lived with a half-life of 8.1hrs it decays into Bi or Po.
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Astatine
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This radioactive 'gas' escapes from rocks and soil around the world.
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Radon
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The most reactive of the alkali group although only 1oz/28g exists at a time on earth.
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Francium
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It was used to make watch and clock hands glow.
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Radium
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Its name comes from the Greek 'actinos', meaning a ray.
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Actinium
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This synthetic element is named after the father of nuclear physics.
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Rutherfordium
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Named for the Russian Town where it was first reported.
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Dubnium
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A transuranium element it was the first to be named after a person whilst they were still alive.
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Seaborgium
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A synthetic element named after the creator of the model of the atom.
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Bohrium
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Named after the German state where it was discovered.
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Hassium
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Named after the female scientist that discovered Nuclear Fission.
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Meitnerium
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Named after the Germany city where it was first produced.
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Darmstadtium
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Named after the discoverer of X-rays.
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Roentgenium
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Named after astronomer who placed the Sun at the centre of the universe.
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Copernicium
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Named after Japan.
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Nihonium
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Named after the founder of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
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Flerovium
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Named after the capital of Russia.
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Moscovium
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Named after the Californian Laboratory that collaborated on its discovery.
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Livermorium
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Named after a US State.
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Tennessine
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Named after the leader of the Russian-American team at the JINR.
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Oganesson
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The main industrial use is for polishing.
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Cerium
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Used for colouring glass and staining ceramics.
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Praseodymium
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Used for making the strongest known permanent magnets.
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Neodymium
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This is the only radioactive lanthanide.
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Promethium
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It makes strong magnets that better resist demagnetization than those made of Nd.
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Samarium
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It is widely used as a red phosphor in TVs.
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Europium
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It is used as a contrast agent in MRIs.
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Gadolinium
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It is used as a green phosphor in TVs.
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Terbium
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Used in dosimeters to detect ionizing radiation.
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Dysprosium
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It can turn cubic Zr crystals pink.
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Holmium
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Used in long distance fibre optic cables.
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Erbium
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Used as an X-Ray source in portable X-Rays.
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Thulium
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This is also named after the same village as Y.
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Ytterbium
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The hardest of the Lanthanides.
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Lutetium
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Named after the Norse god of thunder.
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Thorium
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Decays into Ac.
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Protactinium
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Known for being the main nuclear fuel.
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Uranium
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Named for the next item in the sequence following the element it is created from (U).
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Neptunium
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Used in Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators to power spacecraft.
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Plutonium
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Used in ionization smoke detectors.
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Americium
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Named after the husband and wife who pioneered research on radioactivity.
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Curium
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Named after the US town it was discovered in.
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Berkelium
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Named after the US state it was discovered in.
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Californium
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Named after one of the most well known physicists.
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Einsteinium
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Named after the founder of nuclear energy.
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Fermium
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Named after the creator of the first periodic table.
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Mendelevium
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Named after the founder of a prestigious science award and inventor of dynamite.
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Nobelium
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Named after the inventor of the first particle accelerator.
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