Elements and their uses - Statistics

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Hint Extra Hint Answer % Correct
Toothpaste Fluorine
100%
Batteries Can also be taken to treat mood disorders (the element, not the batteries) Lithium
100%
Food cans In fact, the cans are largely steel. Also used as an alloy with lead to make solder, to fuse metal parts. Tin
73%
Used for ammonia in fertilizers Also for refining oil, and in fuel for rockets and other transportation Hydrogen
45%
Blue dye Also phone and electric car batteries, and used to make hard alloys used in jet engines and drill bits Cobalt
36%
Weights Bullets and X-ray shields are also made of this Lead
36%
Found in emeralds Beryllium
27%
Jewellery and mirrors Also photographic and X-ray film. This has the highest known electrical and thermal conductivity of all metals. Silver
27%
Pewter Used also in bullets, and in the hardening of other metals Antimony
18%
Stainless steel, to make the alloy more malleable Nodules of this element cover about 70% of the ocean floor Manganese
18%
Plasma displays Also general anaesthetics and eye surgery lasers Xenon
18%
Green fireworks X-rays of the digestive system also use this Barium
9%
Medicine, especially antacids Cosmetics too, and low-melting-point alloys used in fire detection and extinguishing Bismuth
9%
Solar panels When combined with tellurium Cadmium
9%
Flashes in high-speed photography The fundamental unit of length is defined by a line in the atomic spectrum of this gas Krypton
9%
Red fireworks Also used in cancer treatment Strontium
9%
Aeroplanes Is commonly used in paint as well Titanium
9%
Jewellery Also dental implants, jet engines and space shuttle parts Zirconium
9%
Many industrial uses However, it is not naturally occurring on Earth, only in meteoroids Boron
0%
Red LEDs Commonly used in chips in electronic devices like computers Gallium
0%
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