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Elements and their uses

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