Certain Elemental Characteristics
Some elements have certain physical, chemical, and atomic quirks and appearances. Here I shall show you them.

Gases
Hydrogen
Boron*
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Flourine
Chlorine
Bromine**
Noble Gases
Boron and Carbon can be solids when put under 10,000+ psi. Bromine is at room temperature a liquid. Carbon-12 is what the entire Periodic Table is based on.

Noble Gases
Helium
Neon
Argon
Krypton
Xenon
Radon
Ununoctium
Noble gases will only combine with other gases when man forces them to.

Metals
Hydrogen***
Lithium
Beryllium
Sodium
Magnesium
Potassium
Calcium
Rubidium
Strontium
Cesium
Barium
Francium
Radium
Transition Metals
Rare Earth Metals
Hydrogen becomes a metal when it is in a place with 2,000,000 times the pressure of Earth. Transition Metals are variants. Rare Earth metals are Radioactive.

Transition Metals
Scandium-Zinc
Yttrium-Cadmium
Lanthanum
Hafnium-Mercury****
Actinium
Lanthanum and Actinum, although in the Rare Earth Metal series, are more frequently found than their posterity. Transition metals have certain qualities that are different from alkali, alkaline, and the six metals on the right side of the table.

Rare Earth Metals
Lanthanoids: Cerium-Lutetium
Actinoids: Thorium-Lawrencium
Rutherfordium-Meitnerium
Ununnilium
Unununium
Ununbium
Ununquadium
Ununhexium
The Lanthanoids exhibit characteristics of lanthanum, which is used in nuclear power plants. The Actinoids exhibit charcteristics of Actinium, which is used in cat-scans. Two notable rare earth metals are Uranium and Plutonium, which are used in conjunction with hydrogen to make Atomic bombs and Hydrogen bombs.

Metalloids
Silicon
Germanium
Arsenic
Antimony
Tellurium
Polonium
Astatine
Metalloids exhibit characteristics of both metals and non-metals. Silicon is an excellent example. It is used to control electronic impulse throughout a computer. But it does not have a shiny appearance; it has, rather, a dull appearance. Yet because it is a conductor of electricity, is has both characteristcs.

Non-Metals
Helium
Noble Gases
Bromine
Iodine
Carbon
Gases
Non-metals exhibit odd characterisics. Hydrogen and Oxygen burn easily in air. Hydrogen and Helium are lighter than air. Nitrogen and Carbon freeze easily, yet Nitrogen is combustible as a liquid, and Carbon is a coolant. Flourine disinfects, so does Chlorine, but it is fatal. Iodine is used in healing, but stains clothing. Noble Gases are used in Neon signs.

*Solid at room temperature.
**Liquid at room temperature.
***Gas at room temperature.
****The elements of Hafnium "through" Mercury

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Posted 12-11-2000
Revised 01-10-2001