Palladium was discovered in 1802 and is member of the platinum group. It is widely used as a catalytic converter in automobile fuel industry. History and Discovery Palladium was discovered by …
Thorium is a slightly radioactive element discovered by Jons Jacob Berzelius in 1828. It is three times more abundant than Uranium and can meet the world’s energy demand by being used as fuel in …
Rubidium was discovered in 1861. It belongs to the alkali metals group of the periodic table. It is an abundant and highly reactive metal. History and Discovery Rubidium was discovered by Gustav …
Rhodium was discovered in 1803 and is member of the platinum group. It is widely used as a catalytic converter in automobile fuel industry that was introduced by Volvo in 1976. History and …
Roentgenium is an artificial and highly radioactive element that was synthesized in 1994. It is used for various research purposes. History and Discovery Roentgenium is a synthetic element. It was …
Cerium was discovered in 1803 by Berzelius and Hisinger, and independently by Klaproth in the same year. It is widely used in ferrocerium lighters. Its readily forms oxide in the air and form CeO2. …
Tennessine is a synthetic element that was discovered in 2010. It is highly radioactive and unstable element. History and Discovery According to the Mendeleev’s nomenclature of undiscovered …
Silicon is the second most abundant element in earth’s crust. It was discovered in 1823 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius. Silicon has tremendous uses including manufacturing of ceramic, glass, synthetic …
Rutherfordium was discovered in 1964 and resynthesized in 1969. It is an artificially prepared radioactive element. Due to its instability, it has no major commercial use, only used in laboratories …
Darmstadtium is an artificial element that was synthesized in 1994. It is highly radioactive and a very dense metal. History and Discovery Darmstadtium is a synthetic element. It was predicted by …
Zinc is a prehistoric metal and have been used as copper alloy since 3rd millennium BC. It is widely used today to make electrical batteries and for zinc electroplating. History and Discovery The …
Yttrium was discovered in 1789. Its chemical properties are similar to the elements in the lanthanides series of the periodic table. It is widely used in cathode ray tube display in television, …
Xenon was discovered in 1898 and is classified as a noble gas. It emits blue light when subjected to electrical discharge. Most commonly, xenon is used in flash lights. Some compounds of xenon are …
Uranium is a weakly radioactive element discovered in 1789 by Martin Heinrich Klaproth. It is widely used to fuel nuclear power plants and to make high density penetrators. Atomic bomb is also made …
Thallium was discovered independently in 1986 by William Crookes and Claude-Auguste Lamy. Due to its toxic nature, it has been historically used as ant killer and rat poison. History and …
Tantalum was discovered in in 1802 by Anders Ekeberg. It is resistant to corrosion and has high refractory properties. History and Discovery Tantalum was discovered by Anders Ekeberg in 1802 [1]. …
Technetium is an artificial element and was discovered in 1937. It is radioactive and have the greatest number of radioactive isotopes among the lightest elements of the periodic table. History and …
Selenium is a non-metal and was discovered in 1817. It has been widely used in electronic devices. It is toxic in high amount but is an essential micronutrient for all living things. History and …
Scandium was discovered by Lars Fredik Nilson in 1879. It is a transition element and is widely used as aluminum-scandium alloy for minor aerospace industry. History and Discovery The existence of …
Manganese is an ancient metal and was discovered as a distinct element in 1774. It is used as pigment and for making various alloys with corrosion resistant properties. History and Discovery The …
Actinium is a radioactive metal. It is the third element in row 7 of the periodic table. It is considered often as the first of the actinides, a group of “inner transition metals”. Quite recently …