Terbium was discovered in 1843. It is stable in the air but very reactive in nature. It is used as a component of Terfenol –D which is used in actuators and in sensors. History and Discovery Terbium …
Samarium was discovered in 1879. Samarium-cobalt magnets have permanent magnetization and are used in musical instruments. History and Discovery Samarium was identified in the second half of the …
Promethium was discovered in 1945. It was the last rare earth lanthanide element to be discovered. It is very radioactive element but unstable. It is used in luminous paint and atomic …
Plutonium is a radioactive element which was produced in 1940. It is used as fuel in nuclear power reactors and to power aircraft. It is also used to make an atomic bomb. History and …
Oganesson is an artificial element that was synthesized for the first time in 2002. It is a highly radioactive and unstable element. History and Discovery According to the Mendeleev’s nomenclature …
Moscovium is a synthetic element that was discovered in 2003. It is a highly radioactive and unstable element. History and Discovery According to the Mendeleev’s nomenclature of undiscovered …
Meitnerium is a synthetic element that was discovered in 1982. It is a highly radioactive and unstable element. History and Discovery According to the Mendeleev’s nomenclature of undiscovered …
Hassium is a synthetic element that was discovered in 1978. It is a highly radioactive and unstable element. History and Discovery According to the Mendeleev’s nomenclature of undiscovered …
Gadolinium was discovered in 1880 and isolated in 1886. It becomes a superconductor at a temperature below 1083K. It is a strong magnet at room temperature. Gadolinium (lll) are used as phosphors for …
Dysprosium was discovered in 1886. It is used to make control rods in nuclear reactors due to its high magnetic susceptibility. Its characteristics are affected due to the presence of external …
Californium is a radioactive element and was synthesized for the first time in 1950. It is used to produce other heavier elements, such as oganesson. It is highly radioactive and requires proper …
Americium is a synthetic transuranic element produced in 1944 by group of Glenn. T Seaborg. It is present in spent nuclear fuel and should be neutralized because of its high radioactivity. …
Neodymium was discovered in 1885. It is a highly reactive metal and gets tarnished in air. It is main component of didymium glass. NIB magnets (Neodymium, iron and boron) are used in computers, cell …
Germanium was discovered in 1886. Germanium belongs to the carbon family and used in electronic devices as semiconductors. History and Discovery Dmitri Mendeleev predicted the existence of germanium …
Flerovium is a synthetic element that was discovered in 1999. It is an extremely heavy and highly radioactive element. History and Discovery Dmitri Mendeleev predicted the presence of element 114 …
Predicted by Dimitri Mandeleev in 1871, protactinium was first identified in 1913 by Kasimir Fajans and Oswald Helmuth Gohring. It is highly radioactive, scarce and toxic element and has no uses …
Neptunium, successor of uranium, was discovered in 1940 by Edwin McMillan and Philip H. Abelson while they were trying to isolate fission products. It is used in plutonium production which in turn has …
Gallium was discovered in 1971. It is a non-radioactive, non-toxic metal and have been widely used a semiconductors in various electronic devices. History and Discovery Dmitri Mendeleev predicted …
Ruthenium was discovered in 1884 and is member of the platinum family. It is a rare metal and widely in electrical industry and in making alloys. History and Discovery Like other six members of the …
Praseodymium was discovered in 1841. It is strong paramagnetic in nature. It is widely used as an alloying agent with magnesium to make high strength metal. It is found in house equipment like color …
Livermorium is a synthetic element that was discovered in 2000. It is highly radioactive and unstable element. History and Discovery According to the Mendeleev’s nomenclature of undiscovered …