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 …
Aluminium, or Aluminum in American spelling, is an ancient metal and has a diverse range of uses. It was discovered in 1824 and its light weight, high electrical conductivity and high resistant to …
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. …
Antimony is a chemical element with symbol Sb and atomic number 51. A lustrous gray metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite. Antimony compounds have been known since …
Argon is a rare and inert gas and belong to the Nobel gases. It was discovered by Sir William Ramsay and Lord Rayleigh in 1894. It emits unique and sharp spectral lines and is widely used in high …
Arsenic is one of the most ancient element known to human history. It is very toxic and can enter the biological system through contaminated water, soil and air. History and Discovery Arsenic has a …
Astatine is a highly radioactive element and the heaviest member of halogen family. It was discovered in 1940. History and Discovery The existence of astatine was predicted in the halogen family …
Barium is a chemical element with symbol Ba and atomic number 56. It is the fifth element in group 2 and is a soft, silvery alkaline earth metal. Because of its high chemical reactivity, barium is …
Berkelium is a transuranic element synthesized and identified in December 1949 by Glenn. T Seaborg, Albert Ghiorso, Stanley G. Thompson and Kenneth Street, Jr. It is a radioactive element with not …
Beryllium is an ancient element and is characterized as an alkaline earth metal. It is a very light metal and can withstand high pressure and is widely used for various applications. History and …
Bismuth is a post-transition metal and was discovered in 1753. It is a highly useful metal, and is component of various cosmetics, alloys and medications. Discovery and History Bismuth has …
Bohrium was discovered in 1976 in Russia. It is radioactive and an artificially prepared element. Due to its instability it has no health effect and no significant industrial or biological …
Boron is a metalloid and was discovered by Joseph L. Gay-Lussac and L. J. Thénard in 1808. It is chemically unreactive and is the second hardest element on earth. History and Discovery Boron is an …
Bromine was discovered in 1825 and 1826, independently by two chemists, Antoine Jerome Balard and Carl Jacob Lowig. Bromine is a hazardous gas. It is highly reactive and have various industrial …
Cadmium is toxic metal and its discovery is credited to two scientist, Karl Smuel and Friedrich Strohmeyer, who simultaneously reported its discovery in 1817. Cadmium based pigments and batteries are …
Caesium, also spelt as Cesium, was discovered in 1860. It is outstanding in keeping time with precision, so it is used in atomic clocks. It forms alloys with alkali metals, gold and mercury. History …
Calcium is an alkaline earth metal and has been known since prehistoric times. It was discovered in 1787 by Antoine Lavoisier and was isolated in pure form in 1808. Calcium is important nutrient for …
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 …
Carbon is a chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent—making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. It belongs to group 14 of the …
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. …
Chlorine is one of the most reactive gases and belong to the halogen group of periodic table. It was discovered as a distinct element in 1810. History and Discovery Chlorine compound, sodium …
Chromium is a transition metal that was discovered by Gottlob Lehmann in 1766. It has a shiny surface that is resistant to corrosion and this quality makes its ideal for manufacturing and coating of …
Cobalt is transition metal and was discovered in pure form in 1735. It is essential part of vitamin B12. Its compounds are known as cobalt blue used to color pottery and glass. History and …
Copernicium is an artificially produced element and was synthesized in 1996. It has many unstable and synthetic isotopes History and Discovery Copernicium is a synthetic element. It was created for …
Copper is relative inexpensive metal and widely used since old civilization. It is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity. Copper resist corrosion and is widely used in making various alloys. …
Curium is a synthetic transuranic element produced and identified in 1944 by group of Glenn. T Seaborg. It is a radioactive element and is present in used nuclear fuel. Curium is used to make heavier …
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 …
Dubnium is a synthetic element that was discovered in 1970. It is highly radioactive and unstable element. History and Discovery Dubnium was synthesized for the first time by team of scientist …
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 …
Einsteinium is a seventh transuranic element first discovered in 1952 at the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion. It is a radioactive element and has not much uses outside basic scientific …
Erbium was discovered in 1843. Its pink colored Er3+ ions have fluorescent properties useful in laser applications. It also show sharp absorption bands in near infrared, visible and ultraviolet …
Europium was discovered in 1800s but isolated for the first time in 1901. It readily oxides in water and air. It has been used as doping agent in glass. It is also included in the study of …
Fermium is the eighth transuranic element first discovered in 1952 at the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion. Owing to small quantity in which it can be produced it has no uses outside basic …
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 …
Fluorine is highly reactive and the most electronegative element in the periodic table. It was discovered by Andre-Marie Ampere in 1810. Discovery and History The high reactivity and …
Francium was discovered in 1939. It is very unstable alkali metal and considered the second rarest element in the earth crust. History and Discovery Francium was discovered by Marguerite Perey in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Gold is a precious metal which has been in human use since 2000 BC. It is unreactive and is highly resistant to corrosion which makes it favorable for wide range of medicinal, ornamental and …
Hafnium was discovered in 1923 as a novel metal by Hevesy and Coster. In nature, it exists in combination with zirconium and its alloys have high refractory properties. History and Discovery Hafnium …
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 …
Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe and is primarily produced because of radioactive decay. It was discovered in 1868 by Jules Janssen and Norman Lockyer. History and …
Holmium was discovered in 1878. It has highest magnetic moment that is why it is used to create strongest known magnetic field by placing it as magnetic flux concentrator. It has fluorescent …
Hydrogen is one of the three most abundant elements present on Earth. It was discovered in 1766 by Henry Cavendish and is widely used for various industrial, medical and recreational …
Indium is characterized as post transition metal. It was discovered it 1863 and have found wide use in making semiconductors and transistors. Indium has no biological role but is toxic when inhaled or …
Iodine belongs to halogen group in the periodic table. Iodine is an essential mineral commonly found in sea food. Iodine plays an important role in proper functioning of thyroid hormone in the human …
Iridium belongs to the platinum group of metals and is highly dense and resistant to corrosion. It was discovered in 1803. History and Discovery Ancient South Americans and Ethiopians have used …
Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is by mass the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's outer and inner …
Krypton is a rare and inert gas and belong to the Nobel gases. It was discovered by Sir William Ramsay in 1898. It emits unique and sharp spectral lines and is widely used in high speed photography …
Lanthanum was discovered in 1838. It is the most reactive member of the lanthanide series and have various industrial applications. History and Discovery Lanthanum was discovered in the 19th …
Lawrencium is a synthetic element and is highly radioactive and unstable element. It is the last member of the actinide series of the periodic table. History and Discovery Lawrencium was synthesized …
Lead has been known since old ages and its use has been largely limited due to its high toxicity. It is the heaviest stable element and is resistant to corrosion. History and Discovery Lead is a …
Lithium is an alkali metal that was discovered in 1817. It is a highly reactive metal and is used in variety of applications including, rechargeable batteries and rocket fuel due to its light weight …
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 …
Lutetium was discovered in 1907. It is a rare and expensive element and is the last member of lanthanide series. It is used as a catalyst in organic chemical industry. History and Discovery Lutetium …
Magnesium is an ancient element and is characterized as an alkaline earth metal. it was discovered by Joseph Black in 1700s. It is a very light metal and can withstand high temperatures and is widely …
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 …
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 …
Mendelevium is synthetic element first discovered in 1955 by bombardment of alpha particles on einsteinium. It has no uses outside basic scientific research. History and Discovery Mendelevium is a …
Mercury is a chemical element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is commonly known as quicksilver and was formerly named hydrargyrum Discovery and History Mercury can be rightly considered as …
Molybdenum was discovered in 1778 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele. It is a biologically important element but is toxic in high concentration. History and Discovery Molybdenum is an ancient metal and its …
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 …
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 …
Neon is a noble gas discovered in 1898 by British chemists Morris W. Travers and Sir William Ramsay in London. It has a brilliant red light and is widely used in advertising signs. History and …
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 …
Nickel is a transition element and is present in U.S five cent coin, which is composed of 75% copper and 25% nickel. It is second most abundant element and is being widely used in making metal alloys …
Nihonium is a synthetic element that was discovered in 2003. It is highly radioactive and unstable element. History and Discovery According to the Mendeleev’s nomenclature of undiscovered elements, …
Niobium was discovered by English chemist Charles Hatchett in 1801, Niobium is a soft, grey, ductile element classified amongst the transition elements of periodic table. It is used in making …
Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7. It was first discovered and isolated by Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford in 1772. History and Discovery Nitrogen is one of the …
Nobelium is a synthetic transuranic element that was discovered in 1996. It is a highly radioactive and unstable element. History and Discovery The efforts to synthesize nobelium were carried out by …
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 …
Osmium is a Nobel metal and belongs to the platinum family. It is the densest and corrosion-resistant element. It was discovered in 1803. History and Discovery Osmium has an intertwined history with …
Oxygen is a highly reactive non-metal and is one of the most significant elements present on the Earth. It is widely used in various manufacturing processes and is the element that sustains the …
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 …
Phosphorus is a non-metal with diverse biological and industrial significance. It was discovered in 1669 by Hennig Brand and has two allotropic forms and eighteen isotopes. Discovery and History …
Platinum is a precious and strong metal and has been known since ancient times. It was formally discovered in 1753 in South America. History and Discovery Platinum is an ancient metal, as in around …
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 …
Polonium is a highly radioactive element. It was discovered in 1989 owing to its highly radioactive nature. History and Discovery Polonium was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie from the ores of …
Potassium is an alkali metal and was obtained in pure elemental form in 1807 by Hymphry Davy. It is a biologically essential element and also has various industrial applications, including …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Radium is an alkaline earth metal and was discovered in 1898 by Marie and Pierre Curie. It is a lustrous metal and is widely used in various industry. Discovery and history Radium was discovered in …
Radon is radioactive gas and was discovered by 1899 by Ernest Rutherford and Robert B. Owens. It is formed by the radioactive decay of radium. Radon is the heaviest gas and a known air …
Rhenium is a very rare metal that was discovered in 1925 by Otto Berg, Ida Noddack and Walter Noddack. It has several distinct characteristics and is widely used in making of superalloys. History …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Seaborgium is a synthetic element that was discovered in 1974. It is highly radioactive and unstable element. History and Discovery Seaborgium was synthesized for the first time by Russian team led …
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 …
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 …
Silver is one of the seven metals of antiquity and have been considered precious throughout history. Silver coins, ornaments, utensils, jewellery and conductors have been popular since its …
Sodium is an alkali metal that has been known since prehistoric times. It was isolated for the first time in 1807 by Humphry Davy. Sodium is an essential micronutrient for plants and animals and is …
Strontium is an alkaline earth metal discovered in 1808 by Humphry Davy. It is a reactive element and has various useful radioactive isotopes. History and Discovery Strontium was discovered earlier …