Element Symbols
Al
aluminum
H
hydrogen
drink cans
aluminum
weather balloons
helium
drew the first periodic table
Dmitri Mendeleev
Mg
magnesium
O
oxygen
electrical wires
copper
strong teeth and bones
calcium
The way the periodic table is organized
by the atomic number
Au
gold
Ag
silver
diamonds
carbon
use it to breath
oxygen
A gaseous chemical element that does not readily enter into chemical combination with other elements.
Noble Gases
U
uranium
Zn
zinc
used to kill small germs in cuts
iodine
a germ killer in swimming pools
chlorine
substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical reactions.
Elements
Pb
lead
Hg
mercury
makes materials glow
phosphorus
makes blue glass
cobalt
a branch of natural science that deals principally with the properties of substances, the changes they undergo, and the natural laws that describe these changes.
Chemistry