Element Symbols
Al
aluminum
H
hydrogen
drink cans
aluminum
weather balloons
helium
drew the first periodic table
Dimitri Mendeleyev
Mg
magnesium
O
oxygen
electrical wires
copper
strong teeth and bones
calcium
The way the modern periodic table is organized
By the increasing atomic number
Au
gold
Ag
silver
diamonds
carbon
use it to breath
oxygen
These give off small particles and are normally not stable
radioactive elements
U
uranium
Zn
zinc
used to kill small germs in cuts
iodine
a germ killer in swimming pools
chlorine
These elements are made in a lab
synthetic elements or trans uranium
Pb
lead
Hg
mercury
makes materials glow
phosphorus
makes blue glass
cobalt
These scientists tried to turn lead into gold
alchemists