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Al |
Aluminum |
Cans used to be made of these |
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Sb |
Antimony |
Doesn't sound like the symbol |
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Ar |
Argon |
A gaseous, arrogant element |
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As |
Arsenic |
Deadly and Amelia |
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Ba |
Barium |
Bear tree bum |
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Ca |
Calcium |
Important for bones and teeth |
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C |
Carbon |
Diamonds and Smog |
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Cs |
Cesium |
Seas of dim. . . |
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Cl |
Chlorine |
Cleans your pool |
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Cr |
Chromium |
Burning chrome |
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Co |
Cobalt |
Another word for blue |
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Cu |
Copper |
Precious to power |
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F |
Florine |
Hippies complain when something similar is in the water |
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Ga |
Gallium |
A gallon of em |
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Ge |
Germanium |
Lesser known semiconductor |
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Au |
Gold |
Illustrious and wonderful, the base of pre-modern economics |
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He |
Helium |
A gas that's lighter than air |
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H |
Hydrogen |
One H, one electron, most common element in the universe. |
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I |
Iodine |
Creates a purple smoke in its pure form. |
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Fe |
Iron |
Began the age after bronze, Deus Vult |
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Kr |
Krypton |
Sounds like superman's weakness. |
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Pb |
Lead |
Flint, Michigan |
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Li |
Lithium |
The modern battery |
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Mg |
Magnesium |
Magneto sounds like this metal |
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Mn |
Magnese |
Like mandarin knees |
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Hg |
Mercury |
Quicksilver |
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Ne |
Neon |
In the dystopian future, there is always plenty of this. |
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Ni |
Nickel |
¢5 |
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N |
Nitrogen |
Used to super cool things |
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O |
Oxygen |
One of the most corrosive substances in the universe, also human fuel |
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P |
Phosphorus |
Comes in red and white, the latter of which slightly glows. Found in human urine and bone marrow |
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Pt |
Platinum |
Very precious metal, much wow, such credit |
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K |
Potassium |
Ion important in human thought, found in bananas and kale |
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Ra |
Radium |
not necessary for living organisms, and adverse health effects are likely when it is incorporated into biochemical processes because of its radioactivity and chemical reactivity. |
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Rn |
Radon |
It is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas, occurring naturally as a decay product of radium |
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Rb |
Rubidium |
Sometimes used in fireworks to give them a purple color,with a half-life of 49 billion years—more than three times longer than the estimated age of the Universe. |
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Se |
Selenium |
a semiconductor and is used in photocells. Applications in electronics, once important, have been mostly supplanted by silicon semiconductor devices |
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Si |
Silicon |
Our electronic mother element. |
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Ag |
Silver |
Can kill vampires or buy bread |
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Na |
Sodium |
The only rock that tastes good |
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Sr |
Strontium |
Consuming 75% of production, the primary use for it is in glass for colour television cathode ray tubes. It prevents X-ray emission. Isotope created in nuclear fallout is extremely deadly. |
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S |
Sulfur |
Volcanoes release a ton of this |
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Sn |
Tin |
A common metal used in old Christmas toys |
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W |
Tungsten |
it has the highest melting point of all the elements. Its hardness and high density give it military applications in penetrating projectiles. |
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U |
Uranium |
The promise of a future of abundant energy lies with this element |
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Xe |
Xenon |
employed in typical 35mm, IMAX, and digital film projection systems. |
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Zn |
Zinc |
an essential mineral perceived by the public today as being of "exceptional biologic and public health importance", especially regarding prenatal and postnatal development. |