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In 1914 X-ray spectroscopy by Henry Moseley found direct dependency of spectral line and effective nuclear charge, changing periodic table.

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Fe - The UK exported 7.3 million tonnes of steel scrap in 2014, and imported 0.4 million tonnes.

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Rh - Rhodium, named after the Greek 'rhodos' meaning 'rose colored'.

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Sc - Scandium, named after 'Scandia' the Latin name for Scandinvia. #element #name #Latin

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Cn - Copernicium is named after Nicolaus Copernicus.

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Hydron is the general name for the positive ion of any hydrogen isotope H+.

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Bertram Boltwood introduced radiometric dating in 1907.

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Gold is the most noble of the metals, but it's still prepared to forms many compounds.

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Eu - Europium, is named after Europe.

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Re - Rhenium, named from the Latin name for the European river Rhine.

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First 20 elements (in order of discovery): Ca, C, S, P, Mg, H, O, N, Cl, Be, K, Na, B, F, Si, Al, He, Ar, Li and Ne.

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Ds - Darmstadtium is named after the German City where it was first synthesized, #Darmstadt in the federal state of #Hesse. #Ds #Elements

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Titanium is the ninth-most abundant element in the Earth's crust (0.63% by mass).

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Period 3: Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar. #elements

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Group 2: Be Mg Ca Sr Ba Ra. (Alkaline earth metals / Berylium group).

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Bismuth-290 was regarded as the heaviest stable nuclide before 2003 when researchers in Orsay measured the 1/2-life to be 1.9×10¹⁹ y.

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Hs - Hassium is named after the federal state of Hesse where the element was first synthesized. #Hs #German

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Tc - Technetium, named after the Greek 'tekhnètos' meaning 'artificial'.

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Sixty percent of copper is used as electrical wire, and twenty percent for roofing and plumbing.

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Ho - Holmium, named after 'Holmia' the New Latin name for Stockholm.

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Fe/Au - More steel is created each hour than the total amount of gold that has been mined.