Element | Uses |
Selenium | -Conducts electricity and helps immune system fight infections
-Found in:
-Solar cells
-Light Meters
-Photographic Materials
-Copy Machines
-Medicine to fight cancer, heart attacks +
-Grains, seafood, meat, poultry |
Mercury | -Lowest Melting Point of Metal
-Only liquid metal at room temp
-Used in thermometers and barometers |
Chlorine | -Kill bacteria in drinking water + pools
-Plastic
-PVC |
Selenium | -Conducts electricity and helps immune system fight infections
-Found in:
-Solar cells
-Light Meters
-Photographic Materials
-Copy Machines
-Medicine to fight cancer, heart attacks +
-Grains, seafood, meat, poultry |
Mercury | -Lowest Melting Point of Metal
-Only liquid metal at room temp
-Used in thermometers and barometers |
Chlorine | -Kill bacteria in drinking water + pools
-Plastic
-PVC |
Plutonium | -Fuel in a nuclear power plants |
Tungsten | -Highest Melting Point of Metal
-Does not melt when a current passes through it
-Glass-to-metal seals |
Aluminum | -Soft Drink Cans
-Cookware
-Baseball Bats
-ETC |
Silicon | -Semiconductor - conducts energy better than nonmetals, but not as good as metals
-Computer Chips |
Americium | -Smoke Detectors |
Cerium | -Makes up 50% of alloy, which is a misch metal,which is in lighters. |
Boron | -Cookware that can be moved from fridge to oven without cracking |
Plutonium | -Fuel in a nuclear power plants |
Nickel | -Batteries
-Cadmium |
Aluminum | -Soft Drink Cans
-Cookware
-Baseball Bats
-ETC |
Xenon | |
Americium | -Smoke Detectors |
Boron | -Cookware that can be moved from fridge to oven without cracking |
Nickel | -Batteries
-Cadmium |
Phosphorous | -Required by living things
-White can't be exposed to air or it explodes into flames
-Red ignites from heat caused by friction from matches
-Essential for healthy teeth and bones
-Fertilizer |
Xenon | -When combined with other noble gasses, it creates a bulb that lasts longer than others not using this mixture
-Strobe Lights
-Used to be used in photographic flash cubes |
Lead | -Used in aprons to protect torso from X-rays
-Car batteries
-Low-Melting Alloys
-Protective Shielding around Nuclear Reactors
ETC |
Chromium | -Paints
-Comes from chroma, meaning color |