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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Schlesinger’s codiscovery of two reagents that provide this element’s anion deprecated the Bouveault–Blanc reaction | hydrogen |
| This element is added to benzyl groups to deprotect alcohols and amines | hydrogen |
| This is the lightest element whose bonds with carbon can donate electron density to adjacent antibonding orbitals | hydrogen |
| The nucleophilic attack of a base displaces this element between carbonyls (“carbon-EELS”) to produce the disproportionated (“dis-PROPORTION-ate-d”) products of the (*) Cannizzaro reaction. | hydrogen |
| The BINAP/ruthenium catalyst that let Noyori split half of the 2001 Nobel can add this element asymmetrically and is based on Wilkinson’s catalyst | hydrogen |
| Moving this element classically interconverts pairs of tautomers. | hydrogen |
| This compound is a byproduct in reactions in the CDC synthetic paradigm pioneered by Chao-Jun Li et al. | hydrogen |
| The discovery that a sterically hindered phosphine borate salt activates this compound spurred the development of frustrated Lewis pair catalysts. | hydrogen |
| This compound is liberated in reversible “acceptorless” couplings catalyzed by Milstein-type pincer complexes, whose interactions with this compound exemplify metal-ligand cooperativity. | hydrogen |
| Donor solvents like (*) tetralin are used as sources of this compound for coal liquefaction. | hydrogen |
| Benzyl·toluene systems have emerged as candidates for liquid organic carriers of this compound | hydrogen |
| the asymmetric addition of this compound is catalyzed by complexes with chiral BINAP (“BYE-nap”) ligands developed by Ryōji Noyori et al | hydrogen |
| Burning this compound only releases water | hydrogen |
| This is the only element for which Schrodinger’s equation can be solved exactly | hydrogen |
| Isotopes of this element include tritium and deuterium | hydrogen |
| Its diatomic form is released when sodium reacts with water. | hydrogen |
| It is the only nonmetal in Period 1 of the periodic table. | hydrogen |
| Bonds involving this element commonly form with nitrogen, oxygen, or fluorine due to large differences in electronegativity and are the reason for water’s surface tension | hydrogen |
| This element is the most abundant in the universe and was used to lift the (*) Hindenburg zeppelin. | hydrogen |
| This gas was isolated by Henry Cavendish, who thought it was a form of a fire-like element called phlogiston | hydrogen |
| When a glowing splint is exposed to this gas, it makes a distinctive “squeaky pop” sound | hydrogen |
| Isotopes of this element include (*) tritium and deuterium, and two atoms of this element bond with two atoms of oxygen to form its namesake peroxide | hydrogen |
| Bohr’s model is only consistent for an atom of this element, and bonds that only occur with fluorine, oxygen, and nitrogen are named after this element | hydrogen |
| In physics, this is the only element with a known solution to the Schrodinger (“SHRO-din-jer”) equation | hydrogen |
| In science history, this element forms a flammable gas that caused the Hindenburg explosion | hydrogen |
| n chemistry, Arrhenius (“ar-REN-ee-us”) acids release an ion of this element into water | hydrogen |
| In astronomy, the proton-proton chain converts two of this element into helium | hydrogen |
| This element's series of spectral lines named for Lyman are all ultraviolet, and all its visible spectral lines are within the Balmer series. | hydrogen |
| According to the Bronsted-Lowry theory, its cation is donated by acids | hydrogen |
| In addition to having isotopes like tritium and deuterium, this element’s extremely strong dipole-dipole interactions, its namesake “bonds”, explain the high boiling point of water. | hydrogen |
| This molecule can be activated by frustrated Lewis pairs. | hydrogen |
| Lindlar’s catalyst may be used to react this molecule with an alkyne | hydrogen |
| This molecule is produced along with carbon dioxide in the water-gas shift reaction | hydrogen |
| By definition, this molecule is assigned a reduction potential of (*) zero. | hydrogen |
| This element's spin-flip transitions cause its namesake 21 cm line | hydrogen |
| This element's emission spectrum includes the Lyman series. | hydrogen |
| This is the only neutral element for which Schrodinger’s equation can be solved perfectly. Gases of this element and nitrogen react with an iron catalyst in the (*) Haber-Bosch process | hydrogen |
| This element is used with neon in the gain medium of a common type of laser used in barcode scanners | helium |
| The nucleus of the most common isotope of this element is identical to an alpha particle, and this gas can be inhaled to make the pitch of one’s voice (*) higher than normal due to its low density | helium |
| This gas is often put into party balloons to make them lighter than air | helium |
| The first terrestrial finding of this element was in the mineral cleveite, a uranium oxide | helium |
| The Geiger-Nuttall law describes the rate at which nuclei of this element are emitted from a larger nucleus | helium |
| This element was discovered by Norman Lockyer and Pierre Janssen while observing a yellow spectral line during a (*) solar eclipse. | helium |
| The nucleus of an atom of this element is called an alpha particle | helium |
| Removing an electron from an atom of this element in the ground state makes it a hydrogen-like atom | helium |
| Because of its zero-point energy, this element has no melting point. | helium |
| This element and nitrogen are the most common carrier solvents in semiconductor manufacturing and in gas chromatography | helium |
| It has the highest first ionization energy | helium |
| The liquid form of this element exhibits (*) superfluidity. | helium |
| This element was discovered as a yellow spectral line during a solar eclipse. In the gold foil experiment, Rutherford fired nuclei of this element, or alpha particles, at the foil | helium |
| An alpha particle is a nucleus of this element, which has a filled 1s (ONE S) orbital but no p orbitals at ground state | helium |
| After the Hindenburg disaster, this gas replaced hydrogen in zeppelins and blimps | helium |
| Because the speed of sound in this gas is much faster than that in air, inhaling it causes a high-pitched voice | helium |
| Instead of Argon, this element is used as a shielding gas in gas tungsten arc welding for substances with high heat conductivity. | helium |
| One spectral series associated with this element is the Pickering series, but its primary yellow spectral lines were first observed by Jules Janssen | helium |
| Runaway fusion of this element in the core of low mass stars results in a namesake "flash." | helium |
| One of this element's isotopes constitutes a Rollin film, which are known to "creep" along surfaces as a superfluid | helium |
| An alpha particle is identical to a nucleus of this atom | helium |
| The presence of this element's degenerate type leads to its namesake flash | helium |
| This element with more than one valence electron was produced during the nucleosynthesis after the Big Bang | helium |
| The CNO cycle is used to produce this element, which is consumed in red giants during the triple-alpha process | helium |
| It was first discovered as a (*) yellow spectral line during a solar eclipse in 1868 | helium |
| This element has a 25% abundance in the universe, and its nucleus is equivalent to an alpha particle | helium |
| Within most stars, it is created by the nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms, which it has double the protons of | helium |
| This element was first observed by Jules Janssen during the solar eclipse of 1868. | helium |
| It can be used to detect small leaks in high pressure containers, but its most common application involves cooling superconducting magnets in MRI scanners | helium |
| As temperature approaches absolute zero, this substance forms a Rollin film, enabling it to creep along surfaces as a (*) superfluid | helium |
| It’s also mixed with nitrogen and oxygen as a breathing gas for deep-sea divers, and because sound propagates faster in gases with low molecular weights, inhaling this gas can increase the pitch of one’s voice | helium |
| The sponge variety of this material is produced from a direct reduction by a reducing gas or elemental carbon and may be produced in a bloomery. | iron |
| A mixture of this element’s oxide and aluminum is a common form of thermite | iron |
| The +2 and +3 oxidation states of this metal are mixed in an ore which may occur as (*) lodestone | iron |
| impurities in this element are burned off by blowing air across its molten form in the Bessemer process | iron |
| his metal’s cast type is commonly used in cooking pans, and has a higher carbon content than steel. | iron |
| Catalysts of this element are routinely used in the Fischer-Tropsch process to convert carbon monoxide to hydrocarbons and in the Haber-Bosch process to produce ammonia | iron |
| t isn’t aluminium, but this element’s chloride can perform a Friedel-Crafts Alkylation. | iron |
| In the pigment (*) Prussian Blue, six cyano-groups orient themselves around an atom of this element, and in the human body, it can be found in myoglobin, cytochrome P450, and hemoglobin | iron |
| Along with nickel, most of the Earth’s inner core is formed by, for 10 points, what element with atomic number 26 and symbol Fe | iron |
| The first person to explain the practical uses of this element was French entomologist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur | iron |
| The main ore of this element is the grayish-black hematite, which produces a red streak | iron |
| The Earth’s (*) inner core consists mainly of this element and nickel | iron |
| This element reacts with oxygen to form rust. | iron |
| At high pressures, this element crystallizes to form a hexagonal close-packed structure referred to as its epsilon allotrope. | iron |
| Martensite is formed by rapidly cooling the gamma phase of this element, austenite | iron |
| This element is most commonly extracted from its oxides, (*) magnetite and hematite ores | iron |
| After going through a blast furnace, several impurities can be found in the “pig” type of this metal | iron |
| The high luster and yellow hue of this element’s sulfide give it its nickname fool’s gold | iron |
| This element oxidizes to its plus-3 state form rust | iron |
| An allotrope of this element, Austenite, has vanadium or molybdenum stuck in its interstitial spaces to prevent corrosion in the new substance | iron |
| Mossbauer spectroscopy is often used on this substance to assess bonding properties | iron |
| This substance is used to produce ammonia or fuel in the (*) Haber-Bosch process | iron |
| This element, when treated with acids made from halogens, produces ferrous and ferric halides | iron |
| This metal has a “wrought” and “pig” type, and when it oxidizes, it forms rust. | iron |
| Ions of this element complex with cyanide to form Prussian blue | iron |
| This element’s sulfide is a cubic crystal often mistaken for gold | iron |
| The Bessemer process alloys this element with carbon, and its oxide is found in the magnetic mineral (*) magnetite | iron |
| This element is found in pyrite and its ions are called either ferric or ferrous | iron |
| Collman’s reagent consists of this element bonded to four carbonyl groups, and this element catalyzes the Bechamp reduction and Fischer-Tropsch process | iron |
| A blue pigment used as an antidote for heavy metal poisoning, contains seven ions of this element along with eighteen ions of cyanide | iron |
| This element catalyzes the (*) Haber-Bosch process to produce ammonia, and it undergoes the Bessemer process to form an alloy with carbon. | iron |
| The gamma allotrope of this element is called austenite. | iron |
| This element binds to siderophores, such as enterobactin, the strongest known chelating agent. | iron |
| Though not aluminum or zinc, this metal can be used as a catalyst to electrophilically halogenated aromatic rings | iron |
| porphyrin (“POR-fear-in”) ring surrounds this element in hemoglobin | iron |
| This metal’s sulfide, (*) pyrite, is also known as fool’s gold | iron |
| It exists alongside oxygen in such minerals as hematite and magnetite | iron |
| "Picket-fence" models describe this element’s interactions with a cyclic molecule made of four pyrroles | iron |
| “Centers” made of this element and sulfur carry one electron | iron |
| Cytochromes change color when its charge is reduced. | iron |
| Green and yellow biliverdin and bilirubin molecules are made when a prosthetic group with one atom of this element is degraded | iron |
| Golden rice reduces deficiencies in Vitamin A and (*) this metal | iron |
| It is part of a catalyst in biological Fenton reactions | iron |
| The dye Prussian blue contains a complex of cyanide surrounding this element | iron |
| The first metallocene consisted of two cyclopentadienyl rings sandwiching an atom of this metal in between | iron |
| The most common isotope of this element are produced by nickel-60 undergoing alpha decay | iron |
| This metal is found with oxygen in (*) hematite and with sulfur in pyrite, or fool’s gold | iron |
| An atom of this element is coordinated at the center of hemoglobin proteins in red blood cells | iron |
| This element sometimes exists in a gamma phase allotrope known as austenite | iron |
| The pigment Prussian blue ideally contains seven ions of this element complexed with eighteen cyanide ions | iron |
| The mineral magnetite is an oxide of this element, and impure forms of this element undergo the Bessemer process to form an alloy of this metal and carbon | iron |
| The mineral siderite is this element’s carbonate, and a main source of this metal for its large-scale production comes from hematite | iron |
| In humans, atoms of this element complex with the proteins myoglobin and hemoglobin | iron |
| Most red giants will eventually fuse into a core of this element before going supernova | iron |
| When it is neutrally charged, it has an unfilled d shell, and often has a charge of +2 or +3 | iron |
| A lack of this element in blood causes anemia | iron |
| One isotope of this metal has an extremely high nuclear binding energy and is thus the heaviest element formed in stellar nuclear fusion processes. | iron |
| In the body, it is found at the center of porphyrin molecules | iron |
| When bound to cyanide this element forms the pigment Prussian Blue and adding thiocyanate to a solution is one method of detecting this element. | iron |
| Electrolysis with an impure anode and pure cathode of this metal is used to purify it in the Wohlwill process, which achieves higher purity than the Miller process | gold |
| Those clusters can also be synthesized by treating citrate with an acid of this metal in the Turkevich method | gold |
| This element’s color arises from its 6s orbital (*) relativistically contracting | gold |
| This most ductile metal and a lighter one can be dissolved by a 3:1 mixture of hydrochloric and nitric acid known as aqua regia. | gold |
| name this noble metal located between platinum and mercury on the periodic table. | gold |
| Campanile probes for near-field scanning optical microscopy are usually covered in a layer of this element | gold |
| MHA and p-MBA ligands are often used to stabilize cluster compounds of this element | gold |
| Rod-shaped structures composed of this element are typically stabilized with a bilayer of the surfactant (*) CTAB | gold |
| Though a variety of elements can be used today, this element is the one that was traditionally used in sputter coating of samples for electron microscopy | gold |
| Surface plasmon resonance produces the red-to-pink color of monodisperse colloidal solutions of this element. | gold |
| relativistic effects in the 5d orbital produce the characteristic color of what noble metal? | gold |
| This metal is transferred from water to toluene by TOAB, and then this metal is reduced by sodium borohydride in one method of synthesizing clusters of it | gold |
| Interactions between atoms of this metal form intermolecular bonds with energies of 21 to 42 kilojoules (“kilo-jools”) per mole. | gold |
| An acid containing this metal and four chlorine atoms is treated with sodium citrate in the Turkevich method | gold |
| The best studied (*) self-assembled monolayers are created by placing alkanethiols (“alkane-thiols”) on this metal. | gold |
| For small particle sizes, suspensions of this metal’s nanoparticles are red | gold |
| Relativistic effects of electrons in this metal’s 5d and 6s (“six-S”) orbitals give this metal its color | gold |
| A thin layer of this element is used to coat astronauts’ helmet visors to protect them from solar radiation | gold |
| More than any other element, this one can be hammered into a flat shape without breaking, meaning that it is the most malleable [MAL-ee-uh-bull] metal | gold |
| As with platinum, it is difficult to dissolve this element, but it can be dissolved with a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric [“hide”-roh-KLOR-ik] acid called aqua regia | gold |
| Pyrite [“PIE-rite”] is nicknamed for its resemblance to this element, which “fools” might confuse it with | gold |
| A colloid of this element can be formed in the Turkevich (TUR-kuh-vitch) method using sodium citrate, which can then be used to label antigens in electron microscopy | gold |
| Like platinum, this element dissolves in a mix of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid | gold |
| Alpha particles were (*) shot at a thin sheet of this metal to prove that atoms have a positively charged nucleus in the Rutherford experiment | gold |
| Aqua regia (AH-kwah REJ-ee-uh) dissolves this metal, for which pyrite is easily confused. | gold |
| The Faraday-Tyndall effect was first observed in a colloid of this element. | gold |
| The MacArthur-Forrest process uses cyanide to mine this element since it does not dissolve in most acids, although (*) nitric and hydrochloric acids combine to form aqua regia, which is named for its ability to dissolve this element | gold |
| This element’s extreme malleability allowed Rutherford to use it in an experiment as a thin foil | gold |
| A complex whose center is this element in its unusual +2 oxidation state must be stabilized by antimony (V) [five] fluoride counter·ions and contains four xenon ligands | gold |
| This only metal to form a stable monatomic anion, which it forms in a compound with cesium, has the highest electron affinity among metals. | gold |
| This metal displays the strongest known metallo·philicity, which can be exploited to produce nanoscale aggregates like monolayers via (*) self-assembly. | gold |
| Reduction with sodium citrate can be used to produce intensely red colloids of this metal’s nanoparticles | gold |
| Like platinum, this metal doesn’t react with nitric or hydrochloric acid but is dissolved by their mixture, aqua regia | gold |
| Expansion of d orbitals causes complexes with this element to exhibit aurophilicity | gold |
| This element may be extracted from its ore by converting it into a coordination complex with cyanide | gold |
| A colloidal suspension of this element appears either red or purple depending on the size of its nanoparticles | gold |
| This element is the most (*) malleable metal. | gold |
| Like platinum, this transition metal does not react with nitric acid, but forms a precipitate when it is dissolved in aqua regia. | gold |
| Microcrystals of salts of this metal combine with photoelectrons from glass exposed to UV light to produce its elemental form in a technology used for photochromic lenses | silver |
| Dendrites and nanoparticles of this metal are produced by reducing metallic copper with this metal’s nitrate | silver |
| Titrating with a salt of this metal in Mohr’s method can be used to measure the concentration of chloride ions in solution, as this metal’s chloride is highly insoluble in water. | silver |
| Salts of this metal are held in a clear gelatin matrix, allowing light-excited electrons to form sensitivity specs of this metal by reducing one of its halide salts in a common black-and-white printmaking method | silver |
| The Patio process uses mercury amalgams to extract this element, which is the most conductive metal | silver |
| A compound of this element and iodine is used to seed clouds and develop photographs | silver |
| This precious metal was associated with the moon in alchemy. | silver |
| Antimicrobial nanoparticles of this element turn bacteria into "zombies" that kill other bacteria | silver |
| . An electrode containing this element's chloride has largely replaced the calomel electrode in pH meters. | silver |
| This element's nitrate precipitates out halides as cream-colored solids and stains skin and nervous tissue in Golgi's black reaction. | silver |
| This element is the lighter constituent of (*) electrum | silver |
| This element has the highest thermal and electrical conductivity and is generally in a +1 oxidation state, with a 5s1 4d10 electron configuration, similar to copper, which lies right above it on the periodic table | silver |
| When alloyed with copper in jewelry this element is called sterling. | silver |
| The iodide of this element is used in cloud seeding, and its halide salts are photosensitive, leading to their use in photographic media. | silver |
| Tollens' reagent is a solution of a nitrate of this element and ammonia, and the nitrate of this metal was often used to prevent conjunctivitis in newborns | silver |
| The body exhibits argyria after overexposure to this element whose nanoparticles are put in (*) socks to kill bacteria. | silver |
| Useful in photography, a process of reducing a nitrate of it produced 19th century mirrors | silver |
| The beam used in the Stern-Gerlach experiment was composed of atoms of this element, which is located above gold on the periodic table. | silver |
| This metal’s chloride is used to make photographic paper and cure mercury poisoning. | silver |
| The Hofmann and Cope eliminations occur in the presence of this lustrous metal | silver |
| Its ores include pyrargyrite and argentite and it precipitates onto glassware in the presence of an aldehyde in Tollen’s test. | silver |
| Name this highly reflective element, which has the highest conductivity of all metals. | silver |
| A zinc anode paired with a cathode of this element can be found in this element’s oxide battery, which has a very high energy density. | silver |
| Artificial production of rain often involves cloud seeding with this element’s iodide. | silver |
| The iodide of this element is used in cloud seeding, and its halide salts are photosensitive, leading to their use in photographic media | silver |
| Faraday’s constant was determined in an experiment involving this metal, used to test for aldehydes in Tollens’ reagent. | silver |
| This element is reacted with calcium carbide in the Frank-Caro process. Along with boron, this element forms an extremely hard compound with a lattice structure isoelectronic to diamond | nitrogen |
| A compound consisting of sodium and three atoms of this element is commonly used in airbags. | nitrogen |
| An oxoacid of this element is generated using a platinum-rhodium catalyst in the (*) Ostwald process. | nitrogen |
| This element has an unusually low electron affinity due to its half-filled 2p subshell. | nitrogen |
| This element reacts with hydrogen in the Haber process to produce ammonia | nitrogen |
| Along with sulfur, oxides of this element in the air combine with water to form acid rain. | nitrogen |
| A fixation process named for this element which occurs in plants produces ammonia, which contains one atom of this element bonded to 3 hydrogen atoms | nitrogen |
| This is the most common element in the Earth's (*) atmosphere, which is composed of 78% of this element. | nitrogen |
| This element is reacted with calcium carbide in the Frank-Caro process to make calcium cyana-mide | nitrogen |
| A molecule of this element has a lone pair in amines. | nitrogen |
| This element can be “fixed”to hydrogen to make ammonia. | nitrogen |
| A functional group containing hydrogen and this element can be added to an alkyl halide using potassium phthalimide (THAL-imide) in the Gabriel synthesis. | nitrogen |
| Two atoms of this element and an R group comprise a diazonium cation | nitrogen |
| A compound containing two atoms of this element is often used with an iridium catalyst as rocket fuel; that compound is (*) hydrazine | nitrogen |
| The inert diatomic gas formed by this element has a triple bond between two atoms of this element | nitrogen |
| The Haber process synthesizes a compound containing one atom of this element and three atoms of hydrogen | nitrogen |
| Diving below ten meters can lead to this element’s namesake narcosis | nitrogen |
| A drug containing three atoms of this element is commonly used to treat chest pains. | nitrogen |
| The urea cycle excretes this element’s waste, and Azotobacter soil microbes (*) fix this element in its namesake cycle. | nitrogen |
| Nucleotide bases like adenine and thymine include several atoms of, for 10 points, what gaseous element with 7 protons in its nucleus and chemical symbol N? | nitrogen |
| The Bamford-Stevens reaction produces alkenes by removing a functional group with two atoms of this element from tosyl•hydrazone molecules | nitrogen |
| In its molecular form, this element forms the strongest bond of any diatomic molecule, whose high dissociation energy makes compounds of this element useful as explosives and rocket propellants | nitrogen |
| Compounds containing this element are reacted with sulfuric acid and titrated to detect it via the Kjeldahl method | nitrogen |
| Porphyrin rings contain four atoms of this element, and some airbags utilize a reaction involving sodium azide to produce its diatomic gas | nitrogen |
| A reaction involving this element and hydrogen involves passing the reactants over four beds of an iron catalyst | nitrogen |
| That reaction is the Haber-Bosch process, and combining glycerin and this element forms a potent explosive. | nitrogen |
| . This first element of the pnictogen family has a boiling point of 77 Kelvin, making it a useful cryogen | nitrogen |
| Two atoms of this element are reacted with six atoms of hydrogen in the (*) Haber process to produce ammonia | nitrogen |
| The amount of this element in a substance can be determined with the Dumas and Kjeldahl methods | nitrogen |
| A process that combines this element with hydrogen typically uses a porous iron catalyst prepared by reducing magnetite | nitrogen |
| Four atoms of this element are bonded to the iron in a heme group, and it is bonded with two hydrogen atoms in an (*) amine group | nitrogen |
| Legumes engage in a symbiotic relationship with Rhyzobium bacteria because of their ability to “fix” this element into a more usable form | nitrogen |
| Legumes engage in a symbiotic relationship with Rhyzobium bacteria because of their ability to “fix” this element into a more usable form | nitrogen |
| This is the largest homonuclear diatomic molecule with a pi-u molecular orbital at a lower energy than a sigma-g orbital | nitrogen |
| Along with water, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide, it has a zero enthalpy of combustion | nitrogen |
| Old airbags produced this compound from sodium azide | nitrogen |
| This metal is typically extracted through evaporating large underground pools of brines containing this metal, yielding its carbonate or chloride | lithium |
| The complexity and hazards of extracting this metal from a cathode in one device has restricted the output of this metal from recycling | lithium |
| About half of the global reserves of this metal is underneath (*) Bolivia | lithium |
| Concerns have arisen over an eventual shortage of this metal due to the rising prevalence of smart devices and electric vehicles. | lithium |
| The hydroxide of this element is used to remove carbon dioxide from life support systems during anesthesia | lithium |
| This element is found with copper in a Gilman reagent | lithium |
| This element is placed at the top of the activity series for single-displacement reactions | lithium |
| It’s not strontium, but the flame test of this element produces a bright (*) red color | lithium |
| Salts of this element are often used to treat bipolar disorder, and the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the advancements made in this element’s namesake “ion” batteries | lithium |
| Its transmutation to tritium was the first man-made form of nuclear fusion | lithium |
| Chile has become the world’s top producer of this element by developing its rich salt-flats in the Atacama Desert, though Bolivia has the world’s largest deposit | lithium |
| Salts of this element were used to treat gout in the 19th century, and today its salts are used as mood stabilizers | lithium |
| It has the highest specific heat capacity of all solids and is the least reactive of the alkalis | lithium |
| Its transmutation to tritium was the first man-made form of nuclear fusion. | lithium |
| Hard-soft acid base theory explains why this element’s chloride and iodide are soluble in water, but its fluoride is not. | lithium |
| In most fusion reactor designs, this element is bombarded with neutrons to produce tritium | lithium |
| This element, (*) aluminum, and hydrogen make up a common reducing agent | lithium |
| this other metal has hard ions that form simple oxides when combusted. Ions of this alkali [AL-kuh-lie] metal are found in cell phone batteries. | lithium |
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