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chemical elements by classification

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8 O   Oxygen  
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Diatomic oxygen gas constitutes what percentage of the atmosphere?   20.8 %  
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Oxygen was discovered independently by whom?   Carl Wilhelm Scheele or Joseph Priestley (Priestley's work was published first in 1774)  
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Oxygen's name was derived from what two words in greek?   oxys, meaning acid and genes, meaning producer  
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Antoine Lavoisier conducted the first adequate quantitative experiments on oxidation and gave the first correct explanation of how what process works?   Combustion  
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How many radioisotopes of oxygen have been characterized?   14  
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What is the boiling point of Oxygen?   -297.31 F  
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16 S   Sulfur  
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Sulfur was known as what in the bible?   Brimstone  
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Pure sulfur has what smell?   no smell  
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Sulfur compounds have what smell?   rotten egg  
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What is the boiling point of Sulfur?   832.28 degrees F  
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Sulfur was isolated in 1809 by whom?   Louis-Josef Gay-Lussac and Louis-Jacques Thénard  
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When burned, sulfur produces what color flame?   blue  
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34 Se   Selenium  
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Selenium is from the French word what?   selene , meaning moon  
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Who discovered Selenium?   Jons Berzelius in 1817  
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What is the boiling point of Selenium?   1264.8201 F  
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52 Te   Tellurium  
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What is the boiling point of tellurium?   1813.64 F  
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tellurium is named for the greek word for what?   tellus, meaning earth  
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Who discovered tellurium?   Franz Muller von Reichenstein in 1782  
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84 Po   Polonium  
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What is the boiling point of Polonium?   1763.6 F  
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Who discovered Polonium?   Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898  
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What country is polonium named after?   Poland  
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How is polonium obtained?   decay of radium  
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116 Lv   Livermorium  
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How is livermorium produced?   synthetically in a lab  
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How many isotopes of livermorium exist?   four  
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Livermorium is the heavest what group?   chalcogen  
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What is livermorium named after?   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (officially named in 2012)  
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