elements

Lead

Oct 20, 1000

construction, batteries, alloys, ammunition, pigments, and various other items

Arsenic

Oct 21, 1250

Arsenic has a wide variety of uses in several industries. It is used •in the manufacture of arsenic compounds,
•in preparing hardened lead shot (i.e. an alloy of lead and arsenic),
•in alloys used for making boiler tubes,
•in insecticides and weed-killers,
•in the electronics industry in the manufacture of semiconductors, and
•Arsenic in the form of Gallium Arsenide is used in semiconductor lasers

Zinc

Oct 21, 1500

Some of the uses of zinc are as an anti-corrosive agent, an anode, as a dietary supplement and in sunscreen.

Antimony

Oct 23, 1600

used for hardening lead, to make alloys which are then used mostly in batteries

Phosphorus

Oct 21, 1669

Uses of Phosphorus
•Phosphates are used to make special glass that is an important component of sodium lamps.
•Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for plants. It is, therefore, added to fertilizers.
•In the laboratory, two radioactive isotopes of phosphorus can be used as radioactive tracers.
•Calcium phosphate can be used to make fine china.
•The strikers for matchsticks are made from phosphorus. Flares and safety matches are also made from phosphorus.
•White phosphorus is used in incendiary bo

platinum

Oct 21, 1700

platinum is valuable for laboratory apparatus, such as crucibles, tongs, funnels, combustion boats, and evaporating dishes.

Nickel

Oct 21, 1751

•chiefly valuable for the alloys it forms such as stainless steel and other corrosion-resistant alloys
•tubing made of a copper-nickel alloy is extensively used in making desalination plants for converting sea water into fresh water
•used extensively in coinage and in making nickel steel for armour plate and burglar-proof vaults
•nickel added to glass gives a green colour
•nickel plating is often used to provide a protective coating for other metals
•finely divided nickel is a catalyst for hydro

nitrogen

Oct 21, 1755

Is use on medications and anesthecia.

oxygen

Oct 21, 1774

It is used to make acids, sulfuric acid, nitric acid and other compounds.

Chlorine

Oct 21, 1774

It can be use as a disinfectant and purifier, in plastics and polymers, solvents.

Aluminum

Oct 21, 1825

It can be use as aluminum foil and trays, gum and candy wrappers.

Fluorine

Oct 21, 1886

•fluorine and its compounds are used in producing isotopically fractionated uranium, plastic, its also used for etching the glass of light bulbs, small amounts, fluorides in water sources prevent tooth decay and to create toothpaste.

Argon

Oct 21, 1894

used as an inert shielding gas in welding and other high-temperature industrial processes where ordinarily non-reactive substances become reactive

Helium

Oct 21, 1895

Is use as a gas for balloons and other lighter-than-air craft

Krypton

Oct 20, 1898

used with argon as a low-pressure filling gas for fluorescent lights ,used in some photographic flash lamps for high-speed photography, lamps, UV-laser spectral line used for international measurement of a metre

Neon

Oct 21, 1898

The largest use for neon gas is in advertising signs+

Radium

Oct 21, 1898

used in treatment of cancer

polonium

Oct 21, 1898

Polonium is used to eliminate static electricity produced during processes such as rolling paper, wire and sheet metal

Actinium

Aug 21, 1899

The use as an active element of radioisotope thermoelectric generators.

Radon

Oct 21, 1900

The common uses of radon are in treatment of cancer and also in the production of neutrons for research

Francium

Oct 21, 1939

Due to its rarity and instability francium is used for research purposes only.

Plutonium

Oct 21, 1940

Is used in nuclear bombs and nuclear reactors.-.

Americium

Oct 21, 1944

it is used in some smoke detectors, as portable gamma ray source in radiography, to help to create flat glass.

americium

Oct 21, 1944

it is used in some smoke detectors, as portable gamma ray source in radiography, to help to create flat glass.

Americium

Oct 21, 1944

it is used in some smoke detectors, as portable gamma ray source in radiography, to help to create flat glass.

Americium

Oct 21, 1970

It is used in some smoke detectors, as portable gamma ray source in radiography, to help to create flat glass.

Dubnium

Oct 21, 1970

Tin

Oct 20, 2100

door and window heads, balusters
and urns, or roof ornaments

Iron

Oct 20, 2500

stainless steel which is used to make pots and surgical tools. The iron metal is used in making building sheets and machine tools. Iron makes the iron catalysts that are used to make ammonia.

Silver

Oct 20, 3000

is used in mirrors and in coatings for glass or other metals. Metals can be coated with silver by a process called electroplating.

Gold

Oct 20, 3000

Jewelry,Electronics and Computers ect

copper

Aug 22, 5000

Used in building construction, power generation and transmission, electronic product manufacturing, and the production of industrial machinery and transportation vehicles.

Carbon

Oct 20, 6000

Carbon can be use to do fire, also to cook

Sulfur

Oct 20, 7000

is used in black gunpowder, matches, and fireworks; in the vulcanization of rubber; as a fungicide, insecticide, and fumigant; in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers; and in the treatment of certain skin diseases.