Elements of the Periodic Table

Lead

Oct 18, 1000

1. Lead was used in the United States primarily in ammunition, burial vault liners, ceramic glazes, leaded glass.
2. Crystal, paints or other protective coatings, pewter, and water lines and pipes.

Arsenic

Oct 18, 1250

1. In alloys used for making boiler tubes,
2. in insecticides and weed-killers and electronics industry in the manufacture of semiconductors, and
   he form of Gallium Arsenide is used in semiconductor lasers.

Zinc

Oct 18, 1500

1. Zinc is used in building cars and die castings.
2. Zinc Oxide is used to treat diaper rash, minor burns, severely chapped skin, or other minor skin irritations.

Antimony

Oct 18, 1600

1. Antomony used for some time in the manufacture of (among other things) clothing, children's toys, and car/aeroplane seat covers.
2. Many other antimony compounds found are used in the ceramics and glass industries as glazes, paints and pigments, primarily the sulphides, oxides, antimony trichloride and sodium antimonate.

Phosphorus

Oct 18, 1669

1. White phosphorus and zinc phosphate are mainly used as a poison for rats.

2.Red phosphorus is chiefly used on making matches.

Platinum

Oct 18, 1700

1. It is used in jewellery, where it is especially useful for people who are allergic to silver (platinum does not cause a reaction, but looks similar and will not tarnish).
2. The metal form is used in the coating of missile nose cones, jet engine fuel nozzles.

Nickel

Oct 18, 1751

1. Nickel is alloyed with steel to make armor plate, vaults and machine parts.
2. It is alloyed with copper to make pipes that are used in desalination plants.

Nitrogen

Oct 18, 1755

1. In the form of nitrous oxide it is used as an anesthetic.
2. Nitrogen tanks are also used as paintball gun power sources.

Oxygen

Oct 18, 1774

1. Oxygen is also used in steel production.
2. In nature, it is used in photosynthesis and respiration.

Chlorine

Oct 18, 1774

1. Chlorine is used worldwide to purify water supply as the ultimate defense against waterborne microbiological infection.
2. Chlorine is used in the manufacture if many car components, including: nylon for car seatbelts and air bags; vinyl upholstery; bumpers and mats; polyurethane seat cushions; dashboards; fan and alternator belts; hoses gaskets and seals; petrol additives; brakes and transmission fluids; and anti-freeze.

Aluminum

Oct 18, 1825

1. uses include electrical products such as light bulbs, power and phone lines. In the health and hygiene industry, aluminum goes into food additives, astringents, antacids and even buffered aspirin.
2. In addition to auto parts, motorcycles and airplane parts increasingly are made of aluminum, are as license plates.

Fluorine

Oct 18, 1886

1. Fluorine is used in toothpaste and drinking water to prevent tooth decay.
2. Fluorine is also used in rocket fuels. It helps other materials to burn, like oxygen does.

Argon

Oct 18, 1894

1. Argon is mostly used as an inert shielding gas in welding and other high-temperature industrial processes where ordinarily non-reactive substances become reactive.
2. Argon is a versatile industrial gas used in welding applications, such as the welding of specialty alloys, and in the production of light bulbs and lasers. As an inert gas, it can also be used to provide an oxygen- and nitrogen- free environment for heat treating processes.

Helium

Oct 18, 1895

1. The gas is also used as light weight aircraft fuel.

2.Helium can also be used for breathing observation. It is essential in treating ailments asthma, emphysema and other conditions that affect breathing.

Krypton

Oct 18, 1898

1. It is primarily used for lamps.
2. Krypton is used in Photography as a white light source. It is used in Photographic flashes during high speed photography.

Polonium

Oct 18, 1898

1. It is used in nuclear weapons to trigger neutron motion.
2. Polonium can be used to eliminate static electricity in machinery that is caused by processes such as the rolling of paper, wire or sheet metal, although other materials which emit beta particles are more commonly used for this purpose.

Neon

Oct 18, 1898

1. The element is also used in helium neon lasers, television tubes and wave meter tubes.
2. It is also used in lightning arresters. This is used to shield electrical equipment from lightning. There are also high voltage indicators and vacuum tubes that employ it.

Radium

Oct 18, 1898

1. Radium was used in the production of luminous paints, but this is now considered too hazardous.

2.The element gives off small amounts of radon gas which has been used to treat cancer, but this use is now also considered too toxic - other radioactive sources are more powerful and safer to use.

Actinium

Oct 18, 1899

1. Actinium is a very powerful source of alpha rays, but is rarely used outside research.

2.Actinium-255 is used in medicine to produce Bi-213 in a reusable generator or can be used alone as an agent for radio-immunotherapy.

Radon

Oct 18, 1900

1. earthquake prediction.
2. Radiation therapy in hospitals.

Francium

Oct 18, 1939

1. Francium has no uses, having a half life of only 22 minutes.

Plutonium

Oct 18, 1940

1.It has been used as a compact energy source on space missions such as the Apollo lunar missions.

1. Other than making atomic bombs and being used as fuel in some nuclear reactors, there is not much use for it.

Americium

Oct 18, 1944

1. Ionization source for smoke detectors.
2. Am-241 as a portable source of γ rays.

Dubnium

Oct 18, 1970

1. As only very little dubnium has ever been made, dubnium has no uses.

Copernicium

Oct 18, 1996

1. Element 112 (provisionally named copernicium, Cn) has no uses as only a very few atoms of this element have been identified.

Tin

Oct 17, 2100

1. This is used in things such as cans, welding.
2. This is also used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion or other chemical action .

Iron

Oct 17, 2500

1. Commonly used in manufacturing machine tools, automobiles, hulls of large ships, machine parts, and even building parts.

2.Stainless steel is a common type of steel used in a host of different products.

Silver

Oct 17, 3000

1. Printed circuit boards (PCBs) use silver for connecting paths of electronic circuitry.

2.Silver possesses working qualities similar to gold but enjoys greater reflectivity and can achieve the most brilliant polish of any metal, to make it durable for jewelry.

Gold

Oct 17, 3000

1.Gold has been used to make ornamental objects and jewelry for thousands of years.

1. A small amount of gold is used in almost every sophisticated electronic device. This includes: cell phones, calculators, personal digital assistants, global positioning system units and other small electronic devices.

Copper

Oct 16, 5000

1.Presently, copper is used in building construction, power generation and transmission, electronic product manufacturing, and the production of industrial machinery and transportation vehicles.

1. Doorknobs

Carbon

Oct 15, 6000

1. Dry ice – Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide. It is frozen carbon dioxide with a temperature of -78.5°C and melts into a gaseous rather than liquid form to create the popular smoke effect.
2. Fizzy drinks – When held under pressure carbon dioxide dissolves in water, and it then causes bubbles on your tongue as it forms a carbonic acid as you take a gulp.

Sulfur

Oct 15, 7000

1.Sulfur is a component of gunpowder. 2.Sulfur is used in the making of several types of paper and as a bleaching agent.