Elements of the periodic table

lead

Oct 17, 1000

lead is used in building construction, lead-acid batteries, bullets and shot, weights, as part of solders, pewters, fusible alloys, and as a radiation shield.

arsenic

Oct 25, 1250

arsenic is used to make rat poison and some insecticides.

zinc

Oct 27, 1500

Zinc is used to form numerous alloys and is used to make die castings for use in the electrical, automotive, and hardware industries.

antimony

Oct 21, 1600

antimony is used to make certain types of semiconductor devices, such as diodes and infrared detectors.

phosphorus

Oct 27, 1669

phosphorus is used in safety matches, fireworks, smoke bombs and pesticides

platinium

Oct 28, 1700

platinum is used in catalytic converters, laboratory equipment, electrical contacts and electrodes, platinum resistance thermometers, dentistry equipment, and jewelry.

nickel

Oct 28, 1721

nickel is used for making stainless steel and many other corrosion resistant.

nitrogen

Oct 29, 1755

Nitrogen is used for the production of ammonia, nitric acid and fertilizers. Liquid nitrogen is used to freeze materials like food.

oxygen

Oct 30, 1774

oxygen is used to help us breath, it is also used to feed high temperature flames.

chlorine

Oct 31, 1774

chlorine is used for disinfecting drinking water,in the production of textiles, paper products, dyes, petroleum products, medicines, insecticides, disinfectants, foods, solvents, plastics and paints.

aluminium

Oct 31, 1825

aluminium is used for aircraft, trains, overhead power cables, saucepans and cooking foil.

flourine

Nov 1, 1886

fluorine is used chiefly as an oxidizer in rocket fuels.

argon

Oct 17, 1894

argon is used primarily for electrical uses.

helium

Oct 17, 1895

helium is used for filling balloons and blimps.

radium

Oct 17, 1898

radium is used in luminous paint.

krypton

Oct 17, 1898

krypton is used in some types of photographic flashes used in high speed photography.

neon

Oct 17, 1898

neon is used glow lamps, electron tubes, signs, plasma studies, fluorescent starter tubes, cryogenic refrigeration and gas lasers.

polonium

Oct 18, 1898

polonium can be used to eliminate static electricity in machinery.

actinium

Oct 19, 1899

actinium is used in the production of neutrons.

radon

Oct 20, 1900

radon was sometimes used in hospitals to treat cancer and in hydrologic research.

francium

Oct 21, 1939

francium is used for research purposes only.

plutonium

Oct 22, 1940

plutonium is used in making nuclear weapons or in nuclear reactors to produce energy.

americium

Oct 23, 1944

americium is used today in most domestic smoke detectors and is also used as a neutron source in non-destructive testing of machinery and equipment.

dubnium

Oct 24, 1970

Dubnium hasn't practical uses; it is only for research.

carbon

Oct 16, 2034

prehistory
carbon is used to make inks, paints and rubber products.

sulfur

Oct 17, 2034

prehistory
sulfur is used in black gunpowder, matches, and fireworks,in the vulcanization of rubber,as a fungicide, insecticide, and fumigant.

tin

Oct 17, 2100

tin is used for solder and tin plate.

iron

Oct 17, 2500

iron is used for pots, pans, fences, and ornamental items, but the vast majority of iron is used in the production of steel, used as a structural material in the construction of large projects like bridges and buildings, in fasteners, cookware, automotive parts, trains and railways

silver

Oct 2, 3000

silver is used in jelwelry,coins,electronics,decorative items,batteries.

gold

Oct 17, 3000

Gold is used for rings, watches, necklaces.Gold also is used in a lot of high end electronics because it is a good conductor.

copper

Oct 14, 5000

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