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Carbon:C
In its elemental form, carbon may have limited uses. But this element has the ability to manifest itself into a very useful substance for a number of things once it combines with other elements. Here are some of the commonly found uses of this element.
Used as a decorative tool in jewelry items.
Used as a base for the ink that is used in inkjet printers.
Used in the rims of automobiles as a black fume pigment.
Vegetable carbon or activated carbon, is sometimes used as a bleaching agent. -
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Sulfur:S
Elemental sulfur 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. The principal use of sulfur, however, is in the preparation of its compounds. The most important sulfur compound is sulfuric acid. Other important compounds include sulfur dioxide, used as a bleaching agent, disinfectant, and refrigerant; sodium bisulfite. -
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copper:Cu
Copper has been used since ancient times as a durable, corrosion resistant, and weatherproof architectural material.[77][78][79][80] Roofs, flashings, rain gutters, downspouts, domes, spires, vaults, and doors have been made from copper for hundreds or thousands of years. Copper’s architectural use has been expanded in modern times to include interior and exterior wall cladding, building expansion joints, radio frequency shielding, and antimicrobial indoor products, such as attractive handrails. -
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silver:Ag
Silver, the white metal, has an illustrious reputation for its use in jewelry and coins, but today, silver's primary use is industrial. Whether in cell phones or solar panels, new innovations are constantly emerging to take advantage of silver's unique properties. -
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gold:Au
Gold has been used to make ornamental objects and jewelry for thousands of years. Gold nuggets found in a stream are very easy to work and were probably one of the first metals used by humans. Today, most of the gold that is newly mined or recycled is used in the manufacture of jewelry. About 78% of the gold consumed each year is used in the manufacture of jewelry. -
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iron:Fe
Iron is pretty common in our new world. It can be found everywhere. It is not only included in the makeup of different transport options. It is also included in many different products, items, and things that run our modern world.
The reason iron is used in many ways is because it has properties that can be changed according to the need of mankind by mixing it with other substances – either metallic or nonmetallic.
There are many different types of steels available today. Each type is made wit -
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tin:Sn
About half of all tin that is produced is used for solder. This is usually used for joining electric circuits. Traditionally solder is made from a lead-tin alloy, but due to the hazardous nature of lead it is being replaced by other suitable metals.
•Tin is used for coating lead, zinc of steel to prevent corrosion. Steel containers coated with tin are commonly used to preserve food.
•Tin is used in many specialized alloys including pewter and bronze. -
Oct 17, 1000
lead:Pb
Prior to the early 1900s, lead was used in the United States primarily in ammunition, burial vault liners, ceramic glazes, leaded glass and crystal, paints or other protective coatings, pewter, and water lines and pipes. Following World War I, the demand for lead increased because of growth in the production of motorized vehicles, many of which use lead-acid batteries to start their engines. The use of lead as radiation shielding in medical analysis and video display equipment and as an additive -
Oct 17, 1250
arsenic:Ss
The main use of metallic arsenic is for strengthening alloys of copper and lead to use in car batteries.
• It is also used as an n-type dopant in semi conductive electronic devices.
• Arsenic is also used in numerous pesticides, herbicides and insecticides though this practice is becoming less common as more of these products are banned. -
Oct 17, 1500
Zinc:Zn
Zinc, in commerce also spelter, is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element of group 12 of the periodic table. Zinc is, in some respects, chemically similar to magnesium, because its ion is of similar size and its only common oxidation state is +2. Zinc is the 24th most abundant element in the Earth's crust and has five stable isotopes. The most common zinc ore is sphalerite (zinc blende), a zinc sulfide mineral. -
antimony:Sd
Antimony is a chemical element with symbol Sb (from Latin: stibium) and atomic number 51. A lustrous gray metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite (Sb2S3). Antimony compounds have been known since ancient times and were used for cosmetics; metallic antimony was also known, but it was erroneously identified as lead. It was established to be an element around the 17th century. -
phosphorus:P
Phosphorus is a nonmetallic chemical element with symbol P and atomic number 15. A multivalent pnictogen, phosphorus as a mineral is almost always present in its maximally oxidised state, as inorganic phosphate rocks. Elemental phosphorus exists in two major forms—white phosphorus and red phosphorus—but due to its high reactivity, phosphorus is never found as a free element on Earth. -
platinum:Pt
Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78.
Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina, which is literally translated into "little silver".[1][2] It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal.
Platinum has six naturally occurring isotopes. It is one of the rarest elements in the Earth's crust and has an average abundance of approximately 5 μg/kg. It is the least reactive metal. -
nickel:Ni
Nickel-containing materials play a major role in our everyday lives – food preparation equipment, mobile phones, medical equipment, transport, buildings, power generation – the list is almost endless. They are selected because - compared with other materials - they offer better corrosion resistance, better toughness, better strength at high and low temperatures, and a range of special magnetic and electronic properties. -
chlorine:Cl
•Chlorine is used (generally a particular compound of chlorine) to kill bacteria in drinking water and swimming pools. It is also used in disinfectants and bleach for the same reason. Chlorine is very effect against e coli bacteria.
•While not used as often today, some armed forces still use chlorine as a poison gas. It is more regularly used by terrorist groups.
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nitrogen:N
This element is present in virtually all pharmacological drugs. In the form of nitrous oxide it is used as an anesthetic. Cryopreservation also uses the gas to conserve egg, blood, sperm and other biological specimens. The CPUs in computers use the gas to keep them from heating up. X-ray detectors also rely on this element. -
oxygen:O
This gas is used in various industrial chemical applications. It is used to make acids, sulfuric acid, nitric acid and other compounds. Its most reactive variant is ozone O3. It is applied in assorted chemical reactions. The goal is to boost reaction rate and oxidation of unwanted compounds. Hot oxygen air is required to make steel and iron in blast furnaces. Some mining companies use it to destroy rocks. -
aluminium:Al
Other 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. Aluminum is a major component of household cooking products such as pots, pans and utensils. The recreation and sporting goods industry uses aluminum in the manufacture of lawn furniture, baseball bats, golf clubs, tents and many other recognizable products. -
fluorine:F
•Some compounds of fluorine (such as sodium fluoride, stannous fluoride and sodium MFP) are added to toothpastes to prevent dental cavities. These are now regularly added to water as well.
•Most general anesthetics are derived from compounds of fluorine.
•Fluorine-18 emits positrons and has a relatively large half-life. This makes it ideal for use in positron emission topography. -
argon:Ar
•Argon gas is used in graphite electric burners to prevent the graphite from burning. The graphite would burn in normal air with oxygen present.
•Crystals of silicon and germanium are grown in the presence of argon.
•Argon is used to kill pigs humanely if there is an outbreak of some disease on the farm. -
helium:He
•Helium is used in supersonic wind tunnels because it is inert, thermal and calorically perfect nature, high speed of sound, and high value of the heat capacity ratio.
•For materials easily contaminated by air, helium is used as a shielding gas in the arc welding process particularly when working with aluminum and copper.
•As helium is lighter than air, airships and balloons can be filled with the gas to gain lifts. -
neon:Ne
Its most common application is in advertisement. Ne generates a bright reddish orange color. Neon lights refer to various colors and lights. However, neon lights come from other gases and not necessarily neon. -
polonium:Po
•mixed or alloyed with beryllium to provide a source of neutrons
•used for eliminating static charges in textile mills (β-sources are more common and less dangerous)
•used on brushes for removing dust from photographic films
•thermoelectric power in space satellites
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radium:Ra
Use of radium in the field of medicine began in the 19th century. It showed healing effects in many health disorders. However, using it to treat mental disorders and rheumatism showed health hazards and it was forbidden, until any sustained research confirmed its safe application. Since it emits gamma rays, it was used in treatment of cancer
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/radium-uses.html -
actinium:Ac
Actinium is a very powerful source of alpha rays, but is rarely used outside research -
francium:Fr
Francium is used now only in research laboratories. -
plutonium:Pu
Plutonium was used in several of the first atomic bombs, and is still used in bomb-making. The complete detonation of a kilogram of plutonium produces an explosion equivalent to over 10,000 tonnes of chemical explosive. Plutonium is also a key material in the development of nuclear power. It has been used as a compact energy source on space missions such as the Apollo lunar missions. -
americium:Am
In comparison to many of the more basic/common elements americium does not have an abundance of uses, yet for a man-made element of its type, it is fairly useful. The most common use of Americium (241Am) is the detecting chemical in high-precision gas and smoke detectors. The radioactive traits pick up on the smoke and gas in ionization smoke detectors . -
ununbium:Uub
The following uses for ununbium are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. I'd be delighted to receive corrections as well as additional referenced uses (please use the feedback mechanism to add uses).
As only a few atoms of element 112 have ever been made, element 112 has no uses
