Scientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The team believes this method could potentially help synthesize the hypothetical ...

The periodic table of chemical elements, often called the periodic table, organizes all discovered chemical elements in rows (called periods) and columns (called groups) according to increasing atomic ...

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Can France claim the first periodic table? Probably not, but a French Geology Professor made a significant advance towards it, even though at the time few people were aware of it. Alexandre Béguyer de ...

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Electronegativity, an essential characteristic of all elements in the periodic table, measures an atom's ability to attract ... as well as optical properties (like color). Chemists have come up with ...

Take your pick from this collection of links about elements and the periodic table! Build an element ball ... Spraying Windex onto the samples produces a color that depends on the metal residing in ...

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Some elements in the periodic table, such as carbon ... Credit: Public domain Collectively, electrons that are not tightly attached to just one nucleus are called the conduction band.

The mining project can quadruple the United States' lithium supply — but conservationists say it may also drive the ...