This extra credit opportunity expires Tuesday September 15 at 8:00am!
You can earn 1 point on your grade (which would bring up an 83 on a quiz to a 100!) by doing the following fun activity:
1) Go to PeriodicTable.com
2) Look over the metals on the periodic table.
3) Find a metal that really interests you due to some property.
4) Find something made from that metal or some application of the metal.
5) Post that info about your metal here in the comments.
That’s it!
(Check out gallium, by the way)
{ 12 comments… read them below or add one }
Bismuth:
Is a weak metal
Can be found in Cosmetics,and Medicine, such as Pepto-Bismol LOL
Mercury :
is the only metal element that is a liquid a room temp.
Is found in Tuna Sushi,compact fluorescent bulbs, and mercury fever thermometer. It is weird that mercury is in fish!!!!!!
Zirconium-
haha i got some zirconium in my 3rd hole in my ear!!!
its important 4 nuclear industorys (not good) and it melts at 1885C
is found in jewelry, and body pirercings and nuclear stuff
Like Kelly I( also think Mercury is interesting because it is the only element that will melt in room temperature and if it weren’t poisonous we could play with it! Mercury is in tuna sushi, Mercury fever thermometer and
Vermilion red paint.
But if Mercury is in fish wouldn’t people who eat it die because it is poisonous????
uranium
used to make nuuclear power
makes stuff go boom
also it the last natual element
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-22tna7KHzI
avi the reason people dont die when they eat fish is because its in very minute quantitys
Copper:
Most commonly used in wiring because it is a very good conductor. We also use it in pennies (mixed with other elements to keep them from bending in your hand of course). Is extremely ductile and malleable.
Oh and if you wear a ring made out of copper it turns your finger blue, which is just kind of weird.
I think nickel is interesting because some people are allergic to it witch is odd because it’s a metal not like flowers or cats.
Titanium interests me because it is somewhat in a stage of a jet engine. An example is the top part of some hammers.
I found out that Krypton is not that thing that makes Superman crippled, but instead it can be used in incandescent light bulbs, and it makes an awesome shade of blue! Also those really annoying, super bright flashlights use them. I think they me be those really, really bright blue lights in some cars.
Copper:
Copper is used for many things such as wire, jewelry, coins, BBs, and even wire hair brushes. The boiling point is 2927 degrees celcius, the atomic weight is 63.546, and the symbol is Cu.
Megan
Radium Ra88..this is some wierd stuff. Radium WAS used in self luminous clocks and watch hands…UNTIL workers died from it. It is radioactive!!! Antique Watches are still radioactive and will be for 1000 Years. Radioum has a 1/2 life (whatever that is) of 1600 years.. Jade