Interesting Facts

A substance made up of one kind of atom is an element. Gold is an element because it only contains gold atoms. Water is not an element because it contains hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Scientists list the elements by atomic number in the periodic table. Here are a few facts about elements that you may not have known:

All elements have several forms called isotopes. Each isotope of an element has the same atomic number, but a different atomic mass.
The periodic table is a simple list of all the elements. The elements are arranged by their atomic number. The information given for each element includes atomic number, symbol, name, and mass number.
Scientists have identified 92 elements that occur naturally. Over three-fourths of the natural elements are metals.
All the natural elements were created by nuclear reactions that happened inside stars. After burning for billions of years, stars may explode as spectacular supernovas, scattering atomic nuclei through space.
The chemical properties of an element depend on the number of electrons in its outer shell. Elements in the same group have the same number of outer electrons.

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ELEMENT SLOGANS

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Zinc don't stink.

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² You're Sure to love Zirconium!

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³ To hear clear, think zinc!

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There is nothing Noble about Xenon

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⁵ From A to Zinc

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⁶ Zinc or Swim, You decide!

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⁷ Zirconium: The Last Word in Elements

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⁸ Not Blue, Not Pink, Not Copper, But Zinc!

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⁹ Xenon: The flashbulb element

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Zirconium: The other white rock.

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Quotes on natural elements
Quotes about elements:

"Of the four elements water is the second in weight and the second in respect of mobility. It is never at rest until it unites with the sea..." -Leonardo da Vinci
"While all bodies are composed of the four elements, that is, of heat, moisture, the earthy, and air, yet there are mixtures according to natural temperament which make up the natures of all the different animals of the world, each after its kind." -Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
"Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds." -Niccolo Machiavelli
"Water is also one of the four elements, the most beautiful of God's creations. It is both wet and cold, heavy, and with a tendency to descend, and flows with great readiness." -John of Damascus
"This mind isn't somewhere outside the material body of the four elements. Without this mind we can't move. The body has no awareness. Like a plant or a stone, the body has no nature. So how does it move? It's the mind that moves." -Bodhidharma