A Fast-Paced Card Game About The Elements Page 11
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16Cs
55 Ba
56
La
57
Cesium
132.9
Lanthanum
138.9
Barium
137.3
Latin: “caesius” (sky blue)
Greek: “barys” (heavy)
Greek: “lanthanein” (to lie hidden)
green
lenses
• Will melt in your hand.
• Used for X-rays of digestive systems.
• Used in telescope and camera lenses.
• Used in atomic clocks.
• Used in fireworks (green color),
• Used for electrodes in high intensity
• Used as a “scavenger” (collector)
magnetic recording tapes, and spark
lights (example: search lights).
of unwanted atoms of gas in vacuum
plugs.
tubes.
Ce
60
Pr
59
58
Nd
Cerium
140.1
Praseodymium
140.9
Neodymium
144.2
named after the asteroid Ceres
Greek: “prasios-didymos” (green twin)
Greek: “neos-didymos” (new twin)
green
sand
• Found in sand along the coasts of
• Found in sand along the coasts of
• Found in sand along the coasts of
California, Florida, India and Brazil
California, Florida, India and Brazil
California, Florida, India and Brazil
(“monazite sand”)
.
(“monazite sand”).
(“monazite sand”)
.
• Used to color glass green.
• Used in self-cleaning ovens.
• Used to make very strong magnets.
• Used in electrodes in lights.
• Used in electrodes in lights.
• Used to color glass and to make rubies.
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Eu
63
Pm
61
Sm
Promethium
147.0
Europium
151.9
Samarium
150.3
named after Greek god Prometheus
named after Europe
named after the mineral “samarskite”
which was named for Col. Samarski,
a Russian army engineer
MRI
sand
• Used to make red color in televisions.
• Found in sand along the coasts of
• Used in mercury lamps and energy-
• Is a synthetic element made in
California, Florida, India and Brazil
saving fluorescent bulbs.
nuclear reactors.
(“monazite sand”)
.
• Used to identify counterfeit Euros.
• Can be a source of X-rays in portable
• Used in magnets for MRI machines, and
• Used to study formation of igneous
X-ray machines.
in infra-red absorbing glass.
rocks.
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