A Fast-Paced Card Game About The Elements Page 13
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73 W
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Re
75
Tantalum
180.9
Tungsten
183.8
Rhenium
186.2
named after the Greek god Tantalus
Swedish: “Tung stem” (heavy stone)
Latin: “Rhenus” (Rhine River)
Used to be called Wolframite
weights
capacitors
• Used in alloys, especially for
• Used to repair bones, especially in the
electrical switches and contacts.
• Used for filaments in light bulbs.
skull.
• Used for high-temp thermometers.
• Used for high-speed cutting tools.
• Used to make tools and weights.
• Used for oven filaments.
• Has the highest melting point of all the
• Used for capacitors in electronics.
metals.
Os
Ir
76
77
Pt
78
Osmium
190.2
Iridium
192.2
Platinum
195.1
Greek: “osme” (smell)
Latin: “iris” (rainbow)
Spanish: “platina” (silver)
• Used in pen points and compass
• Used in jewelry and dentistry.
needles.
• Iridium salts are highly colored.
• Used in the petroleum and electronic
• Mixed with platinum and iridium to
• Used in helicopter spark plugs,
industries.
make alloys.
hypodermic needles and rocket engines.
• Most platinum comes from South Africa
• Is the most dense element, twice as
• Is often mixed with platinum.
and Russia.
dense as lead.
Tl
Au
Hg
81
79
80
Gold
196.9
Thallium
204.4
Mercury
200.6
Old English: “gold”
Greek: “thallos” (green twig)
named after the Roman god Mercury
“Au” comes from Latin: “aurum”
• The symbol Hg comes from the Latin
• Looks like lead and is poisonous.
“hydragyrum” meaning “liquid silver.”
• Used for coins, jewelry, dentistry, and
• Was once used in insecticides.
• Used in thermometers, barometers,
electrical parts that need to conduct
• Used to diagnose heart disease.
and street lights.
electricity.
• Used in infrared detectors.
• Found primarily in the mineral ore
• Used as a reflective coating on the
“cinnabar,” mined in Spain and Italy.
outside of large glass windows.
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