A Fast-Paced Card Game About The Elements Page 14
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Pb
Po
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Lead
207.2
Bismuth
208.9
Polonium
210
Ancient Anglo-Saxon: “lead”
named after Poland
German” “weisse masse” (white mass)
“Pb” comes from Latin: “Plumbum”
• Used in stomach medicines such as
Pepto-bismol
®
• Discovered by Marie Curie, who was
• Used in indoor sprinkler systems (fire
• Used for fishing weights, in batteries,
born in Poland.
safety for commercial buidings).
and for protection against X-rays.
• Is very radioactive. Can be used as a
• Used in the manufacturing of rubber,
• Romans used lead for their water pipes.
source of radiation.
fuses, and cosmetics
At
Rn
85
86
87
Fr
Astatine
210
Radon
222
Francium
223
Greek: “astatos” (instable)
named after the element radium
named after France
• Discovered in France.
• Very little is known about this element.
• Is the heaviest gaseous element.
• Is very active.
• The total amount of astatine that exists
• It is radioactive and probably causes
• Comes from the decay of uranium and
is estimated to be only about an ounce!
lung cancer.
thorium.
• Is radioactive.
• Used in earthquake prediction.
• Is too unstable to be used for anything.
Th
Ra
Ac
90
88
89
Radium
226.0
Thorium
232
Actinium
227
Latin: “radius” (ray)
Greek: “actinos” (ray or beam)
after the ancient Scandinavian god Thor,
god of lightning and thunder
• Discovered with the spectrometer, as
an impurity in uranium ores.
• More common than uranium.
• Is radioactive.
• Was once used to make glow-in-the-
• Used as a source of electrons in some
• Comes from the decay of uranium and
dark watches.
electronic devices.
thorium.
• Can be used to make radon, for use in
• Used in the “mantles” of camping
• No commercial use.
medical procedures.
lanterns
(that little bag-like thing that glows)
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