A Fast-Paced Card Game About The Elements Page 8
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Zn
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Nickel
58.7
Copper
63.5
Zinc
65.4
German: “Nickel” (Satan)
Latin: “Cuprum” (from Cyprus)
Greek: “zink”
• Name comes from “Kupfernickel,”
• Used for coins, wires and pipes.
• Used for galvanizing (protecting)
meaning “Satan’s copper.”
• The Statue of Liberty is made of copper.
metals such as iron and steel.
• Used in the coloring of glass.
• Copper mixed with zinc makes brass.
• Zinc sulfide glows in the dark.
• Used to make coins and utensils.
• Copper mixed with tin makes bronze.
• Zinc oxide is used in photocopiers.
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Gallium
69.7
Germanium
72.6
Arsenic
74.9
Latin: “Gallia” (France)
Latin: “Germania” (Germany)
Latin: “arsenicum” (a pigment)
semi-conductor
lens
• Gallium arsenide is used in lasers
• Famous for its use as a poison.
• Is a semi-conductor and therefore is
and in compact disc players.
• Is an ingredient in weed killers and
used in transitors.
• Used in cell phones and in medical
insecticides.
• Used in lenses and fiberoptics.
devices.
• Used in lasers and LED’s.
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Selenium
78.9
Bromine
79.9
Krypton
83.8
Greek: “selene” (moon)
Greek: “bromos” (stench)
Greek: “kryptos” (hidden)
• Used in photocopiers because it conducts
• Bromine is a reddish liquid with a very
electricity in the presence of light.
• Used in fluorescent flight, especially
bad smell.
• Used in robotics and in light meters.
photographic bulbs.
• Found in sea water and salt mines.
• Selenium is beneficial to our bodies and
• Used in UV lasers and in atomic clocks.
• Used in photographic film.
acts as an anti-oxidant, protecting use from
cellular damage.
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