Periodic Table Of The Elements Chart - Color Version

Elements

THE

1.008

4.003

Alkali Metals

Other Metals

Alkaline Earth Metals

Metalloids

6.941

9.012

Atomic

Atomic

10.81

12.01

14.01

16.00

19.00

20.18

1.008

Number

Weight

Transition Metals

Other Nonmetals

Chemical

Symbol

Lanthanides

Halogens

22.99

24.31

26.98

28.09

30.97

32.07

35.45

39.95

Chemical

Name

Actinides

Noble Gases

39.10

40.08

44.96

47.87

50.94

52.00

54.94

55.85

58.93

58.69

63.55

65.38

69.72

72.64

74.92

78.96

79.90

83.80

85.47

87.62

88.91

91.22

92.91

95.96

(98)

101.1

102.9

106.4

107.9

112.4

114.8

118.7

121.8

127.6

126.9

131.3

132.9

137.3

178.5

180.9

183.8

186.2

190.2

192.2

195.1

197.0

200.6

204.4

207.2

209.0

(209)

(210)

(222)

(223)

(226)

(265)

(268)

(271)

(272)

(277)

(276)

(281)

(280)

(285)

(284)

(289)

(288)

(293)

(294)

(294)

Livermorium

Flerovium

138.9

140.1

140.9

144.2

(145)

150.4

152.0

157.3

158.9

162.5

164.9

167.3

168.9

173.1

175.0

(227)

232.0

231.0

238.0

(237)

(244)

(243)

(247)

(247)

(251)

(252)

(257)

(258)

(259)

(262)

Copper

29

Carbon

6

Gold

79

Antimony

51

Manganese

25

Copper is one of the most

Carbon is the fourth most

Gold is an excellent conductor of

Antimony is a soft, toxic semi-

Manganese is a biologically

important metals on the periodic

abundant element in the universe

electricity, rarely tarnishes, and

metal with a rich history dating

important metal for both plants

table. Because it is an excellent

and arguably the most important

is the most malleable element on

back to ancient Egypt. Today,

and animals. The human body

conductor of electricity, copper is

element on the periodic table. It

the periodic table. Today, the U.S.

chemical engineers incorporate

contains 10 to 20 milligrams of

used in wires and electric motors.

is the only element capable of

government holds nearly 9,000

nontoxic antimony compounds

manganese, which is embedded

It is also resistant to corrosion

forming the complex molecular

tons of gold in reserve depots

into a wide variety of products,

in enzymes and used to catalyze a

and is widely used as a roofing

structures on which all life forms

around the country.

including batteries, bullets, glass,

variety of biological processes.

material.

are based.

and paints.

Bismuth

83

Mercury

80

Sodium

11

Iron

26

Sulfur

16

Bismuth is the most stable

Pure mercury is highly toxic and

A highly reactive metal, sodium

Iron bonds readily with oxygen

Sulfur is a naturally occurring

radioactive element on the

almost always found as a metallic

exists in nature only in combination

and pure iron quickly forms

element often found around

periodic table. For example, if

liquid. Today, mercury is used

with other elements and not

iron oxide, or rust, in damp

volcanic vents and other fissures

you were to monitor a cluster of

in thermometers, barometers,

in its elemental form. Sodium

environments. Iron’s affinity for

in Earth’s surface. Known since

bismuth atoms for 1.9 billion-

electric switches, and compact

compounds and ions are critical to

oxygen also allows the iron-rich

ancient times, sulfur is a key

billion years, you would find that,

fluorescent light bulbs.

many physiologic functions in all

hemoglobin in our blood cells to

component in many proteins,

on average, only 50% would have

animals and some plants.

bond to and transport oxygen

and largely responsible for their

undergone radioactive decay.

throughout our bodies.

structural integrity.

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PHOTO CREDITS: Bismuth and Iron: (CC BY), Manganese: Heinrich Poink (CC BY-NC-ND), Sodium: Dnn87 (CC BY). Atomic weight is consistent with NIST SP 966 (September 2010).