Elements

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Argentina is the only country in the world to be named after an element - silver, from the Latin 'argentum'

5 elements are names after countries: Gallium, Germanium, Polonium, Francium and Nihonium

14 elements are named after people

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Question	Answer
What element is present in both carbon dioxide and water?	oxygen
What element is present in both table salt and most pools?	chlorine
What element is the sun mostly made of?	hydrogen
What element has the lowest melting and boiling points?	helium
What element has the highest melting point?	carbon
What element has the highest boiling point?	tungsten
What element has the highest tensile strength?	tungsten
What element has the highest thermal conductivity?	silver
What element is the lightest metal with the lowest density of any metal?	lithium
What element has the lowest melting and boiling points of the metalloids?	boron

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What element is most prevalent in air?	nitrogen
What element is the most reactive and the most electronegative of all the elements and the lightest halogen?	fluorine
What element has the smallest temperature range for which it is a liquid?	neon
What element is the most abundant metal found naturally on Earth and mispronounced by Americans?	aluminium
What element makes up the red part of a matchbox which you strike the match on to light it?	phosphorus
What element was called brimstone in the Bible?	sulfur
What element was the first metal to be discovered by electrolysis?	potassium
What element makes up the Earth's core?	iron
What element makes up 75% of an American nickel coin?	copper

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