Element
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Uses
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Aluminum
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A light metal used in making airplanes, buildings, pots & pans,
etc.
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Bromine
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Used in photography, medicines, insecticides, etc.
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Calcium
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A soft, metallic chemical element found in limestone, marble,
chalk, etc.
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Carbon
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Found in coal, oil gas, living things, & inks
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Chlorine
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Used in bleach, in chemicals to kill germs in swimming pools, &
found with the element sodium in table salt
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Chromium
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A shiny metal used on bumpers of some cars, household fixtures,
etc.
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Copper
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A metal used for electric wires, pots, pans, & pennies
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Gold
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A metal used for jewelry & precious decorative pieces
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Helium
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A gas much lighter than air used in blimps & balloons
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Hydrogen
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A flammable & explosive gas
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Iodine
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Used on cuts & wounds to kill germs
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Iron
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A strong metal used in the construction of buildings, steel, &
machines
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Lead
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A metal used in automobile batteries & in fishing & diving
weights
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Mercury
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A heavy, poisonous liquid used in some thermometers
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Neon
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A gas used in many lights & signs
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Nickel
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A metal used in coins
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Nitrogen
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The main gas in the air, also used in fertilizers
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Oxygen
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A gas necessary for respiration; aids burning
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Platinum
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An expensive metal used in jewelry
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Potassium
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Found in fertilizers
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Silicon
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Used in electronics & in compounds for making glass
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Silver
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Used in tableware, jewelry, photography, medicines, & coins
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Sodium
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Soft metal that combines with chlorine to make table salt
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Sulfur
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Used to make sulfuric acid & some medicines such as pet powders
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Tin
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Used to make cans
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Tungsten
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A metal used in light bulb filaments
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Uranium
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A metal used in some nuclear reactions
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Zinc
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A metal that prevents rust & is used in dry cell batterie
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