The only remaining chemical element...
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Element
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To have only three letters in its name
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Tin
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To have a historical "age" named after it
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Iron
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To have a stable isotope with no neutrons
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Hydrogen
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To be found in bronze
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Copper
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To be red in its pure form
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Bromine
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To be green in its pure form
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Chlorine
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To be a metal and not be gray in its pure form
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Gold
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To burn lilac in a flame test
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Potassium
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To be found in rust
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Oxygen
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To have 8 or more naturally occurring isotopes
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Xenon
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To have a name that starts with the letter K
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Krypton
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To be a liquid at room temperature
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Mercury
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To be found in abundance in stars
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Helium
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To be named after a Norse god
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Thorium
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To make up more than 1% of air
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Nitrogen
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To be lighter than air
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Neon
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To make up more than 0.1% of the universe
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Carbon
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To be a major component of stainless steel
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Chromium
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To be a major component of sand
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Silicon
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To make up more than 5% of Earth's crust
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Aluminum
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To be found in a light bulb's filament
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Tungsten
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To have been formed during the Big Bang
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Lithium
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To be found in brass
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Zinc
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To be discovered after 2007
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Tennessine
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To be discovered before 3000 BC
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Lead
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To have a half life shorter than 100 milliseconds
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Oganesson
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To not react with anything
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Argon
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To be a noble gas
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Radon
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To be found in DNA
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Phosphorus
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To be found in protein
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Sulfur
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To be found in Pepto-Bismol
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Bismuth
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To have an Olympic medal made from it
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Silver
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To be in group 11
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Roentgenium
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To be named after a US state
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Californium
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To have a melting point greater than 5,500 °C
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Rhenium
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To be a gas
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Fluorine
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To be diatomic
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Iodine
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To be a halogen
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Astatine
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To be more electronegative than gold (2.54)
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Selenium
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To be radioactive but occur naturally in non-trace amounts
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Uranium
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To have a name that starts with Z
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Zirconium
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To be stronger than stainless steel (specific strength 63.1 kN·m/kg)
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Titanium
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To be found in table salt
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Sodium
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To have formerly had a different symbol for over 50 years
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Niobium
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To be widely used in nuclear weapons
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Plutonium
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To be named after two different people
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Curium
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To be named after a (non-mythological) woman
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Meitnerium
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To come after gold in the reactivity series of metals
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Platinum
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To be used in a currently circulating US coin
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Nickel
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To be harder than topaz in its pure form (Mohs hardness 8)
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Boron
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To be found in the strongest type of commercially available magnets
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Neodymium
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To have only two electron shells
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Beryllium
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To be found in emeralds
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Vanadium
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To have a half life shorter than one minute
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Livermorium
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To form compounds with an oxidation state of +9
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Iridium
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To be found in chalk
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Calcium
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To be named after a university
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Berkelium
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To be named after a location in the Western Hemisphere
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Americium
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To be found in the cathode of a lithium-ion battery
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Cobalt
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To be magnetic in its pure form at 20 °C
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Gadolinium
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To have an atomic number that is a power of two
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Germanium
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To be named after a continent
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Europium
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To have an ISO currency code (e.g. USD or EUR)
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Palladium
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To have its symbol not be derived from its English name
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Antimony
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To have been discovered in antiquity
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Arsenic
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To have a name that doesn't end in -um
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Manganese
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To have an atomic mass less than 40
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Magnesium
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To have a name that starts with G
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Gallium
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To melt when placed in one's hand
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Cesium
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To not be a metal
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Tellurium
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To have multiple allotropes
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Polonium
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To have been discovered by Marie Curie
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Radium
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To be radioluminescent
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Promethium
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To be in period 4
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Scandium
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To be a rare earth metal, but not a lanthanide or an actinide
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Yttrium
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To be named after another element
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Protactinium
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To be radioactive, despite being surrounded by stable elements
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Technetium
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To have a name that starts with Y
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Ytterbium
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To be considered an essential element for human survival
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Molybdenum
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To be considered a refractory metal
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Tantalum
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To have a name that doesn't end in -ium
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Lanthanum
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To be named after someone born in Germany
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Einsteinium
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To have a boiling point greater than 5000 °C
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Osmium
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To be in group 5
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Dubnium
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To be named after a city in Russia
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Moscovium
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To have a row named after itself on the period table
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Actinium
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To have not had an official name until 2016
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Nihonium
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To be named after a person born in Asia
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Mendelevium
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To be named after a place in Asia
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Indium
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To be named after a place in Eastern Europe
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Ruthenium
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To be part of the platinum group of metals
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Rhodium
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To be named after a Russian
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Flerovium
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To have a name that starts with a vowel
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Erbium
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To be named after Ytterby, Sweden
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Terbium
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To be more dense than gold
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Neptunium
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To be named after a Slav
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Copernicium
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To naturally occur in trace amounts, despite being radioactive
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Francium
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To be named after a place in Sweden
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Holmium
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To be an alkali metal
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Rubidium
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To be named after a person that did not receive a Nobel Prize
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Nobelium
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To be known for its toxicity
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Thallium
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To have an atomic number that is a perfect square
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Fermium
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To be an actinide
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Lawrencium
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To be named after a place in France
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Lutetium
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To have an atomic mass less than 100
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Strontium
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To react with water
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Barium
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To have a vowel in its symbol
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Cerium
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To have been known to Mendeleev when he invented the periodic table
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Cadmium
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To be named after a current national capital
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Hafnium
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To be named after a place in Scandinavia
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Thulium
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To have a name that is more than 12 letters long
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Rutherfordium
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To be named after an American
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Seaborgium
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To be directly named after a person
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Bohrium
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To be indirectly named after a person
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Samarium
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To have an odd atomic number
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Praseodymium
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To have any stable isotopes
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Dysprosium
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To have a half life longer than an hour
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Hassium
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To be on the periodic table
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Darmstadtium
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