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The Only Remaining Chemical Element...

Enter the only chemical element that fits the description that has not already appeared on the quiz.
Sources: Wikipedia and periodictable.com
Inspired by cornflakesfu's series
Quiz by Abby
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Last updated: July 23, 2022
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First submittedJuly 23, 2022
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H
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He
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Li
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Be
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B
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C
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N
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O
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F
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Ne
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Na
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Mg
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Al
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Si
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P
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S
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Cl
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Ar
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K
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Ca
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Sc
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Ti
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V
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Cr
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Mn
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Fe
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Co
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Ni
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Cu
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Zn
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Ga
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Ge
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As
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Se
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Br
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Kr
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Rb
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Sr
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Y
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Zr
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Nb
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Mo
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Tc
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Ru
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Rh
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Pd
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Ag
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Cd
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In
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Sn
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Sb
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Te
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I
54
Xe
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Cs
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Ba
72
Hf
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Ta
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W
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Re
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Os
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Ir
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Pt
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Au
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Hg
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Tl
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Pb
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Bi
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Po
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At
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Rn
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Fr
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Ra
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Rf
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Db
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Sg
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Bh
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Hs
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Mt
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Ds
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Rg
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Cn
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Nh
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Fl
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Mc
116
Lv
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Ts
118
Og
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La
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Ce
59
Pr
60
Nd
61
Pm
62
Sm
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Eu
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Gd
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Tb
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Dy
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Ho
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Er
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Tm
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Yb
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Lu
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Ac
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Th
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Pa
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U
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Np
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Pu
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Am
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Cm
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Bk
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Cf
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Es
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Fm
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Md
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No
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Lr
The only remaining chemical element...
Element
To have only three letters in its name
Tin
To have a historical "age" named after it
Iron
To have a stable isotope with no neutrons
Hydrogen
To be found in bronze
Copper
To be red in its pure form
Bromine
To be green in its pure form
Chlorine
To be a metal and not be gray in its pure form
Gold
To burn lilac in a flame test
Potassium
To be found in rust
Oxygen
To have 8 or more naturally occurring isotopes
Xenon
To have a name that starts with the letter K
Krypton
To be a liquid at room temperature
Mercury
To be found in abundance in stars
Helium
To be named after a Norse god
Thorium
To make up more than 1% of air
Nitrogen
To be lighter than air
Neon
To make up more than 0.1% of the universe
Carbon
To be a major component of stainless steel
Chromium
To be a major component of sand
Silicon
To make up more than 5% of Earth's crust
Aluminum
To be found in a light bulb's filament
Tungsten
To have been formed during the Big Bang
Lithium
To be found in brass
Zinc
To be discovered after 2007
Tennessine
To be discovered before 3000 BC
Lead
To have a half life shorter than 100 milliseconds
Oganesson
To not react with anything
Argon
To be a noble gas
Radon
To be found in DNA
Phosphorus
To be found in protein
Sulfur
To be found in Pepto-Bismol
Bismuth
To have an Olympic medal made from it
Silver
To be in group 11
Roentgenium
To be named after a US state
Californium
To have a melting point greater than 5,500 °C
Rhenium
To be a gas
Fluorine
To be diatomic
Iodine
To be a halogen
Astatine
To be more electronegative than gold (2.54)
Selenium
To be radioactive but occur naturally in non-trace amounts
Uranium
To have a name that starts with Z
Zirconium
To be stronger than stainless steel (specific strength 63.1 kN·m/kg)
Titanium
To be found in table salt
Sodium
To have formerly had a different symbol for over 50 years
Niobium
To be widely used in nuclear weapons
Plutonium
To be named after two different people
Curium
To be named after a (non-mythological) woman
Meitnerium
To come after gold in the reactivity series of metals
Platinum
To be used in a currently circulating US coin
Nickel
To be harder than topaz in its pure form (Mohs hardness 8)
Boron
To be found in the strongest type of commercially available magnets
Neodymium
To have only two electron shells
Beryllium
To be found in emeralds
Vanadium
To have a half life shorter than one minute
Livermorium
To form compounds with an oxidation state of +9
Iridium
To be found in chalk
Calcium
To be named after a university
Berkelium
To be named after a location in the Western Hemisphere
Americium
To be found in the cathode of a lithium-ion battery
Cobalt
To be magnetic in its pure form at 20 °C
Gadolinium
To have an atomic number that is a power of two
Germanium
To be named after a continent
Europium
To have an ISO currency code (e.g. USD or EUR)
Palladium
To have its symbol not be derived from its English name
Antimony
To have been discovered in antiquity
Arsenic
To have a name that doesn't end in -um
Manganese
To have an atomic mass less than 40
Magnesium
To have a name that starts with G
Gallium
To melt when placed in one's hand
Cesium
To not be a metal
Tellurium
To have multiple allotropes
Polonium
To have been discovered by Marie Curie
Radium
To be radioluminescent
Promethium
To be in period 4
Scandium
To be a rare earth metal, but not a lanthanide or an actinide
Yttrium
To be named after another element
Protactinium
To be radioactive, despite being surrounded by stable elements
Technetium
To have a name that starts with Y
Ytterbium
To be considered an essential element for human survival
Molybdenum
To be considered a refractory metal
Tantalum
To have a name that doesn't end in -ium
Lanthanum
To be named after someone born in Germany
Einsteinium
To have a boiling point greater than 5000 °C
Osmium
To be in group 5
Dubnium
To be named after a city in Russia
Moscovium
To have a row named after itself on the period table
Actinium
To have not had an official name until 2016
Nihonium
To be named after a person born in Asia
Mendelevium
To be named after a place in Asia
Indium
To be named after a place in Eastern Europe
Ruthenium
To be part of the platinum group of metals
Rhodium
To be named after a Russian
Flerovium
To have a name that starts with a vowel
Erbium
To be named after Ytterby, Sweden
Terbium
To be more dense than gold
Neptunium
To be named after a Slav
Copernicium
To naturally occur in trace amounts, despite being radioactive
Francium
To be named after a place in Sweden
Holmium
To be an alkali metal
Rubidium
To be named after a person that did not receive a Nobel Prize
Nobelium
To be known for its toxicity
Thallium
To have an atomic number that is a perfect square
Fermium
To be an actinide
Lawrencium
To be named after a place in France
Lutetium
To have an atomic mass less than 100
Strontium
To react with water
Barium
To have a vowel in its symbol
Cerium
To have been known to Mendeleev when he invented the periodic table
Cadmium
To be named after a current national capital
Hafnium
To be named after a place in Scandinavia
Thulium
To have a name that is more than 12 letters long
Rutherfordium
To be named after an American
Seaborgium
To be directly named after a person
Bohrium
To be indirectly named after a person
Samarium
To have an odd atomic number
Praseodymium
To have any stable isotopes
Dysprosium
To have a half life longer than an hour
Hassium
To be on the periodic table
Darmstadtium
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Level 61
Jan 27, 2024
Oh wow that has a hard quiz. Super fun challenge though! I definitely resorted to guessing on some (okay lots) of them, but it was a fun puzzle to solve! :)