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| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mercury | 29 | Though technically a metal, it becomes a solid only at temperatures below -38℉. |
| 2 | lead | 27 | Soft, malleable metal Superman can't see through |
| 3 | carbon | 27 | Lampblack consists mostly of this element |
| 4 | silver | 21 | Electrum, or argentiferous gold,, is gold containing a high % of this other precious metal |
| 5 | gold | 20 | The cyanide process is used to extract this precious metal from its ore |
| 6 | Helium | 19 | This element makes up about 25% of the mass in your average star |
| 7 | hydrogen | 17 | The only element with only one electron in its K shell |
| 8 | aluminum | 17 | Common metal made from bauxite ore |
| 9 | oxygen | 17 | Add the symbol of this element to "comb" & you get a small jazz band |
| 10 | iron | 17 | The oldest form of iron known, it's popularly used to make gates, fences & railings |
| 11 | sodium | 16 | The symbol for this element comes from its Latin name "natrium" |
| 12 | copper | 15 | In Disney's "The Fox and the Hound", the fox is named Tod, while the hound shares his name with this reddish metal |
| 13 | plutonium | 13 | Pu-239 is an isotope of this silvery metal |
| 14 | platinum | 13 | It is on "record" that this rare precious metal is sometimes magnetic |
| 15 | calcium | 13 | Atomic No. 20, it's needed for kids' teeth to grow |
| 16 | titanium | 12 | An oxide of this light metal, discovered in 1791, is used extensively as a white pigment |
| 17 | sulfur | 12 | It's used in gunpowder & to vulcanize rubber |
| 18 | nitrogen | 12 | Most living things cannot use this element as a gas though it makes up about 78% of the atmosphere |
| 19 | lithium | 12 | A compound of this lightest metal has been found effective in treating manic depressives |
| 20 | iodine | 12 | Poisonous in large amounts, this element abbreviated "I" is needed by your body to prevent goiter |
| 21 | tin | 11 | If you buy a pewter tankard today, you'd be buying a mug of mostly this metal |
| 22 | silicon | 11 | Member of carbon family so vital to electronics a high-tech "valley" bears its name |
| 23 | cobalt | 11 | Chemically like iron, this element, symbol "Co", is used in a blue pigment |
| 24 | nickel | 10 | Of the current penny, nickel, & dime the one which contains the most copper |
| 25 | chlorine | 10 | Halogen that bleaches fabrics & is added to drinking water & swimming pools to kill bacteria |
| 26 | arsenic | 10 | This toxic element is paired with "Old Lace" in the title of a 1944 movie starring Cary Grant |
| 27 | uranium | 10 | 2 of the 3 elements named for planets |
| 28 | potassium | 10 | Tack the symbol of this element onto "el" & you get a lodge member |
| 29 | zirconium | 9 | This element was discovered in 1789 in the mineral zircon |
| 30 | zinc | 9 | To prevent rusting, iron is often galvanized or coated with this metal |
| 31 | thorium | 9 | Used in some camping lanterns, it was named after the Norse god of thunder |
| 32 | radon | 9 | Though chemists call it a noble gas, the EPA calls it the #1 U.S. radiation health risk |
| 33 | phosphorus | 9 | Common forms of this element whose symbol is "P" include black, white & red |
| 34 | krypton | 9 | Superman was born on this planet named after one of the noble gases |
| 35 | the electrons | 9 | The British once likened the structure of the atom to a plum pudding & these to the raisins |
| 36 | tungsten | 8 | Also known as wolfram, this metal was first commercially used as lamp filament material |
| 37 | radium | 8 | It was discovered in 1898 when 2 scientists in France extracted a minute amount from a ton of pitchblende |
| 38 | neon | 8 | A Cornhusker chemist might know the symbol of this gas matches the abbreviation of his state |
| 39 | water | 7 | Since oxygen is the most abundant element on Earth, this is the most abundant compound |
| 40 | Curium | 7 | This synthetic radioactive element was named for the discoverers of radium |
| 41 | rust | 7 | Found in rhubarb, oxalic acid removes calcium from the body & this common oxide from iron |
| 42 | polonium | 6 | Named for Marie Curie's homeland, it was the 1st element to be discovered by means of its radioactivity |
| 43 | fermium | 6 | Just breaking into the top 100 is this element named after an Italian physicist |
| 44 | xenon | 5 | On the periodic table, Xe marks the spot for this element |
| 45 | magnesium | 5 | You can get wheels for your MG made of this element with the symbol Mg |
| 46 | fluorine | 5 | The lightest of the halogens, its name is from the Latin for "to flow" |
| 47 | chromium | 5 | The most widely used stainless steel, "18-8", contains 8% nickel & 18% this plating metal |
| 48 | boron | 5 | Borax, used as a water softener, is a compound of this lightweight, brownish element |
| 49 | ammonia | 5 | Fritz Haber is famous for inventing a process to make this smelly gas, NH3, synthetically |
| 50 | steel | 5 | This rust-resistant kind of steel is 12% to 30% chromium |