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Lead, number 82 on the periodic table, was a miracle metal for thousands of years.
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Daniel Stone, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Now, the investment in lithium extraction is spilling over to include rubidium, another element on the leftmost column of the periodic table.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025
Many inorganic chemists focus on the transition metals – the elements in the middle of the periodic table.
—Daniel Freedman, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2025
In highly resource scarce communities, such as the desert tribes of the Sahara, the mineral commodity of choice was not an inert metal like gold but a compound formed by one of the most reactive metals in the periodic table – sodium.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Stone, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Now, the investment in lithium extraction is spilling over to include rubidium, another element on the leftmost column of the periodic table.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025
Many inorganic chemists focus on the transition metals – the elements in the middle of the periodic table.
—Daniel Freedman, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2025
In highly resource scarce communities, such as the desert tribes of the Sahara, the mineral commodity of choice was not an inert metal like gold but a compound formed by one of the most reactive metals in the periodic table – sodium.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Periodic table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periodic%20table. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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