Class 4 Research Project - Elements
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Elements
Mercury
Mercury is a silver-like non-metal that is found in compounds like Cinnabar. In the 1800’s, people who made felt hats were mad. Why were they mad? They used mercury to make felt hats! The mercury had condensed into a dangerous gas. The gas had gotten into their bodies and damaged their arteries so not enough blood was going to their heads! Today mercury is made in energy-saving light bulbs and thermomiters. [1]
Arsenic
Arsenic is a powdery substance that also has compounds. One of its compounds is terra-arsenic decaoxide. Arsenic used to be used as a bug killer but then it was forbidden. There is also two forms of pure arsenic: yellow arsenic and gray arsenic (gray arsenic is the most common). Some people take a non-harmful amount of arsenic ever day in South Africa! [2]
Sulfur
Sulfur is another element and one of its compounds is sulfuric acid. Sulfur is mainly used in medicine and is a major role in organic foods. Sulfuric acid can melt through a lot of things like steel and even iron![3]
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is vital to human life and is one of the most important elements in chemistry. One of its compounds is diphosphric acid. Phosphorus is mostly found in meteorites and fossils. Again, phosphorus is vital to life.[4]
Subatomic Particles
- electron
- nucleus
- proton
- neutron
- quark
- gluon
- photon
- neutrino
Iron Ores and Oxides
- Magnetite
- Meteorites
- Limenite
- Ferric Hydroxide
- Prussion Blue
- Sodium Hydroxide
- Ferrus Sulfate
- Gelatinous
- Hematite
Arsenic Ores and Oxides
- Gallium Arsenide
- Adosine Diphosphate
- Tetra-arsenic Decaoxide
- Arsenic Trioxide
- Arsenic Pentoxide
- Arsenic Sulfide
- Arsenopyrite
- Orpiment
- Realgar
- Gray Arsenic
- Yellow Arsenic
Phosphorus Ores and Oxides
- Phosphate
- White Phosphorus
- Phosphorus Cloride
- Phosphorus Oxide
- Red Phosphorus
- Phosphoric Acid
- Phosphorus Oxycloride
- Phosphorus Trioxide
- Phosphorus Pentasulfide
- Sodium Dihydrogen-Phosphate
- Diphosphoric Acid
Mercury Ores and Oxides
- Mercurochrome
- Merbromin
- Cinnabar
- Methylmercury
- Amalgam
Sulfur Ores and Oxides
- Isotopes
- Allotropes
- Alpha Sulfur
- Beta Sulfur
- Plastic Sulfur
- Sulfuric Acid
- Fungicide
- Pyrite
- Hydrogen Sulfide Gas
- Calcium Sulfate
- Sulfur Dioxide Gas
- Galena
- Sodium Sulfide
- Gypsum
Links
Reference
- ↑ Tocci, Salvatore. Mercury. New York: Children's, 2005.
- ↑ Cooper, Chris. Arsenic. New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2007.
- ↑ Beatty, Richard. Sulfur. New York: Benchmark /Marshall Cavendish, 2001.
- ↑ Beatty, Richard. Phosphorus. Tarrytown, NY: Benchmark, 2001.
- ↑ Parker, Katie. Splitting the Atom. New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2010.
- ↑ Iron, Chronium, and Magnese. Danbury: Groiler Education, 1997.
- ↑ Cooper, Chris. Arsenic. New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2007.
- ↑ Beatty, Richard. Phosphorus. Tarrytown, NY: Benchmark, 2001.
- ↑ Tocci, Salvatore. Mercury. New York: Children's, 2005.
- ↑ Beatty, Richard. Sulfur. New York: Benchmark /Marshall Cavendish, 2001.
Written
Written by Ethan Boniuk, Class of 2019
