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Periodic Table and Classical Naming
Periodic Table and Classical Naming
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Rare expensive element is named after Iris used today in rocketry, spark plugs, satelites?
Pb
Ir
Sn
Fe
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What did the Romans call the island of Cyprus, the source of copper in ancient Mediterranean?
Sicilia
Sardinia
Kos
Cuprium
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In antiquity Romans mined this element on this Mediterranean Island near modern-day Turkey
Sicily
Crete
Corsica
Cyprus
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Symbol for the element making the Statue of Liberty a green hue when mixed with water and air?
Sn
Pb
Cu
Fe
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Daughter of Tantalus who also has an element named after her as well as a city in Kenya, Africa
Niobe
Aphrodite
Jada
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Hg
liquid but not wet
Mercury
all of the above
toxic
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Nb is a steel alloy, id. est., it reinforces steel and is
used for pipelines
used in car frames
found mostly in Brazil
all of these
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Which is true of "alchemy"?
both of these
none of these
derives from art of the black earth
goal was to make base metals into gold
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Plumbium (Pb) is Latin for
wood
lead
eraser
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Tried to take ambrosia to mortals friends. Served gods pieces of his son for a meal.
Ix-Ixion
Pb-Plumbium
Ta-Tantalum
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Goddess of Rainbows and special messenger for Jupiter and Hera
Arachne
Iris
Penelope
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Fe-Man comes from the Latin word
ferrum
stannum
fur
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The Greek name for the element used in antiquity to purify gold and silver or "liquid silver"
Hg
Ag
Pb
Fe
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Latin word and element symbol
aureus-Au
argenteum-Ag
stannum-Sn
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Fe
Iron
Lead
Tin
Silver
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Stannum or Sn means "dripping" in Latin naming this element
Aluminum
Lead
Tin
Silver
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Hydrargyrous
dense liquid silver
all of these
Greek
toxic
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Argentarius is banker in Latin. Argent is Silver in French. Argentina is in Latin American.
Ag
Pb
Fe
Au
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Tantalum
air craft engines, cell phones
all of these
processed in Germany, but raw in China
China has mining rights to all of Africa's supplies
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Plumbers get their name from this Latin word and element name
plumbium-Pb
ferrum-Fe
stannum-Sn