Download Elements that you can found in Periodic table and more Cheat Sheet Chemistry in PDF only on Docsity! KEEP GOING HYDROGEN Lightest ELEMENT LITHIUM Lightest METAL Mood stabilizer (Lithium carbonate) POTASSIUM Important in SMOOTH muscle contraction It will make your glass amber and light resistant CALCIUM Important in SKELETAL muscle contraction Best given with vitamin D Calcium toxicity: Seizures, Convulsions Magnesium - natural calcium channel blocker Chlorine - BINDS Ca ions in bones Cadmium - REPLACES Ca ions in bones BERYLLIUM Previously “Glucinum” very toxic Be: taste like sugar and looks like sugar but very toxic MAGNESIUM Present in Chlorophyll and Grignard reagent Grignard reaction: product - ALCOHOL Reactant - Aldehyde RADIUM POLONIUM URANIUM Radioactive element/s discovered by Marie Curie Radon - by product of radium decay - stable form BORON Decreases the coefficient of expansion of glass Boron + Silicon = Borosilicate glass type 1 ALUMINUM Most abundant METAL Gold - LEAST abundant metal (rare) Astringent, Amphoteric and causes CONSTIPATION when taken internally Aluminum Hydroxide - antacid form Used to treat burn wounds Found in sheets and foils OXYGEN Most abundant ELEMENT 2nd most abundant element - Silicon Most important element in the body HYDROGEN Most abundant element in the UNIVERSE AstatinE - rare/LEAST abundant element in UNIVERSE CARBON King of all ELEMENTS Element of LIFE KEEP GOING GOLD King of all METALS The only acids that can DISSOLVE Gold! Selenic acid Aqua Regia (3 parts HCL; 1 part HNO3) ARSENIC King of all POISONS Choice of professional poisoners Odorless, colorless, untraceable SILICON Component of glass or vitreous material LEAD Increases the refractive index of glass Toxic element; can affect CNS and radial nerve TITANIUM Sunblock and opacifying agent NITROGEN No life, Azote The air produced from a decaying matter Used as an INERT atmosphere to prevent oxidation of drugs Stored in BLACK container ARGON - substitute if there’s no Nitrogen PHOSPHOROUS a.k.a St. Elmo’s fire BISMUTH a.k.a Beautiful meadow Inhibits Helicobacter pylori IRON Most important trace element Absorbed well when taken with Vitamin C Present in hemoglobin SULFUR a.k.a Shulbari, Brimstone SELENIUM Synergistic with vitamin E FLUORINE Most electronegative element Most reactive element CHLORINE Halogen used as water disinfectant “universal disinfectant” Binds Calcium in bones BROMINE Reddish-brown fuming liquid ASTATINE Rarest element
