Metals uses
ELEMENT | SYMBOL | USES | |
1) | Aluminum | Al | A light metal used in making airplanes, buildings, pots & pans, etc. |
2) | Bromine | Br | Used in photography, medicines, insecticides, etc. |
3) | Calcium | Ca | A soft, metallic chemical element found in limestone, marble, chalk, etc. |
4) | Carbon | C | Found in coal, oil gas, living things, & inks |
5) | Chlorine | Cl | Used in bleach, in chemicals to kill germs in swimming pools, & found with the element sodium in table salt |
6) | Chromium | Cr | A shiny metal used on bumpers of some cars, household fixtures, etc. |
7) | Copper | Cu | A metal used for electric wires, pots, pans, & pennies |
8) | Gold | Au | A metal used for jewelry & precious decorative pieces |
9) | Helium | He | A gas much lighter than air used in blimps & balloons |
10) | Hydrogen | H | A flammable & explosive gas |
11) | Iodine | I | Used on cuts & wounds to kill germs |
12) | Iron | Fe | A strong metal used in the construction of buildings, steel, & machines |
13) | Lead | Pb | A metal used in automobile batteries & in fishing & diving weights |
14) | Mercury | Hg | A heavy, poisonous liquid used in some thermometers |
15) | Neon | Ne | A gas used in many lights & signs |
16) | Nickel | Ni | A metal used in coins |
17) | Nitrogen | N | The main gas in the air, also used in fertilizers |
18) | Oxygen | O | A gas necessary for respiration; aids burning |
19) | Platinum | Pt | An expensive metal used in jewelry |
20) | Potassium | K | Found in fertilizers |
21) | Silicon | Si | Used in electronics & in compounds for making glass |
22) | Silver | Ag | Used in tableware, jewelry, photography, medicines, & coins |
23) | Sodium | Na | Soft metal that combines with chlorine to make table salt |
24) | Sulfur | S | Used to make sulfuric acid & some medicines such as pet powders |
25) | Tin | Sn | Used to make cans |
26) | Tungsten | W | A metal used in light bulb filaments |
27) | Uranium | U | A metal used in some nuclear reactions |
28) | Zinc | Zn | A metal that prevents rust & is used in dry cell batteries |