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Common Elements 9-11

This document provides information about common chemical elements, including their symbols, names, and typical uses. It contains 28 elements listed with their symbol, full name, and brief descriptions of applications. Students are directed to make index cards with the symbol on one side and the full name and uses on the other to help them learn the key properties of each element.

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Common Elements 9-11

This document provides information about common chemical elements, including their symbols, names, and typical uses. It contains 28 elements listed with their symbol, full name, and brief descriptions of applications. Students are directed to make index cards with the symbol on one side and the full name and uses on the other to help them learn the key properties of each element.

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Student Name: _________________________________ Period: ______

Mrs. Lee 8th Grade Physical Science Date: ___________

COMMON ELEMENTS & THEIR 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

Directions:
1. Make index cards for each element
a. One side has the Chemical Symbol
b. Other side has the Elements Name & its Uses

2. Learn all this information by the date index card project is due

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