chemistry crossword
Across
- 8. The "Tiger" that eats through glass.
- 9. The invisible security guard in your paper money.
- 12. The solid metal that turns to soup in your palm.
- 15. The rainbow-salt metal found in asteroid impact layers.
- 16. The metal that "screams" when you bend it.
- 17. The toxic "Yellow" in an artist's palette.
- 18. The heavyweight champion; the densest of them all.
- 19. The "Poisoner’s Poison" with a green-twig spectrum.
- 20. The Lanthanide that is literally "hard to get."
Down
- 1. Rainbow crystals with a half-life longer than the universe.
- 2. The 1925 latecomer with a massive melting point.
- 3. The element named for the city of Copenhagen.
- 4. The tiny ingredient in the world’s strongest magnets.
- 5. The metal sponge that "drinks" hydrogen gas.
- 6. The "Lead-lookalike" that actually strengthens steel.
- 7. The source of "garlic breath" for chemists.
- 10. The "Moon" element that conducts better in the light.
- 11. The "last" of the rare earths.
- 13. The "anti-monk" metal used for ancient eyeliner.
- 14. The acid-proof metal named for a thirsty Greek king.