PD3
Across
- 2. First actinide element
- 5. Rare earth used in lasers
- 8. Precious metal used in jewelry and catalysts
- 10. High melting point metal in filaments
- 15. Rare earth in magnets and lasers
- 16. Heaviest lanthanide element
- 18. Corrosion-resistant metal in electronics
- 19. Toxic metal formerly used in electronics
- 21. Extremely rare, highly radioactive alkali metal
- 23. Low-toxicity heavy metal with rainbow crystals
- 26. Rare earth used in magnets
- 27. Radioactive rare earth element
- 28. Radioactive alkaline earth discovered by Curie
Down
- 1. Rare earth used in lasers and alloys
- 3. Metal in nuclear reactor control rods
- 4. Rare earth used in MRI contrast
- 6. Fluorescent material in screens
- 7. Heavy, soft metal, symbol Pb
- 9. Rare metal in superalloys
- 11. Shiny yellow metal, symbol Au
- 12. Radioactive noble gas
- 13. Very hard, corrosion-resistant metal
- 14. Rare, radioactive halogen
- 17. Only metal liquid at room temperature
- 18. Green phosphor in displays
- 20. Radioactive metalloid discovered by Curie
- 22. Least abundant lanthanide
- 24. Densest naturally occurring element
- 25. Pinkish rare earth in fiber optics