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- 1. was first produced by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles
- 5. a toxic, irritant, pale green gas
- 8. a non-metallic solid
- 10. a brittle reddish-tinged grey metal
- 13. a soft silver-white reactive metal
- 17. used to make electric light filaments
- 18. a light silvery-grey metal
- 20. the life-supporting component of the air
- 21. a precious silvery-white metal
- 24. a soft grey metal
- 25. the element with the symbol Fe
- 26. a colourless, odourless, highly flammable gas
- 28. a colourless, odourless unreactive gas that forms about 78 per cent of the earth's atmosphere
- 29. a poisonous, combustible non-metal which exists in two common allotropic forms
- 30. a non-metal with semiconducting properties
- 32. the lightest of the alkali metals
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- 2. used in fluorescent lamps and illuminated advertising signs
- 3. a non-metal which has two main forms (diamond and graphite)
- 4. the chemical element of atomic number 21
- 6. a soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal
- 7. a brittle steel-grey metalloid
- 9. a hard white metal used in stainless steel and other alloys
- 11. the chemical element of atomic number 9
- 12. used in strong, light, corrosion-resistant alloys
- 14. the chemical element of atomic number 96
- 15. used in some specialized electric lamps
- 16. occurs naturally as a decay product in uranium and thorium ores
- 19. also called quicksilver
- 22. the chemical element of atomic number 12
- 23. a hard grey metal of the transition series
- 27. the element with the symbol K
- 31. a yellow precious metal
