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Helium

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Hydrogen

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Lithium

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Beryllium

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Boron

Think of boring a tunnel like the Chanel tunnel which is 50km long.

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Carbon

Found in pencils and pencils have 6 sides.

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Nitrogen

Think of NITROglycerin or dynamite. See two sticks arranged in a 7

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Oxygen. Think oct which is 8. An octopus lives in water which contains oxygen.

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Fluorine

Imagine some fluoride toothpaste that was squirted into a 9

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Neon

Neo in the matrix was the one. Just put a 0 after it.

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Sodium.

Think of salt. 11 grains would probably be the smallest amount of salt you could taste.

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Magnesium

Wheels of sports cars are made of magnesium and imagine 12 spooks of a wheel.

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Aluminium

Think of the aluminium ladder we have. Walking under it is unlucky as is 13

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Silicon

Imagine a silicone with 7 pins on each side.

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Phosphorus

Was used in matches. 15 matches in one of those small boxes.

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Sulphur
Smells of rotten eggs and eggs can be brought in boxes of 16
Also you can join the army at 16 and they may use the smell of sulphur as a chemical weapon.

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Chlorine

Used in gas form in the WW1. Imagine 17 men being killed by chlorine gas.

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Argon

Think Catherine of Aragon. She was very young and 18 is the youngest age to marry

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Potassium
The doctor said a banana was a good source of potassium. Remember the banana article you had to write about. You probably got 19 out of 40

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Calcium

Think of bones. 200 in the body which is like 20

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Scandium

It is a scandal if someone in America drinks under the age of 21

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Titanium

Titanic. It had 2200 passengers when it sank.

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Vanadium

Think of a van with 23 people stuffed into it.

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Chromium

It never rusts it is always shiny. Shiny 24 hours a day.

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Manganese. | Mango. You would pay 25 pounds for a mango.
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Iron. | A Ferris wheel is made of iron and may contain 26 seats.
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Cobalt
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Nickel A nickel is worth more than a penny meaning more money. People had more money in 1928 in America as it was before the depression.
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Copper | Copper is used in penny's and was used in 1929 during the Great Depression.
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Zinc Think of phineas and ferb. There was a lake with a monster in it that needed zinc. Phineas and Ferb is 30 minutes long.
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Gallium | Imagine a Spanish galleon. They had 3 masts that looked like a 1 so it reminds us of 31
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Germanium | Think Germany. It was in 1932 that the Nazi party gained great power in government
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Arsenic | Club 33 in Disney land. Disney is evil so think of an evil element.
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Selenium It was used in the first solar cells. Imagine a solar panel at a 34 degree angle. It is also the number used in your magic square.
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Bromine | Broom with 5 rows of 7 bristles
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Krypton | Super man. Think of him as having 36 powers.
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Rubidium | 37 is the normal human Body temp. If you ate some your temp would increase as it would explode.
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Strontium The 38th parallel north is a line of latitude that goes across the world but is also the border between north and South Korea. The border between them is very strong think strontium.
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Yttrium The 39 steps. That is about spies and people going to strange and exotic places that happens in most spy films and yttrium was discovered in the exotic place of Sweden
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Zirconium | Used to make fake diamonds which only cost 40 pounds.
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Niobium | People who do a lot for niobium chemistry get a meddle. This is four one person only and four one is 41
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Molybdenum | It is essential to life as it is in enzymes. One of the meanings of life the universe and everything.
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Technetium
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Ruthenium It is named after the Latin name for Russia. You know the dialling code for Russia and the dialling code for the UK is 44
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Rhodium It is used in catalytic converters and will be found in the Ferrari 458. It has a 4.5 litre engine so it will need a large converter.
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Palladium Think of a palace with you in it. In Ancient Greek all the letters have their own value and the value of Adam is 46. Imagine yourself living in a palace.
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Silver | Agent 47 has silver ballers.
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Cadmium | 48 is the number of states in America which is full of cads
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Indium Think of india. Indium oxide is useful because is is transparent to light but conducts electricity. This means that it is used in LCD screens. When these are thrown away they end up in India where they are recycled. Imagine a screen with only 49 pixels. As bad as your lg
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Tin | It has the symbol Sn. This should make you think of snails. Imagine a tin with 50 snails in it.
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Antimony | Area 51. It is a secret government testing place where ants are mutated with this element.
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Tellurium | 52 playing cards to a deck. With cards you can tell your fortune, TELL
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Iodine It is added to salt to make sure people have enough of it. 53 grams of salt is bad for you. As bad as not having any iodine.
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Xenon | A cathode ray tube TV contains this gas. These are sent to Africa to be recycled and there are 54 nations in Africa
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Caesium | Very dangerous. It gets 5 stars in the danger rating because it is so dangerous it is turned up to 11 11x5= 55
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Barium | Think of bad berries. 5/6 white berries are poisonous.
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Lanthanum | Someone even more deadly than agent 47. He uses a lantern to blind his victims so they don't see him coming
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Cerium | Think of a cereal bowl which 58 bits in it.
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Praseodymium | It has been used to make a machine that can very nearly reach absolute zero. 59 is also very nearly a full hour.
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Neodymium | Used in very powerful magnets. They always pull very strongly. They pull for all 60 minutes of the hour.
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Promethium | 61 is nearly 616 which is the true number of the beast. The beast or devil is part of mythology and so is Prometheus.
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Samarium Sigmund Freud had a fear of the number 62. He could have been scarred of a different neurologist that was called Sam and was better than him.
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Europium | Think of the EU. It is getting worse and worse and this is shown in 63 as it gets smaller. It haves.
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Gadolinium | Think of a chess board which has 64 squares. Chess makes you gad
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Terbium | Imagine a turban which is 65 inches long.
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Dysprosium | Think of disprove. QI has disproved the idea 66 is the number of the beast.
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Holmium | Think of a hole 67 feet wide. Wide enough to hold all the elements.
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Erbium
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Thulium
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Ytterbium
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Lutetium
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Halfnium | 72 hours in 3 days. This is about half a week.
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Tantalum
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Tungsten
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Rhenium
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Osmium
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Iridium | The aston martin one 77 is very expensive and is made of very rare elements like iridium.
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Platinum | Think of a platinum record. Records rotate at 78 rpm
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Gold
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Mercury
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Thallium
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Lead
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Bismuth
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Polonium
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Astatine
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Radon
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Francium
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Radium | Think of the crazy 88's. They are crazy and so random. Radium reminds you of random.
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Actinium
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Thorium
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Protactinium
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Uranium | 92 natural occurring elements and uranium is the heaviest
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Neptunium
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Plutonium
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Americium
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Curium
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Berkelium
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Californium
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Einsteinium
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Fermium
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Mendelevium | He invented the table and would be the only person who could give a lesson on it. A 101 lesson
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Nobelium
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Lawrencium
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Rutherfordium
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Dubnium
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Seaborgium
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Bohrium
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Hassium
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Meitnerium
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Darmstadtium
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Roentgenium
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Ununbium
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Ununtrium
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Ununquadium
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Ununpentium
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Ununhexium
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Ununseptium
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Ununoctium

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