trivias week 1-3 Flashcards
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- landslide
- Softened limestone and soil
- September 20, 2018
- 29 people dead
- Typhoon Ompong
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2018 Naga, Cebu landslide
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- landslides
- Typhoon Winnie
- Real, Infanta and General Nakar, Quezon
- 1,068 dead, 1,061 injured, and 500 missing.
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December 2004 Quezon Province Landslide
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- December 4, 2012
- flow of mud, boulders and gravels
- brgy Andap
- typhoon Pablo
- 128 died and 450 missing
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2012 New Bataan (Compostela Valley) debris flow
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- August 3, 1999
- typhoon Ising (Olga)
- Cherry Hills Subdivision in Antipolo City, ho
- 66 dead
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1999 Cherry Hills Landslide
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- typhoon Durian
- 720 people dead
- Legazpi City
- flooding while mudslides from the Mayon Volcano buried many villages, causing another
- 800 to 1,000 casualties.
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November 25, 2006,
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- Six people have reportedly fallen into a 12 feet deep sinkhole
- Purok Jalandoni, Barangay Oringao in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental
- July 2014
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Sinkhole in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental (July 2014)
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- Zambales collapsed
- September 11, 2002
- flooding low-lying villages with mine wastes and other chemicals
- 250 families in Barangays Buhawen, Sta. Fe and Poblacion evacuated
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spillway of the Dizon Copper Silver Mines Inc
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- 23 people died
- December 30, 2014 in a
- landslide that hit 5 barangays in Catbalogan City in Samar
- Tropical Storm Seniang
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2014 Catbalogan Landslide
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- low pressure area
- Panaon Island at the tip of Southern Leyte
- December 19, 2003.
- loose soil, boulders, and debris rolled down towards houses in Barangay Pinut-an in San Ricardo town, and in Sitio Lutao (Barangay Poblacion) and Barangay Punta in Liloan town.
- 154 people dead in Panaon Island due to the landslides.
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2003 Panaon Island (Southern Leyte) debris flow
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- Typhoon Rosing, was a catastrophic Category 5 super typhoon with 260 mph sustained winds.
- 10.829 billion Philippine pesos of damage
- 900 fatalities
- mudslides, flash flood and dam failure that resulted to flooding in the Central Philippines.
- strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines since 1970.
- rosing was retired in 1995
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Typhoon Angela (1995) known as rosing in the philippines
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- August 2011
- 4 fatalities and 2 injuries,
- Sagittarius Mines
- The victims were allegedly involved in illegal “banlas” or sluice mining, a method which employs the pouring of large amounts of water on a mountain’s surface to extract the rocks containing the gold ore. “Banlas” mining has reportedly become rampant in the mountains of Tampakan in the past two years.
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Tampakan, South Cotabato landslide
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- Typhoon Ompong
- landslide in Cordillera Administrative Region
- 11 bodies from a muddy mound covering two small-scale mining bunkhouses and a former miners’ bunkhouse.
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2018 Cordillera Landslide
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- 6.9-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter near the town of Tayasan in Negros Oriental occurred
- February 6, 2012
- landslide which buried a barangay, damaged 15,483 houses
- damage of P383 million on infrastructures and buildings
- 51 people died, 62 still missing, and 112 were injured.
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2012 Central Visayas Earthquake
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- Tropical storm “Chedeng”
- landslides that kill at more than
- 10 kiled people and bury seven houses in the southern gold mining town of Maco.
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Aug. 8, 2007 Masara, Maco, Compostella Valley, Philippines Landslide
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- Typhoon Rosita
- landslide
- 30 persons inside the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) building in Natonin, Mountain Province.
- Mud, rocks and boulders totally covered the building,
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October 31, 2018 Mountain Province landslide
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- Leyte Island at near peak strength, with maximum sustained
- typhhon with wind speeds of 160 knots, the strongest in the recorded history of the Western North Pacific.
- 41 km/hr as it reached Leyte, which was also one of the fastest among typhoons in the past 6 decades.
- caused the largest storm surge in the recorded history of Philippines.
- 7m at Tacloban, located at the northern end of Leyte Gulf.
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storm surge was generated by the November 2013 Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
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- last recorded tsunami in the Philippines that actually caused loss of life (41 fatalities)
- Verde Island Passage (between Batangas & Mindoro Island, affecting Puerto Galera)
- ML7.1 earthquake, 11km West of the Baco Islands.
- Tsunami waves were measured 6 to 8.5 meters high and 250 meters inland in areas that faced the earthquake epicenter.
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November 15, 1994
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- Moro Gulf
- Mw magnitude 7.3 or greater on the 23rd of July, and two significant aftershocks of magnitude 6.6 on the 24th and 29th. All of these were deep focus earthquakes, at depths from 565 km
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The 2010 Mindanao earthquakes
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magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred at sea, approximately 75 miles west of General Santos, Mindanao.
- epicenter was located near the Cotabato Trench
- 15 deaths and roughly 100 injuries
- tsunamis reaching a maximum wave height of 3m at Kiamba, Maitum and Palimbang.
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On March 5, 2002
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- December 29, 2018
- undersea earthquake
- 7.2-magnitude RICHTER
- Mindanao
- epicenter was located at 162 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental and its depth was measured at 49 kilometers,
- the strong shaking. Phivolcs said it was tectonic in origin
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7.2 quake jolts Mindanao, triggers tsunami scare
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- 150m wide sinkhole
- swallowed 5 houses in Itogon Benguet
- sinkhole was due to a ‘piping gully’ (
- Caused by Typhoon Lando
- The team also found geological weaknesses that can be traced back to the 1990 Luzon earthquake and and signs of water saturated cavities below the area.
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October 2015 Sinkhole in Benguet
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- Solar 1 tanker was hit by a hard rainstorm and sank off.
- 2100 tons of heavy oil spilled
- polluting about the 200 km of shoreline from Guimaras Island to Panay Island and Negros Island
- Over 450 hectares of protected mangroves with complex topography at Guimaras were also contaminated.
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Guimaras Island Oil Spill (August 11,2006) (Event-Oil Spill; Where: Coast of Guimaras Island)
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- SILT SPLILL in Toronto Nickel Mine in Narra, Palawan
- polluted the Pinagduguan River
- affected 6.8 hectares of farmlands
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November 2012- CITINICKEL MINES and DEV”T CORPORATION SILT SPILL
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- 10 February 2017
- magnitude (M5) 6.7 earthquake
- Surigao del Norte in Mindanao
- epicenter was located in Surigao Strait 16 km offshore northwest of Surigao City at a shallow depth of 10 km.
- The earthquake was generated by the movement of the Philippine Fault - Surigao segment.
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2017 Surigao Earthquake
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- January 5, 2012 disaster.
- 25 people were killed
- steep slopes, rugged land, and poor vegetation.
Pantukan Landslide in Mindanao
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- December 16, 2017,
- 4 towns in Biliran province
- Tropical Storm Urduja (Kai-tak)
- landslides
- 42 people died in Naval, Caibiran, Biliran, and Almeria, while 14 others were missing.
- very high slope gradient in the affected areas and unstable grounds due to road development, farming, and poor drainage systems – mainly contributed to the landslides,
2017 Biliran landslides
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- eruption of Mount Pinatubo,
- Typhoon Yunya (Diding)
- caused large amount of rainfall in the region that triggered lahar flows.
- Pyroclastic surges poured from the summit, reaching as far as 16 km (9.9 mi) away from their origin point
15 June 1991
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- the world’s worst storm of 2012
- formed abnormally close to the Equator.
- generated an enormous debris flow in the Mayo River watershed
- Andap village in New Bataan municipality,
- burying areas 15 under rubble as thick as 9 meters and killing 566 people
Category 5 Super Typhoon Bopha
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- Typhoon Ompong
- 58 peopledead
- landslide was caused due to the texture of the soil and the mountain’s steep slope
2018 Itogon, Benguet landslides
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struck the eastern part of the philippines causing 122 casualties in the mountainous Bicol region and samar mostly due to landslides and flash floods.
December 29 2018 Typhoon Usman
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- November 5, 1991,
- Typhoon Uring
- Ormoc City, Leyte
- wreaking havoc and burying the eastern and western plains of the province in water, sediment, and debris, where in just 15 minutes,
- waters rose by 7 feet and when the waters receded, left behind 2 feet deep of sediment
1991 flash flood that devastated Ormoc City
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- magnitude 6.2 Earthquake
- July 12, 2011
- epicenter is located at 72 km S42W of Cauayan, Negros Occidental
- According to PHIVOLCS the earthquake was caused by the movement of the Negros Trench.
- Two aftershocks were also recorded; 5.7 and 5.5 magnitude
2011 Negros Occidental earthquake
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A DPWH Second Engineering District building in Natonin, Mountain Province located in a landslide-prone area was buried in a landslide
- October 30, 2018
- 12 bodies recovered.
- The landslide was triggered due to the heavy rains brought by Typhoon Rosita.
DPWH 2nd enggr district building landslide
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The official journal of GSP is the
“The Philippine Geologist”.
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when the Society sponsored the “2nd Geological Convention and First Symposium on the Geology of the Philippines and Neighboring Countries” that was held in Manila. It was an exchange of ideas and information regarding a deeper understanding of the mineral resources of the country.
january 11-14 1967
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) was reorganized on June 10,1987 under ___________
Executive Order No 192, otherwise known as Reorganization Act of Department of Energy and Natural Resources.
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The Philippines will host the next GEOSEA XV1 on ____
2020
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The Geological Society of the Philippines was organized on ____________
VJ Day, September 2, 1945.
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The objectives of the Society are: members
(1) to promote the science of geology and allied earth sciences;
(2) to foster the spirit of scientific research;
(3) to disseminate knowledge concerning the geology of the Philippines and the regions immediately surrounding it; and
(4) to protect and maintain a high professional and ethical standard in the practice of geology amongst its
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the Mines and Geosciences Bureau became one of the staff bureaus of Department of Environment and Natural Resources
JUNE 10. 1987
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the largest and oldest constituent scientific body in the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). Its primary objective is to precisely define global units (systems, series, and stages) of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart that, in turn, are the basis for the units (periods, epochs, and age) of the International Geologic Time Scale; thus setting global standards for the fundamental scale for expressing the history of the Earth.
The International Commission on Stratigraphy
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2019 Board Chairperson and President of GSP.
Dr. Carla B. Dimalanta
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former head of the Department of Geology and Geography of the University if the Philippines was unanimously elected as first president of the Geological Society of the Philippines on September 2,1945
Dr. Jose Feliciano,
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2002 GSP president, is also a member of the Legal and Technical Commission (LTC) of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston, Jamaica. He also co-wrote a book on the geology of the Philippines together with Mr. Rolando Peña, published in 2004, where he focused on the tectonic history of the Philippines
Dr. Mario Aurelio
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“The fifteenth Regional Congress on Geology, Minerals and Energy of Southeast Asia (GEOSEA XV)” was held 16-17 October 2018, at Hanoi with Pre and Post convention field trips on 13-15 and 18-21 October 2018, respectively
huh
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GSP was accredited by PRC as the professional organization of geologist in the country.
November 3, 1976
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The MGB published The Geology of the Philippines 1st Edition in 1981 for the overview of the Geology of the Philippines. And the 2nd edition comes at an opportune time when Philippines has become once more a beehive of activities by geologists owing to the efforts of government to promote the revitalization of the mining industry and was published in 2010 to fill the gaps on stratigraphic data of local areas in the Philippines which is edited by Mr. Aurelio and Mr. Pena (President of GSP in 1997 and 2002)
gop
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Department o Energy (DOE) was created by then President Marcos as he issued _________ which created the Ministry of Energy and attached the National Power Corporation and Philippine National Oil Company to this new agency.
Presidential Decree No. 1206
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the founder and now the head of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), and is also the pioneer of nuclear studies here in the Philippines.
Dr. Carlo Arcilla, 2015 GSP president
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The GSP By-Laws was adopted and approved by the majority of the members of the Society on _______ and was signed on __________
November 16, 1966 and was signed on November 18, 1966.
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___________ former Officer-In-Charge of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Regional Office No. XI, formally sits as head of the MGB as Acting Director effective Monday, July 10, 2017.
Atty. Wilfredo G. Moncano
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_________ was the former director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). Punongbayan became popular after handling two well-known calamities, the July 16, 1990 Luzon earthquake and the 1991 Pinatubo eruption.
Dr. Raymundo Santiago Punongbayan
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In commemoration of its 14th year of existence, the Geological Society of the Philippines launched its first geological convention in Manila during the period January 9 – 11, 1958. Delegates from the geological societies of Japan, Nationalist China, United States, Australia and Southern Korea attended.
first gelogical convention in manila
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The Mines and Geosciences Bureau dates back during the Spanish regime, known as the “_________." It took charge of the administration and disposition of minerals and mineral lands. The Office, however, was abolished on July 1, 1886 but its functions and personnel were merged with the General Directorate of Civil Administration.
Inspeccion General de Minas
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The inaugural GEOSEA was held in 1972 at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was organized by the four co-founding institutions:
Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM),
Ikatan Ahli Geologi Indonesia (IAGI),
Geological Society of the Philippines, and
Geological Society of Thailand.
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The Society sponsored in Congress House Bill 401 and worked continuously for several years until it was finally enacted and passed into law last June 19, 1965. Known as ___________, it regulates the practice of the geology profession in the Philippines. Article I, Sec. 2 of said law provides that the members of the Board of Examiners for Geologist shall be appointed by the Geological Society of the Philippines
Republic Act 4203
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"Father of Geothermal Energy Development" due to his contributions to studies about Philippine volcanology and the energy derived from volcanic sources
Arturo Alcaraz (1916-2001)
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PHIVOLCS was headed by Raymundo Punongbayan from 1982 to 2003, and it is currently headed by _______ from 2003 to the present
Renato U. Solidum Jr.
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The other predecessor to PHIVOLCS, the __________ was created on June 20, 1952 by Republic Act no. 766 after the disastrous eruption of Hibok-Hibok Volcano in 1952.
Commission on Volcanology (COMVOL)
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______________, 1987 GSP President, was recognized as the Outstanding Professional in the Field of Geology for 2001 by the Professional Regulation Commission of the Philippines and currently a member of the Board of Geology of the Professional Regulation Commission.
Dr. Benjamin S. Austria
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authored the Lexicon of Philippine Stratigraphy, published in 2008; and Geology of the Philippines, volume two, published in 2004; and was president of GSP on the year 1997.
Mr. Rolando Peña
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This is the annual geological convention
of the Geological Society of the Philippines.
Technical papers are presented here.
This convention is being held usually
on the first or second week of December
GEOCON
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The Bureau of Mines was restored in ____ when ______ was re-established on February 27 of the same year. Since then, the Bureau of Mines had been under the direct supervision and control of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
1945 when the Philippine Commonwealth
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the first issue of “The Philippine Geologist” the quarterly journal of the Society, came out.
December 1946
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The Board of Geology was created on June 19, 1965 by virtue of ________ entitled “Geology Profession Law of the Philippines.” The first Board was composed of David P. Cruz as Chairman with Carmelo T. Sison and Demetrio Pulanco as Members.
Republic Act No. 4209
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used as lubricant additive. Due to its high melting point, molybdenum performs incredibly well under very high temperatures
molybdenum - Mo
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used in alloys, mostly with copper and stainless steel. It increases the resistance of lead to acids. It is used to vulcanise rubber, to tint glass and ceramics, in solar cells, in rewritable CDs and DVDs and as a catalyst in oil refining.
tellurium - Te
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is used to make special glass for televisions but is best known as the brilliant red salts used in fireworks and flares.
strontium - Sr
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This element is used in camera and telescope lenses. Compounds containing lanthanum are used extensively in carbon lighting applications, such as studio lighting and cinema projection
Lanthanum (La)
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is used in catalytic converters in cars, enabling them to run at high temperatures and playing a crucial role in the chemical reactions in the converter.
Cerium
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is used as an anti-corrosion compound in pumps and valves. It does not absorb neutrons, so it is also widely used in nuclear reactors.
Zirconium (Zr)
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is commonly used -- in its elemental form -- as rocket fuels. It has a working similar to oxygen and helps oxidizers in the rocket fuel to burn.
Fluorine
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Approximately 95% of all _______ is used in the production of titanium dioxide, TiO2. Titanium dioxide is an extremely bright white pigment used in paints, plastics, toothpaste and paper.Titanium: Approximately 95% of all titanium is used in the production of titanium dioxide, TiO2. Titanium dioxide is an extremely bright white pigment used in paints, plastics, toothpaste, and paper.
Titanium
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It is used in fertilizers to uphold the biological phosphorus cycle. It is also used in explosive and pyrotechnics.
Phosphorus (P)
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is used in pyrotechnics. When burned, it gives off a green color in the flame. More common uses are in boric acid and borax.
Boron
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is used as nuclear reactor fuel, spacecraft power, nuclear weapon. It occurs as small traces in nature.
Plutonium (Pu)
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Color producers in fireworks:
| red
Strontium
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Color producers in fireworks:
| orange
calcium
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Color producers in fireworks:
| yellow
sodium
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Color producers in fireworks:
| green
barium
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Color producers in fireworks:
| blue
copper
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Color producers in fireworks:
| silver
magnesium and aluminum
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is used to treat cancer. It was often produced in hospitals by pumping radon from radium and then sealing it into tubes.
Radon (Rn)
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Widely used to produce phosphors that are used in cellphones and larger display screens which is widespread in 1960s and 70s
Yttrium (Y)
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can be used in drilling muds. It is commonly used to add weight in the drilling fluids. Drilling grade barite is expected to have a specific gravity of at least 4.20g/cm^3
Barite (BaSO4)
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is used in orange-red neon tubes for advertising signs, lasers, and supercold refrigerant.
Neon (Ne)
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is a mineral found in the ground around volcanic craters and hot springs and occurs naturally in some plants, including grains, fruits and vegetables. Protein foods also contain sulfur, which may put vegetarians at risk for developing a sulfur deficiency. The mineral helps form muscles, hair and skin cells.
Sulfur (S)
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is a soft, shiny metal which is the most conductive metal of all elements and is industrially used for jewellery, silverware, coins, dentistry, and photo films.
Silver (Ag)
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looks and behaves like most other metals, but it has relatively few uses. One of the most important is in the manufacture of very powerful magnets. Compounds of samarium are also used to color glass and in television tubes.
Samarium
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is the most corrosion-resistant material known. It is used in special alloys and forms an alloy with osmium, which is used for pen tips and compass bearings
Iridium (Ir)
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is used in incandescent and fluorescent bulbs as a protective layer around the filament to keep oxygen from corroding it
Argon
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refining petroleum, LED lightbulbs, integrated circuit manufacturing
Lutherium
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is used to create alloys and as a phosphor in fluorescent lamps and is also used to make transistors for use in electronic devices
Germanium (Ge)
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used to galvanise other metals, such as iron, to prevent rusting. Galvanised steel is used for car bodies, street lamp posts, safety barriers and suspension bridges.
Zinc
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has many industrial uses such as production of petrol, batteries, paints and ceramic glazes, and is used in solder applied to water distribution pipes and to seam of food cans, and in crystal glassware
Lead (Pb)
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is a good absorber of neutrons and is used to make control rods, such as those found in nuclear submarines. It also has a very high melting point and because of this is used in plasma welding torches
Hafnium
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is a commonly used as a semiconductor in electronics: devices such as transistors, printed circuit boards and integrated circuits make use of silicon's properties to achieve maximum performance.
Silicon
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is commonly used as an alloying agent with magnesium to create high-strength metals used in aircraft engines. Praseodymium salts can give glasses and enamels a bright, true yellow color.
Praseodymium
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is also known as wolfram, from WOLFRAMITE. Tungsten has the highest melting point of all metals and is alloyed with other metals to strengthen them. Tungsten and its alloys are used in many high-temperature applications, such as arc-welding electrodes and heating elements in high-temperature furnaces.
Tungsten
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is used in aluminum alloys, to make cookware more durable, and commonly used in batteries
Lithium
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This is used to make powerful magnets used in loudspeakers and computer hard drives to enable them to be smaller and more efficient.
Neodymium (Nd)
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is a very important element because it provides us with nuclear fuel used to generate electricity in nuclear power stations
Uranium (U)
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is combined with other gases to produce light bulbs that glow with greenish-yellow light
Krypton (Kr)
