Name that element!(Our Popular Mystery Series Returns)

From: Science World | Date: December 6, 2004| Author: Bryner, Jeanna | Copyright information

Which element on the periodic table can make some crystal goblets sparkle, "glues" computer circuit parts together, and dust the mountain-tops on Venus? Follow these eight clues to find out. Then turn the page to test our chemistry IQ.

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Alchemists (medieval chemists) believed they could convert the mystery element into gold (Au)--both members of the same period, or row on the periodic table. Their logic: By removing some of the my...

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