These elements tend to come from two specific areas of the periodic table: the d-block metals like cobalt, nickel, and iron, and the f-block actinides lanthanides, which include the rare-earth ...

Since the invention of the periodic table 150 years ago this month, ... It takes more than 100 captured neutrons to convert an atom of iron to a rare earth element like lanthanum (atomic number 57 ...

A periodic table of chemical elements showing where every atom in the solar system comes from. ... silicon (Si), and iron (Fe) — it took billions upon billions of years.

Physicists have filled in some longtime blank spaces on the periodic table, ... Electrons orbit in shells around an atom's ... 2023 — The elements above iron on the periodic table are thought to ...

Neima Jahromi on the discovery and manufacturing of chemical elements, and the books “Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter’s Wolf,” by Peter Wothers,” “The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its ...

Learn about elements, compounds and mixtures in this KS3 Chemistry guide from BBC Bitesize.

The periodic table of elements has been an absolute runaway success for 150 years. Now, a team wants to try it with molecules. Here's what it would look like.