It’s not your explosive sodium ... The find secured not only the periodic table’s legacy but also the future of chemistry. Hafnium also came to represent a hard-won victory against those ...

The arrangement of the periodic table and the properties of each element ... these Group I elements for their vibrant colors and explosive nature. Burning lithium produces a vivid crimson red ...

The story of the fifteenth element began in Hamburg, in 1669. The unsuccessful glassblower and alchemist Hennig Brandt was trying to find the philosopher’s stone, a mythical substance that could ...

As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the periodic table, it seems reasonable to ... But hydrogen is highly explosive, and in 1937 the German airship the Hindenburg exploded on its attempt ...