The Periodic Table is an arrangement of the elements. They are arranged in order of the increasing atomic number. Every element on the Periodic Table has a symbol. For example, “Au” means gold and “H” stands for hydrogen. The atomic number shows how many protons are in contained in the element.
There are many strange elements on earth. Here are just a few of them: Gallium is a very strange element. It does not follow the rules of metals. It melts safely on the human hand, then resolidifies into brittle crystals.
Francium got it’s name from the word “France.” Francium is as electron negative and pyrophoric as cesium, which explodes into an inferno with just a drop of water at 177 degrees Fahrenheit. Only about 20 grams exist on the whole planet.
Copernicium is an element that turns into gas at room temperature. It does this because it is a super radioactive synthetic element. It is a very strange metal that does not last very long. If you could get a sample of copernicium that didn’t decay instantly, you could literally breathe metal. Weird, right?
