Tungsten

Tungsten or Wolfram (W) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 6 and the period 6, and is having the atomic number 74. It is a hard, lustrous, greyish-white transition metal, whose name comes from the Swedish word “tung sten”, which means heavy stone. It has the highest melting point … Read more

Tantalum

Tantalum (Ta) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 5 and the period 6, and has the atomic number 73. It is a hard, rare, shiny, silvery-grey transition metal, which is named after Tantalus, a Greek mythological character. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 … Read more

Hafnium

Hafnium (Hf) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 4 and the period 6, and is having the atomic number 72. It is a ductile, lustrous, silvery-grey transition metal, which is named after Hafnia, the Latin name for Copenhagen, the city where it was discovered. On periodic table group ⇨ … Read more

Silver

Silver (Ag) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 11 and the period 5, and is having the atomic number 47. It is a soft, ductile, malleable, lustrous white transition metal, whose name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word “seolfor”. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Read more

Palladium

Palladium (Pd) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 10 and the period 5, and has the atomic number 46. It is a rare, lustrous, silvery-white transition metal, which is named after the asteroid Pallas. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 … Read more

Rhodium

Rhodium (Rh) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 9 and the period 5, and is having the atomic number 45. It is a rare, lustrous, silvery-white transition metal, whose name comes from the Greek word “rhodon”, which means rose colored. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 2 3 4 … Read more

Ruthenium

Ruthenium (Ru) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 8 and the period 5, and has the atomic number 44. It is a hard, brittle, rare, lustrous, silvery-white transition metal, which is named after Ruthenia, the Latin name for Russia. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 2 3 4 5 … Read more

Technetium

Technetium (Tc) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 7 and the period 5, and has the atomic number 43. It is a rare, silvery-grey transition metal, whose name comes from the Greek word “technetos”, which means artificial. It is counted as one of the radioactive elements. On periodic table … Read more

Molybdenum

Molybdenum (Mo) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 6 and the period 5, and has the atomic number 42. It is a hard, silvery-white transition metal, whose name comes from the Greek word “molybdos”, which means lead. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 … Read more

Niobium

Niobium (Nb) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 5 and the period 5, and is having the atomic number 41. It is a ductile, silvery-white transition metal, which is named after Niobe, the daughter of king Tantalus in Greek mythology. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 2 3 4 … Read more