Gold

Gold (Au) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 11 and the period 6, and is having the atomic number 79. It is a soft, lustrous, ductile, malleable, metallic yellow transition metal, whose name comes from the Latin word “aurum”, which means gold. It is counted as one of the … Read more

Platinum

Platinum (Pt) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 10 and the period 6, and is having the atomic number 78. It is a soft, malleable, silvery-white transition metal, whose name comes from the Spanish word “platina”, which means little silver. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 2 3 4 … Read more

Iridium

Iridium (Ir) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 9 and the period 6, and is having the atomic number 77. It is a hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal, which is named after Iris, Greek goddess of the rainbow. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Read more

Osmium

Osmium (Os) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 8 and the period 6, and is having the atomic number 76. It is a hard, rare, brittle, lustrous, bluish-white transition metal, whose name comes from the Greek word “osme”, which means smell. On periodic table group ⇨ 1 2 3 … Read more

Rhenium

Rhenium (Re) is a chemical element of the periodic table, located in the group 7 and the period 6, and has the atomic number 75. It is a rare, lustrous, silvery-white transition metal, whose name comes from the Latin word “Rhenus”, which means the Rhine. It has the highest melting point and boiling point of … Read more

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