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Chem 450
Transition Metal Facts
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Chemistry
Undergraduate 4
12/12/2007

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Term

Molybdenum was used in WWII for what?

 

Definition

Armor plating

Term

Cheapest Transition metal?

 

Definition
Iron
Term
Japanese sword blade in 1330?
Definition
Molybdenum
Term
Name- Greek word for Rose?
Definition
Rhodium
Term

Most expensive transition metal?

 

Definition

Rhodium

Term
Strongest magnet in the world?
Definition
Zirconium and Niobium
Term
Anemia refers to lack of?
Definition
Iron
Term
Highest melting point?
Definition
Tungsten
Term

Only metal fit for a king by Louis XIV?

Definition
Platinum
Term
Originally named Hahnium?
Definition
Dubnium
Term
Invisible Ink uses this?
Definition
Cobalt
Term
First synthetic element?
Definition
Technetium
Term
Combines with graphite to form hardest material ever?
Definition

Tantalum

Term

Name- greek goddess of wisdon Pallus?

Definition
Palladium
Term
17,000 year old cave paintings?
Definition

Manganese

Term
Two metals make up brass?
Definition

Zinc and Copper

Term
4th most abundant element?
Definition
Iron
Term

Part of Vitamin B12?

Definition
Cobalt
Term

Thought to be the same as tantalum until 1844?

Definition
Niobium
Term
Used for guitar stings and self tanner?
Definition
Tungsten
Term
Used in fireworks?
Definition
Titanium
Term
Name- Scandinavian goddess?
Definition

Vanadium

Term
Toxic in Erin Brokovich?
Definition
Chromium
Term

Name- Goblin or evil spirit?

Definition
Cobalt
Term
Egyptian jewelry?
Definition
Zirconium
Term
Poison ivy lotion?
Definition
Zirconium
Term

White and dosent tarnish?

Definition
Ruthenium
Term
Rarer then Gold and 8 times more expensive?
Definition
Platinum
Term
Two where mistaken for each other until 1844?
Definition

Niobium and Tantalum

Term
Found in hemoglobina and myoglobin?
Definition
Iron
Term
Found in moon rocks?
Definition

Yttrium

Term
Found in tooth enamal?
Definition
Moylbdenum
Term

Second most abundant metal?

Definition

Iron

Term

Headlight reflectors cantain this?

Definition
Tungsten
Term

Causes mad hatter disease?

Definition
Mercury
Term
Main uses of copper?
Definition
Wiring and American coins
Term

Source of copper?

Definition
CuS2 and CuFeS2
Term

Uses of Chromium?

Definition
Chrome finishing and anodizing Al
Term
Name- A village in Sweden?
Definition
Yttrium
Term
Best reflector of visible light?
Definition
Silver
Term
Uses of Zirconium?
Definition
Nuclear reactors and Jewelry
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Burns in pure N2?

Definition
Titanium
Term
Not Purified until 1910?
Definition
Titanium
Term
Name- Greek mythology Titains
Definition
Titanium
Term

Work as IR reflector? 2 of them

Definition
Gold and Titanium
Term
45% lighter then steel but same strength?
Definition
Titanium
Term
Highest number of Oxidation states?
Definition
Rhenium
Term
Used in a thermometer?
Definition
Mercury
Term
Most dense?
Definition
Osmiun
Term
Last discovered?
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Rhenium

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First discover elements? Two of them around 3000 B.C.

Definition
Gold and Silver
Term

Uses of Cadmium?

Definition
Batteries, Solder alloys, nuclear control rods, TV phosphorus, and paint pigment
Term
Burns in air?
Definition
Zirconium
Term
Used for armor and armor piercing rounds?
Definition
Tungsten
Term
Light bulb filaments?
Definition
Tungsten
Term
"W" symbol of tungsten stands for what?
Definition
Wolf or wolframite
Term
Most common oxidation state of Scandium?
Definition
3+
Term
How many carats is pure Gold?
Definition
24
Term
Used for the ballast in airplanes?
Definition
Tungsten
Term

Metal is resistant to corrosion?

Definition
Vanadium
Term

Present in rubies, emeralds, and sapphires?

Definition
Chromium
Term
Is an e-accelerator?
Definition
Niobium
Term

Used in cancer treatment?

Definition
Platinum
Term

Brough 1/2 million people to CA?

Definition
Gold
Term
Most corrosion resistant?
Definition
Iridium
Term
Have a square planar complexes when in a 2+ oxidation state?  3 of them
Definition
Nickel, Platinum, and Palladium
Term

Means "little silver"?

Definition

Platinum

Term

Used in cancer treatments?

3 of them

Definition

platinum, gold, and cobalt

Term

Essential in navy beans?

Definition
Nickel
Term
Found in Scandinavia as a by-product of uranium refining euxenite gandolite?
Definition
Scandium
Term
Discovered between 3000-4000 B.C.?
Definition
Gold, Silver, and Iron
Term
"Cries" when bent?
Definition
Cadmium
Term
5th highest melting point?
Definition
Molybdenum
Term
7th most abundant metal?
Definition
Titanium
Term
Name- from Vanadis?
Definition

Vanadium

Term

Most common oxidation state of titanium

Definition

4+

Term
What is the oxidation state of Y? or Yttrium?
Definition
3+
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