Take a look at the first column of the periodic table. The elements in this group include some of the most common and useful ...

Ten years later, this remarkably skilled woman discovered the much sought after element francium. As a result, she was encouraged to study for a degree, and then for her PhD. Despite the fact that her ...

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It is plausible that this opening to all aspects of chemistry and to the world led him to chose Europe over France or Paris (at that time, neither francium nor lutetium were known). Europium metal ...

This expertise would lead her to the discovery of the bottom left corner of the periodic table: francium, element 87, the least electronegative element, and arguably the most difficult naturally ...

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The least electronegative element is cesium (0.79 on the Pauling scale and left in the second row from the bottom in the periodic table). Note that older texts list both francium and cesium as least ...

Many countries are honoured in the periodic table. There's americium, germanium, polonium, and francium, to name but a few. Usually these place names reflect where their discoverer worked. But despite ...

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