One never knows when one will need the properties of Rutherfordium in a hurry. See if you can organize the first 25 elements of the periodic table in order in the quiz below.

Scientists have found that our bodies need 28 different elements to function properly. These are almost one-quarter of the periodic table and are mainly found in the first four periods.

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Do you struggle with chemistry? This interactive periodic table gives you detailed information about the elements. But it’s not the usual boring details like atomic weight.

The roles of hydrogen bonding, electrostatic interactions, sequence, gas-phase basicity, and molecular geometry in determining the structures of protonated and alkali metal-cationized ...