When you think of helium, you probably think of blowing up a bunch of balloons. But that's just the tip of the iceberg for ...

each of the elements in group 18 end with the suffix ~on, instead of the suffix for the rest of the periodic table, ~ium (helium is the exception to this rule due to historical precedent).

If an atom has 2 protons, that’s an atom of the element helium. If it has 7 protons, that’s nitrogen. But the logic of the periodic table also relies upon the number and organisation of electr ...

So how has the periodic table been put together ... Any letters that follow will be lower case letters, for example, helium is He. Some element symbols are simple. For example, oxygen is O.Others ...

The problem was, where did this new element fit into Mendeleev's periodic table of the elements ... presence in certain radioactive rocks of the lightest member of the group, helium, trapped as it was ...

National Periodic Table Day, observed annually on February 7, honors one of the most significant achievements in scientific ...

Despite billions of years of countless stars fusing hydrogen into helium it still makes up 75 per cent of the ... Now next week we meet the time keeper of the periodic table. One current use is in ...

Is the periodic table hanging in your lab ... applications from airplanes to automobiles and from satellites to sporting goods. Discovery of Helium in Natural Gas at the University of Kansas Working ...