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IYPT 2019 Elements 015: Phosphorus: The light-bearing element of matches and life

The latest element in our International Year of the Periodic Table series is phosphorus – essential for life, found in several forms, and the element that helps safety matches light when you strike them.

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IYPT 2019 Elements 013: Aluminium: Drinks cans and aeroplanes

The thirteenth element in our International year of the Periodic Table series is aluminium. The most abundant metal in Earth’s crust, aluminium finds use in drinks cans, aluminium foil, and aeroplane construction.

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IYPT 2019 Elements 010: Neon: The inert element of neon light fame

Here’s element 10 in our International Year of the Periodic Table element series: Neon. Best known for its use in neon lights, neon also finds use as a refrigerant. Its unreactive nature means it has no known stable compounds with other elements.

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IYPT 2019 Elements 005: Boron, flares and (glass)wares

Here’s element number five in the series of element graphics I’m producing with the Royal Society of Chemistry for the International Year of the Periodic Table.

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IYPT 2019 Elements 002: There’s more to helium than balloons…

As today is National Periodic Table Day, it seems like a good time for another addition to the IYPT Elements collection, produced with the Royal Society of Chemistry. Today’s element is helium, which most of us know for its usage in balloons – but it has plenty of other interesting uses too, as this graphic […]

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International Year of the Periodic Table 2019: A graphic for every element

Today, the International Year of the Periodic Table was officially launched in Paris. As part of the year’s celebrations, I’m very excited to announce a project with the Royal Society of Chemistry to create a graphic for all 118 elements in the periodic table!