Metals

Atoms & Elements: K-12 TLC Guide. Chemistry: K-12 TLC Guide. Science: K-12 TLC Guide.

Alkali Metals, Alkaline Earth Metals, Alloys

Aluminum
Arsenic
Barium
Berylium
Boron
Cadmium
Calcium
Chromium
Copper
Gold
Iron
Iridium

Lead
Lithium
Magnesium
Manganese
Mercury
Molybdenum
Neptunium
Nickel
Palladium
Radium
Platinum
Plutonium
Potassium

Radium Rhodium Rubidium
Silver
Sodium
Strontium
Tantalum
Tin
Titanium
Tungsten
Uranium
Vanadium
Zinc

Metals

2010 Hungarian Toxic Sludge: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aufbau1:
- Introduction - Reactivity (1).
- Introduction - Reactivity (2).
- Displacement Reactions (1).
- Displacement Reactions (2).
- Displacement Reactions (3).
- Displacement Reactions (4).
- Ligand-Exchange Reactions.
- Metallic Bonding.
CDC Chemical Exposure Report 2001: K-12 TLC Guide.
Deutsche Welle:
- Rare Earths Keep Technology Moving in Europe.
Earth and Sky:

Supernovae Jets Might Explain Ancient Stars Rich In Heavy Elements.

How Stuff Works:
- Explaining Superconductivity.
Kidneys and Metals, The University of Arizona.
National Geographic:

Meteors May Have Delivered Earth's Precious Metals.

National Public Radio:

Smith, Cyril Stanley: K-12 TLC Guide.

Taube, Henry: K-12 TLC Guide.

Metals

Alloys

Nobel Foundation.
Northwestern University.
San José State University.
TeacherVision.
University of Virginia.
Why Metal Alloys Degrade And Fail, Science Daily.

Metals

Aluminum

Charles Martin Hall: K-12 TLC Guide.

04/02/1889: Charles Martin Hall Receives Patents for a Process for Extracting Aluminum, Center for the Study of Technology and Society.

12/23/1940: Vancouver, Washington's Alcoa Plant Produces the First Aluminum Ingots in the Western United States, History Link.

11/17/1957: The Kaiser Aluminum Plant in Ravenswood, WV Produces Its First Aluminum, West Virginia Archives.

2010 Hungarian Toxic Sludge: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA).
Aufbau1:
- Alumin(i)um Compounds.
- Extraction of Alumin(i)um.
DesertUSA:
- Spodumene.
- Topaz.
- Tourmaline.
- Turquoise.
How Stuff Works:
- How Antiperspirants Keep Us from Sweating.
- Why Biting on Aluminum Can Be Painful.

Metals

Barium

Davy, Humphrey: K-12 TLC Guide.

Metals

Boron

01/08/1856: Borax (hydrated sodium borate) Discovered by John Veatch, On-This-Day.
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
WebElements.

Boron Chemistry:

Brown, Herbert: K-12 TLC Guide.

BoronWeb.
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
Royal Society of Chemistry.
Science World.
WebElements.

Boranes:

Amazon.com.

Diborane:

Boron Molecular.
BoroScience International.

Amazon.com.
Barnes and Noble.

Metals

Cadmium

Cadmium, Aufbau1.

National Public Radio:

McDonald's Pulls Cadmium-Tainted 'Shrek' Glasses.

Metals

Calcium

Alkaline Earth Metals: K-12 TLC Guide.
Davy, Humphrey: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aufbau1.
DesertUSA:
- Calcite.
- Fluorite.

Metals

Klaproth, Martin Heinrich: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aufbau1.
BBC:

Chromium Reaction Responsible for Darkening Yellows in Van Gogh Painting.

Jefferson Lab.
WebElements.

Metals

Cobalt

Aufbau1.
WebElements.

Metals

Douglas, James: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aufbau1:
- Copper Compounds (1).
- Copper Compounds (2).
- Extraction of Copper.
The Copper Page.
DesertUSA:
- Malachite.
- Turquoise.
National Public Radio:

History of Asarco in El Paso.

Metals

California Gold Rush: K-12 TLC Guide.
Klondike Gold Rush: K-12 TLC Guide.

06/11/1865: Armed Robbers Steal More Than Half of the Gold and Silver in the Texas State Treasury, Texas State Historical Society.

04/09/1896: Jake Shinn Uncovers a 22-pound Gold Nugget in North Carolina, University of North Carolina.

BBC:

09/16/1986: Explosion in South Africa's Kinross Gold Mine Kills Almost 200.

DesertUSA.
The Gold Standard:
- The Cross of Gold Speech, William Jennings Bryan.
- 11/01/1893: Congress Repeals Sherman Silver Purchase Act, History Channel.
History Channel:

Montana Gold Mining: K-12 TLC Guide.

National Geographic:

National Public Radio:
- The California Gold Rush (audio: 8:15).
- Drinkable Gold May Have Killed King's Mistress.
- Galactic Gold: A Valentine Story.
- The Gold Standard and the Modern Economy.
- India's Love of Gold.
- Interoceanic Highway Leads to Peru's Gold Mines.
- Mongolians Seek Their Fortune n Gold, But At a Cost.
- The Search for Glacier Gold.
- The Value of Gold.
- Why Is Gold So Popular? Why Not Some Other Element?
Public Radio International:

Gold, the Environment and Economics in Colombia

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

01/24/1848: The Discovery of Gold at Sutter's Mill in California.

Metals

National Public Radio (audio):
- Hemochromatosis: 11/24/00 (3:34).
Iron, Phytoplankton and Global Warming: K-12 TLC Guide.

Iron Production:

Aufbau1:
- Iron Compounds.
- Extraction of Iron.
American Iron and Steel Institute.
DB Education Services.
Hurstwic.
Infoplease.
International Finance Corporation (pdf).
MadeHow.com.
Nanowerk.
Ohio History Central.
PRo Publications International Ltd.
Saint Anselm College.
University of California, Davis.
University of Illinois.
Washington and Lee University.
World Coal Association.
Wortley Top Forge.
YouTube:

Iron Production From Ferric Oxide (rust) .

Metals

Webelements.

Metals

Webelements.

Metals

Unleaded Gasoline: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aufbau1.
ChemiCool.
Lenntech.
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Royal Society of Chemistry.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
Web Elements.

CDC Chemical Exposure Report 2001: K_12 TLC Guide.
Lead Poisoning Prevention Outreach Program, National Safety Council.
Lead-core Candle Wicks.
Living on Earth:

The Secret Life of Lead.

National Institutes of Health:
- Drugs Do Not Reverse IQ Damage in Children.
National Public Radio:

Science Update (audio: 1:25), American Association for the Advancement of Science:
- Combating Lead Poisoning: 04/30/01.
The Secret History of Lead, The Nation.
Wisconsin Historical Society.

Metals

Batteries: K-12 TLC Guide.

National Geographic:
- Afghanistan's Lithium Wealth Could Remain Elusive.
National Public Radio:
- Genetically Engineered Virus Helps Build Greener Lithium Battery.
- Lithium Battery Industry Keeps Going, And Going ....
WebElements.

Metals

Davy, Humphrey: K-12 TLC Guide.

Magnesium, Aufbau1.

Metals

Gahn, Johan Gottlieb: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aufbau1.

Metals

Chemical/Hazardous Materials Safety.

10/01/1942: The Chisos Quicksilver Mining Company of Terlingua, Texas Files for Bankruptcy, Texas State Historical Association.

Metals

Molybdenum

Molybdenum, Aufbau1.

Metals

McMillan, Edwin: K-12 TLC Guide.

Metals

Nickel

Nickel, Aufbau1.

Metals

de Ulloa, Antonio: K-12 TLC Guide.

Catalytic Converters: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aufbau1.
ChemiCool.
Lenntech.
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Royal Society of Chemistry.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
Web Elements.

Metals

Space Exploration: K-12 TLC Guide.

McMillan, Edwin: K-12 TLC Guide.
Seaborg, Glenn T.: K-12 TLC Guide:

Smith, Cyril Stanley: K-12 TLC Guide.

Mixed Oxide: Uranium-Plutonium Dioxide (UO2-PuO2), International Nuclear Safety Center:
National Public Radio:

Plutonium Investigation.
Properties of Plutonium Isotopes, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.
Webelements.

Metals

Davy, Humphrey: K-12 TLC Guide.

Alkali Metals: K-12 TLC Guide.
National Public Radio:

Potassium Iodide Pills for Nuclear Radiation.

Metals

Catalytic Converters: K-12 TLC Guide.

ChemiCool.
Lenntech.
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Royal Society of Chemistry.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
Web Elements.

Metals

Curie, Marie & Pierre: K-12 TLC Guide.
Nuclear Energy: K-12 TLC Guide.
History Channel.
WebElements.

Metals

Catalytic Converters: K-12 TLC Guide.

ChemiCool.
Lenntech.
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Royal Society of Chemistry.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
Web Elements.

Metals

Rubidium

National Public Radio (audio):
- Stopping Light: 01/18/01 (4:30).

Metals

06/11/1865: Armed Robbers Steal More Than Half of the Gold and Silver in the Texas State Treasury, Texas State Historical Society.

One Man's Scrap Is Another Man's Silver.

History Channel:

National Geographic:

Moon's Silver Hints at Lunar Water Origins.

Zacatecas, Mexico, Our Mexico.

Metals

Sodium

Alkali Metals: K-12 TLC Guide.
Davy, Humphrey: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aufbau1:
- Sodium Compounds.
- Extraction of Sodium.
Halite, DesertUSA.
National Public Radio:
- 5 Surprising Salt Sources in Food
- Stopping Light (audio: 4:30).
Science Update (audio: 1:25), American Association for the Advancement of Science:
- 08/21/01: Sodium Lasers Sharpen Telescope Images.

Metals

Strontium

Davy, Humphrey: K-12 TLC Guide.
Klaproth, Martin Heinrich: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aufbau1.
Jefferson Lab.
WebElements.

Metals

Rhenium

WebElements.

Metals

Tantalum

Environmental Impact of Coltan Ore Mining: TLC Guide.

Metals

Tin

Tin, Aufbau1.
Tin Technology Online.

Metals

Klaproth, Martin Heinrich: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aufbau1.
Jefferson Lab.
WebElements.

Metals

de Elhuyar, Fausto: K-12 TLC Guide.

K-12 TLC Guide to the Light Bulb.

Rembar.

Metals

Becquerel, Antoine-Henri: K-12 TLC Guide
Smith, Cyril Stanley: K-12 TLC Guide.

Australia Broadcasting Corporation:

Ancient Nuclear Waste Keeps a Mellow Yellow.

Depleted Uranium, BBC.
INSC Material Properties Database, International Nuclear Safety Center:
- Material Properties of Uranium Dioxide (UO2).
- Mixed Oxide: Uranium-Plutonium Dioxide (UO2-PuO2).
National Public Radio:
- Depleted Uranium Weapons (audio: 4:00).
- Shipping Uranium a Complex Task.
The Trail of a Bullet, Christian Science Monitor.
Uranium: Its Uses and Hazards, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.

Uranium: War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World, by Tom Zoellner .

Metals

del Rio, Andrés Manuel: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aufbau1.
Mineral Information Institute.
Nutrition for a Living Planet.
U.S. Geological Survey (pdf).
University of the West Indies Mona Campus.

Metals

Zinc

1948 Donora, Pennsylvania Killer Smog: K-12 TLC Guide.

Aufbau1:
- Extraction of Zinc.
- Zinc Compounds.
National Public Radio:

Zinc May Help Fight Cold Symptoms.

Metals

Zirconium

Klaproth, Martin Heinrich: K-12 TLC Guide.

Jefferson Lab.
WebElements.

Metals

K-12 TLC Guide to Timelines & Chronologies

1848
Aug 19	New York Herald Reports the Discovery of Gold in California
1942
Aug 20	Visible Amount of Plutonium First Isolated at U. of Chicago

Metals


Bessemer, Henry Curie, Marie Seaborg, Glenn T.

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This guide last edited 12/20/2011
This guide last revised 09/03/2008