Element Project

For the next two days, you are going to become an expert in one particular element. You are to find all of the information listed below and write it in an organized, easy to read section in your class notebook. Facts and numbers may be put in a list, other information should be written in complete sentences.

Here are a couple of useful sites to start your research:

General Information:

-Element Name

-Symbol

-Atomic Number

-Average Atomic Mass

-Number of protons

-Number of Neutrons

-Number of Electrons

-Group Name

Physical Properties:

-Appearance

-State at room temperature

-Boiling point

-Melting point

Chemical properties:

-Reactions with air

-Reactions with Oxygen

-Reactions with HC1

-Reactions with NaOH

-Reations with HNO 3

History:

-Origin of Name

-Discovered by

-Year discovered

-Where can you element be found?

-How abundant is your element?

-What are the most common uses for your element?

-List any other intresting facts about your element.