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Quiz about What Heavy Metal Element
Quiz about What Heavy Metal Element

What Heavy Metal Element? Trivia Quiz


Most of the metals in the bottom two periods of the periodic table receive almost no attention. How much do you know about these metals?

A multiple-choice quiz by soadnos. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
soadnos
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
309,761
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
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2169
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Question 1 of 10
1. This metal is the densest natural element, and is used in applications where extreme hardness is required. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This metal can super-conduct, and is one of the eleven most expensive metals. It primarily is mined primarily from the mineral niobite. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What metal has been used to create the strongest artificial magnetic field?
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This metal was the first to be named after a person. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This metal is known as the "Poisoner's Poison" and the "Inheritance Powder." Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This is a metal that most people have actually heard of, and has been used with mercury to create teeth fillings. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What metal is used to create surgical tools as part of an alloy, as it does not irritate the body and it resists corrosion? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which metal is the lightest chemical element with no stable isotope? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What metal was discovered in 1801, but the discoverer was convinced by others that it was really chromium, so was rediscovered in 1831? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which metal was banned for use in cosmetics in Minnesota? Hint



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1. This metal is the densest natural element, and is used in applications where extreme hardness is required.

Answer: Osmium

It is used primarily in fountain pens and electrical contacts. Some other miscellaneous uses include the stylus on early phonographs, fingerprint detection and in staining fatty tissue on microscope slides.
2. This metal can super-conduct, and is one of the eleven most expensive metals. It primarily is mined primarily from the mineral niobite.

Answer: Rhenium

This was the last natural element to be discovered. It is primarily used in jet engines and as a catalyst in making unleaded gasoline. It also has one of the highest melting points of any element, surpassed only by carbon and tungsten.
3. What metal has been used to create the strongest artificial magnetic field?

Answer: Holmium

This metal is also used in nuclear control rods. While most metals are a consistent silver color, holmium oxide has some fairly dramatic color changes depending on the lighting conditions. While in daylight, it is a tan - yellow color, under trichromatic light, it is a bright - orange red.
4. This metal was the first to be named after a person.

Answer: Samarium

The samarskite mineral was named after Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets, the Chief of Staff (Colonel) of the Russian Corps of Mining Engineers in 1845-1861. The name of the element is derived from the name of the mineral, and thus traces back to the name Samarsky-Bykhovets.

In this sense samarium was the first chemical element to be named after a living person. Samarium is also used to create the bright light needed for cinema projectors, along with other rare earth metals. These projectors work in the following way: Large amounts of current are passed between two (or more) rods of metal, and then the rods are slowly separated.

The light comes from the "lightning" between the rods.
5. This metal is known as the "Poisoner's Poison" and the "Inheritance Powder."

Answer: Thallium

This metal has been used as a rat poison, but today it is mostly used as a conductor with variable resistance. It is occasionally used to treat ringworm infections, and is used as a radioactive marker in stress tests, most often for those relating to coronary disease.
6. This is a metal that most people have actually heard of, and has been used with mercury to create teeth fillings.

Answer: Silver

Silver is mainly used for its value in jewelry. It was also used in photography, but this has declined since the widespread use of digital cameras.
7. What metal is used to create surgical tools as part of an alloy, as it does not irritate the body and it resists corrosion?

Answer: Tantalum

It is also used to make camera lenses. While it is a metal, it is one of the most nonreactive metals around, surpassed by only osmium, rhenium and tungsten. It will not dissolve in aqua regia (a mixture of hydrochloric and nitric acids in a volume ratio of about 3:1), which can dissolve almost anything, including gold and platinum.
8. Which metal is the lightest chemical element with no stable isotope?

Answer: Technetium

This is also the lightest artificial element. There is also the "technetium cow" a device used to make the material at hospitals and other places where it is used for nuclear medicine.
9. What metal was discovered in 1801, but the discoverer was convinced by others that it was really chromium, so was rediscovered in 1831?

Answer: Vanadium

It was also named for the Norse goddess of beauty.
10. Which metal was banned for use in cosmetics in Minnesota?

Answer: Mercury

Mercury was used to stiffen the fur on hats. As a small side affect, the fumes made people crazy (permanently).
Source: Author soadnos

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