Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Fermium
This site provides a fact sheet with information on the basic data and properties of Fermium. It also includes some of its uses.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Fluorine
This site provides a fact sheet with information on the basic data and properties of Fluorine. It also includes some of its uses.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Francium
This site provides a fact sheet with information on the basic data and properties of Francium. It also includes some of its uses.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Zirconium
This site provides a fact sheet with information on the basic data and properties of Zirconium. It also includes some of its uses.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Rhenium
Excellent summary of the basics on rhenium.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Silicon
This site provides a fact sheet with information on the basic data and properties of Silicon. It also includes some of its uses.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Vanadium
This site provides a fact sheet with information on the basic data and properties of Vanadium. It also includes some of its uses.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Aufbau Rules
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses atomic electron configurations. Specifically, the Aufbau rules are discussed with information on energies of...
University of Kentucky
Uk: Potassium Comics
Although this page focuses more on fun than on facts, it will quickly become a favorite of most Chemistry students. Find scanned panels and pages of comic books with elemental characters.
Other
Divulgacao Da Ciencia/sulfur: Properties
This site contains a series of about a half-dozen pages on sulfur. Topics include; occurence, biological action, and properties.
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)
Educaplus: Propiedades De Los Elementos [In Spanish]
Use this interactive activity to test your knowledge of the different properties of elements according to their position on the periodic table.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Dmitri Mendeleev
This overview of the life and accomplishments of chemist Dmitri Mendeleev discusses his upbringing and education. It also provides details on his creating the Periodic Table and his presentation to the Russian Chemical Society.
Amethyst Galleries
Amethyst Galleries: The Mineral Hematite
This resource presents thorough geological data on the iron containing mineral hematite, with links to other iron containing minerals.
Amethyst Galleries
Amethyst Galleries: The Mineral Native Antimony
This illustrated and thorough resource presents geological information on antimony and minerals containing antimony.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Chemical Reactions: Lesson 4
This lesson will present a basic understanding of the periodic chart of elements and how to predict chemical reactions based on given information. It is 4 of 9 in the series titled "Chemical Reactions."
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Atomic Structure
This lesson focuses on early ideas about the structure of an atom including John Dalton's plum pudding model and Ernest Rutherford's nuclear model. A link to a test is provided.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Chemical Society: Americium
A short site with information on the origin and discovery of this synthetic element.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Rsc: Magnesium
A concise page of basic information on magnesium. Information about its origin, discovery, and a description are provided.
Other
Web ref.org: Chlorine
A few well done paragraphs on chlorine, with descriptions of the element and its properties. One nice feature is that any technical term has a link to help you better understand it.
Other
Web ref.org: Iron
A well written, easily followed entry on iron, its properties and compounds, as well as uses. Student friendly.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Uranium
Information about the radioactive element, Uranium, atomic number 92. Describes its history, physical and atomic properties, how abundant it is on the Earth, and permissible exposure limits. Also discusses sources, uses, isotopes,...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Rhenium
Information about the metallic element, Rhenium, atomic number 75. Covers its physical and atomic properties, how abundant it is on the Earth, sources, uses, and potential substitutes.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Radon
Information about the radioactive element, Radon, atomic number 86. Covers physical properties, atomic properties, how abundant it is on the Earth, details about its impact on human health, and about how it can be monitored.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Radium
Information about the radioactive element, Radium, atomic number 88. Covers physical and atomic properties, how abundant it is on the Earth, and permissible exposure limits.