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Hydrogen H
explosive hydrogen dough.

Periodic Table

Use the major system to learn the names and numbers of elements in the periodic table.

2
Helium He
a helium balloon full of honey
3
Lithium Li
a gun with lithium ammo.
4
Beryllium Be
a piece of wire with berries strung across.
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Boron B
a bored beached whale.
6
Carbon C
a shoe polished black with carbon.
7
Nitrogen N
a hawk with a nos powered jetpack on its back
8
Oxygen O
an O2 diving tank with a
built-in hifi system
9
Fluorine F
a bowl of soup for when you have the flu.
10
Neon Ne
a big daisy with petals made from neon lights
11
Sodium Na
A Sodium infused tooth.
12
Magnesium Mg
a tuna with magnesium eyes.
13
Aluminium Al
A wooden dummy wrapped in aluminium foil.
14
Silicon Si
a silicon tower with turbines.
15
Phosphoros P
A towel covered in glowing phosphorus.
16
Sulfur S
White ash burning from raw sulfur.
17
Chlorine Cl
A dog swimming in a chlorine pool.
18
Argon Ar
A TV showing pirates going 'Arrrr'.
19
Potassium K
A hot tub full of potatoes.
20
Calcium Ca
The old man's aching knees need calcium.
21
Scandium Sc
A window with a built-in scanner.
22
Titanium Ti
A child throwing a raw onion at the Titanic.
23
Vanadium V
a garden gnome marching into a van.
24
Chromium Cr
a winery with stacked chrome coloured barrels.
25
Manganese Mn
A nail sticking out of a Mango
26
Iron Fe
A nacho ironing clothes.
27
Cobalt Co
My neck is covered with cobalt jewelry.
28
Nickel Ni
an old man giving his nephew a nickel for his chores.
29
Copper Cu
a historic copper door knob.
30
Zinc Zn
a wooden mace splattered with rainbow zinc.
31
Gallium Ga
a maid with a big mouth.
32
Germanium Ge
An old man from Germany.
33
Arsenic As
A child's mum being charged for arson.
34
Selenium Se
Selena Williams playing tennis with a hammer.
35
Bromine Br
A kid sending an e-mail to his bro.
36
Krypton Kr
A mash of kryptonite crystals.
37
Rubidium Rb
A mug made of ruby.
38
Strontium Sr
That movie is strong, but it went for a long time.
39
Yttrium Y
A mob taking over an atrium.
40
Zirconium Zr
a hearse full of fake diamonds (cubic zirconium ).
41
Niobium Nb
A rat hanging out in Nairobi.
42
Molybdenum Mo
Aaron the mole in a bed.
43
Technetium Tc
a room full of tech and a geek surfing the net.
44
Ruthenium Ru
A rower falling off the roof.
45
Rhodium Rh
Andy Warhol on the road.
46
Palladium Pd
Paul the ogre laid on a ridge.
47
Silver Ag
A shiny silver ark.
48
Cadmium Cd
Mapping a reef using CAD.
49
Indium In
Indian shoppers giving rupee notes to a pot-seller.
50
Tin Sn
oils for the tinman's joints.
51
Antimony Sb
An anti-money wallet.
52
Tellurium Te
An alian tell about it's delirium.
53
Iodine I
Lamb marinating in iodised salt.
54
Xenon Xe
Using zen to ignore the liar.
55
Cesium Cs
Leela flying a cessna.
56
Barium Ba
a black leech with it's bare skin.
57-71(Lanthanides)
72
Hafnium Hf
The Queen drinking half a glass of water.
73
Tantalum Ta
The tantalising chemo to keep the cancer at bay.
74
Tungsten W
A tungsten lightbulb dangling from a car.
75
Rhenium Re
Rain pouring on a pile of coal.
76
Osmium Os
The Wizard of Oz eating quiche
77
Iridium Ir
Coke to get rid of irritating rust.
78
Platnium Pt
Having a plate of breakfast at a cafe.
79
Gold Au
a puddle of golden goop.
80
Mercury Hg
The liquid metal terminator's face.
81
Thallium Tl
Food full of valium.
82
Lead Pb
A fan made of pencil leads.
83
Bismuth Bi
A business selling only foam.
84
Polonium Po
An afro that smells like too much cologne.
85
Astatine At
A fool drinking acetone.
86
Radon Rn
A radar for catching fish.
87
Francium Fr
Heavy fog in France
88
Radium Ra
Five warriors raiding a stone wall castle.
89-103(Actinides)
104
Rutherfordium Rf
Ernest Rutherford buying a taser.
105
Dubnium Db
A thistle bobbing along to dub music.
106
Seaborgium Sg
A white sage floating in the sea on a board.
107
Bohrium Bh
A desk wet with bore water.
108
Hassium Hs
David Hasslehoff covered in adhesive.
109
Meitnerium Mt
Servant who might disobey orders.
110
Darmstadtium Ds
Dudes studying dharma at a stadium.
111
Roentgenium Rg
A doodad to hold rotting genies.
112
Copernicium Cn
A titan spinning copernicus around the sun.
113
Ununtrium Uut
A totem made from one tree.
114
Flerovium Fl
A daughter lighting a flare as she rows to safety.
115
Ununpentium Uup
The deadly force of the onion pentagram.
116
Livernorium Kv
A reaper invoking a death wish on a man's liver.
117
Ununseptium Uus
Toothache caused by eating onions seven (sept) times.
118
Ununoctium Uuo
A hooded wife with an octogon necklace.
57
Lanthanum La
Loki singing his national anthem.
58
Cerium Ce
A bowl of cereal using lava instead of milk.
59
Praseodymium Pr
A yelp of praise for the new light that can automatically dim
60
Neodymium Nd
Neo dimming the lights on his shoes.
61
Promethium Pm
The greek titan Prometheus riding a cheetah.
62
Samarium Sm
A Samaritan putting oil on his head for shine.
63
Europium Eu
A european gym.
64
Gadolinium Gd
A cherry squashed into the good linolium
65
Terbium Tb
A turbid pool of chilli sauce.
66
Dysprosium Dy
A judge at a dyson symposium.
67
Holmium Ho
A chick eating wholemeal bread.
68
Erbium Er
A chef cooking with herbs.
69
Thulium Tm
The fool who driving a jeep.
70
Ytterbium Yb
A goose writing an italic B and M.
71
Lutetium Lu
A girl named 'Cathie' playing the lute.
89
Actinium Ac
An actor with a phobia of stages.
90
Thorium Th
Thor getting chased by bees.
91
Proactinium Pa
A proactive bat.
92
Uranium U
A radioactive uranium bean.
93
Neptumium Np
A laser beam pointing at Neptune.
94
Plutonium Pu
A bear flying a rocket to pluto.
95
Americium Am
The Liberty Bell is an American symbol
96
Curium Cm
A traditional medicine bush to cure your ails.
97
Berkelium Bk
A bag full of burqas made of kelp.
98
Californium Cf
Californian special beef.
99
Einsteinium Es
Albert Einstein doing hip-hop.
100
Fermium Fm
firm tissues that are hard when wiped on the face.
101
Mendelevium Md
Men deliving a wetsuit.
102
Nobellium No
A micky mouse ear crown for Disney nobility.
103
Lawrencium Lr
Ralph Lauren practicing taoism.

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