table of elements

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It has long held a spot on the periodic table of elements, but has remained under the radar despite its use in military systems, self-driving vehicles and fast chargers for laptops.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Since the turn of the century, six new chemical elements have been discovered and subsequently added to the periodic table of elements, the very icon of chemistry.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024

He wrote an entire song based on the periodic table of elements, which includes this verse:

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2023

Without spin, the entire periodic table of elements would come crashing down, and all of chemistry would go with it.

From Scientific American • Nov. 22, 2022

We need not take him through a phrenological table of elements, powers, faculties, leanings, and propensities.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John