How it works
Periodic Table in bubble letters on one sideways sheet in Fredoka, Periodic over Table. Element names and group names for a wall table or an element project wait in the row under the sheet.
Read the full guide
Helium, Nitrogen, Zinc and Uranium
Each of these names has a sheet: Hydrogen, Helium, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Zinc and Uranium. For an element tile, type the atomic number, the symbol and the name on three lines: 2, He, Helium; 7, N, Nitrogen; 30, Zn, Zinc; 92, U, Uranium. Hydrogen is 1, H; carbon 6, C; oxygen 8, O.
Group names for a wall table
The columns are groups, numbered 1 to 18; the rows are periods. Alkali / Metals names group 1 without hydrogen, Alkaline / Earth Metals group 2, Halogens group 17 and Noble / Gases group 18. Transition / Metals, Lanthanides, Actinides, Metals, Metalloids and Nonmetals suit a color key, and Elements, Groups, Periods and Atomic / Number the headings.
- Zinc, probably named from the German Zinke, a prong, has no hole in its four letters and prints tallest of the ready words.
- Fredoka keeps five of the seven holes of Periodic Table white and closes the two e's; with Look set to Outline all seven stay white.
Questions and answers
How do you draw periodic table in bubble letters?
Pencil Periodic on one line and Table under it, with wide gaps. Round every stroke into a fat outline, keep the loops of the P, o, d, a and b open and a slit in each e, then rub out the pencil and color.
How many elements are in the periodic table?
118 are known, and they fill seven rows. The first 94 occur naturally on Earth; the other 24, americium to oganesson, exist only when made in laboratories.
Why is helium called helium?
From the Greek helios, sun. Helium first showed up in 1868 as an unknown yellow line in the light of an eclipsed Sun. It is the first of the noble gases.
Where does the word nitrogen come from?
From the French nitrogène, coined in 1790 from nitre, another name for saltpetre, and -gène, producing. The English word followed in 1794.
What is uranium named after?
The planet Uranus, which had recently been discovered when the element was found in 1789.