Francium

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Francium

Francium is considered as the most unstable natural occurring element. Several scientists unsuccessfully claimed the discovery, but finally in the year 1939 Maguerite Perey was able to provide evidence and named it after her homeland France. The radioactivity is two million times higher than plutonium. Therefore it is impossible to produce visible amounts of it, the sample woud immediately evaporate because of the heat generated by its own radioactivity.

Radon

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Radon

Radon the heaviest and at the same time the only radioactive noble gas. It is a decay product of naturally occurring uranium or thorium and dissolves out of the ground into the atmosphere, where it aggregates in caves or cellars. Even though the element is radioactive, it is supposed to have healing qualities. There are even official spas that offer radon baths as a form of therapy. The medicinal benefit is disputed.

Astatine

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Astat

Astat is the rarest naturally occurring element on earth. Any given moment there are only a few grams – as a decay product of uranium. The name comes ancient Greek meaning "unstable", because even its most stable isotope has a half-life of only a few hours. Because of its high radioactivity it can only be produced and examined in tiny amounts. Therefore there are no photos of this element nor can chemical experiments be conducted with it.

Nobody has seen the monster Asta Asta yet. Some believe it is ony a myth or a phantom.

Polonium

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Polonium

This radioactive element was named by Marie Curie after her homeland Poland. It became famous with the poisoning of the former russian spy Alexander Litwinenko, who changed sides to the british secret service. In 2006 apparently he was given tea containing polonium, after which he died of radiation syndrome.

The monster resembles the eagle from the polish coat of arms. The body reminds of a rocket because the element is being used in nuclear weapons.

Thallium

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Thallium

This highly toxic element got its name from the Greek word thallós, which translates into "green twig" because of its characteristic green spectral line. That means it turns flames into green when burning. Therefore it was used for green emergency flares. Other uses are in special optical glasses and in rat poison.

Osmium

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Osmo

The name osmium is derived from the ancient Greek word osme meaning "smell". Apparently one of its oxides smells like radish. It is the element with the highest density. Belonging to the noble metals it is very unreactive. Because of its high melting point it was used in alloys with tungsten for light bulbs.

Rhenium

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Rhenium

Rhenium was discovered in 1925 and named after the river Rhine – the home area of one of its discoverers  (Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke and Otto Berg). This very rare element is mostly used in alloys.

Rheni the monster resembles the river god Rhenus – also called "Father Rhine".

Tantalum

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Tantalos
Tantalos

This element was named after Tantalos, a character out of Greek mythology. Tantalos was a powerful king, who was punished by the gods for commiting several crimes. He was forced to stand in a lake up to his chin. But whenever he tried to drink from the water, it disappeared. Delicious fruits were hanging above him, but whenever he tried to reach for them to eat, they rose beyond his reach. This became the source of the English word tantalise.

Hafnium

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Hafnagen
Hafnium

The name of this element comes from the Latin word for Copenhagen "Hafnia", where it was discovered. There are only few very specific technical uses for hafnium.

The monster is inspired by the coat of arms of the city of Copenhagen.

Lutetium

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Lutetia
Lutetium

The element lutetium was named after lutetia the latin name for Paris. It was almost simultaneously discovered by three different chemists.

The coat of arms of Paris contains stylised lillies, which the monster is based on.

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