In Your Element in 2013

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  • Markku Räsänen remembers making a neutral compound featuring argon, and ponders on the reactivity of this inert element.

    • Markku Räsänen
    In Your Element

  • Joel D. Blum considers the two faces of mercury. It has many unique and useful properties in chemistry — yet it comes with a dark and dangerous side.

    • Joel D. Blum
    In Your Element

  • John Emsley looks at an element that is vital to life.

    • John Emsley
    In Your Element

  • Somobrata Acharya explores the history, properties and uses of lead — an ancient metal that is still very relevant to today's technologies, but should be used with caution.

    • Somobrata Acharya
    In Your Element

  • Brett F. Thornton and Shawn C. Burdette look back at the discovery — and the many different names — of element 86.

    • Brett F. Thornton
    • Shawn C. Burdette
    In Your Element

  • Barbara Finlayson-Pitts muses on how chlorine has come to play a role in many aspects of our lives — for better or for worse.

    • Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts
    In Your Element

  • The chemistry of element 114 seems to be in reach, yet Peter Schwerdtfeger cautions that we should expect the unexpected from this young element, which is so different to its lighter counterparts.

    • Peter Schwerdtfeger
    In Your Element

  • From toothpaste to Tebbe reagents, Michael Tarselli takes a look at the many different faces of titanium.

    • Michael A. Tarselli
    In Your Element

  • Felice Grandinetti ponders on the peculiarity of neon among the noble gases — and whether it should occupy the top-right position in the periodic table.

    • Felice Grandinetti
    In Your Element

  • Eric J. Schelter ponders on cerium's rather puzzling redox reactivity, and the varied practical applications that have emerged from it.

    • Eric J. Schelter
    In Your Element

  • D. Scott Wilbur points out the difficulty in studying the transient element astatine, and the need to understand its basic chemical nature to help in the development of targeted radiotherapy agents.

    • D. Scott Wilbur
    In Your Element

  • Katharina M. Fromm relates how barium and its ores went from a magical, glowing species that attracted witches and alchemists to components in a variety of compounds that are key parts of modern life.

    • Katharina M. Fromm
    In Your Element