- Balloon gas - Gaseous element, symbol He - Inert gas - Light gas - Noble gas - A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and
earth and in some rare minerals.
- Chemical element - Element that makes up diamonds - Element with symbol C - Non metallic element - Non-metallic element - Nonmetallic element - An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which
is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it
is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and
enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it
constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in
monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is
graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal
prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide,
commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the
proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various
compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.
- Element with symbol Ba - Metallic element - Silvery-white element - Silvery-White Metallic Element - Soft silvery-white element - One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group;
a metal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very high
temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the
facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight, 137.
Symbol, Ba. Its oxide called baryta.