Radium

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Radia

The story of radium is quite sad. After it was discovered, people were fascinated by this element which glows in the dark. Nobody knew that this was because of its harmful radioactivity. There was a hype around products containing radium, which were sold as cures and cosmetics. Only after workers, who painted glow-in-the-dark paint containing radium onto wrist-watches, began to develop cancer in the mouth, people started to realize that there was something wrong.

Francium

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Franca

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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Radonis

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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Asta Asta

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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Pol

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.

Promethium

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Promet

Promethium was named after Prometheus, one of the titans of greek mythology, who brought fire to mankind. The gods then punished him by binding him to a rock in the Caucasus. There an eagle came every day eating his liver, which always grew back.

The name was chosen as a warning to humankind, since this element is radioactive as a product of decay of uranium. By the time of the discovery the nuclear arms race between the USA and the Sovied Union had begun.

Technetium

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Technicus

Technetium is the smallest radioactive element and thus a great exception among its neighbouring elements. It was the first artificially made element leading to its name: the Greek word technētós means "artificial".

Technicus the monster looks like put together from various spare parts. It wants to belong to the "good guys". But because of its radioactivity the other monsters avoid it.

Plutonium

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Pluto

Plutonium is extremely poisonous and highly radioactive. It’s main use is for nuclear enerergy and in atomic bombs. His name patron, dwarf planet Pluto named after the Greek god of the underworld, was chosen wisely.

Pluto is an evil fella. Together with his partner in crime Urano, he plots to take over the world.

Uranium

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Urano

Uranium is a dangerous metal. Before it was known for it’s radioactivity, people used it to die glass green. It is mostly used for atomic energy and atomic bombs. His name patron Uranus is named after the god of the sky and the father of all gods in Greek mythology.

Urano the monster wants to be the ruler over all the Elemonsters world. He believes that he’s entitled to it, for his name to begin with. He tries to reach this goal by any means. Be it by creating new monsters with nuclear fusion to form a clone army.

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