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.

Thallium

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Thallos

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.

Indium

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Indi Go

Indium is often used as indium tin oxide to make transparent conductors for touch screens. It is flexible and has a low melting point. Its name comes from the indgo-blue spectral line.

Cadmium

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Cadmus

Cadmium compounds were formerly used as yellow pigments. Nowadays it is considered as very toxic and an environmental pollutant emitted by many industiral processes.

Name giver is Kádmos from the Greek mythology, founder of Thebes, who killed a dragon.

Europium

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Europa

This metal belongs to the rare earth elements as well as to the group of lanthanides. Named after the continent it can be found on Euro banknotes. Its fluorescent properties are used to make them forgery-proof.

Palladium

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Pallas

The nobel metal palladium was named after the asteroid Pallas, which was discovered in the same time period as the element. The asteroid in return was named after Pallas Athena, an alternate name for the Greek goddess Athena. She is the goddess of wisdom, warfare and handicraft as well as name patron of the city of Athens.

Bismuth

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Bis

Bismuth is the heaviest (almost) stable element –with only a very small radioactivity. It has the highest diamagnetic property, which means that it gets repelled by magnets.

There are several possible explanation for its name.

Bis the monster likes to hang out with Mang Gang. Together they take care of the „heavy work“.

Aluminium

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Alu

Aluminium is a light, soft metal. It serves many purposes, from packaging to airplanes. It is very easy to recycle, too.

Alu is the sporting ace among the Elemonsters. It is always on the run and busy doing something.

Tungsten

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Wolf Ram

Of all metals Tungsten (also known as wolfram) has the highest melting point. Therefore it is used in light bulbs.

The name "tungsten" comes from the Swedish tung sten meaning "heavy stone".

Gallium

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Gallius

Gallium is a metal that melts at body temperature. There used to be teaspoons made of gallium as novelty items to scare granmas at tea time. Its name is derived from the word Gallus – latin for rooster, the symbol for France, since it was discovered there.

Gallius is an amphibious moster that dwells on land as well as in water. Don’t overheat his slow temper or he will boil over.

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