| 89 |
actinium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 13 |
aluminium |
Cooking pot (addresses possible health hazards) |
Drinks can (addresses expense of obtaining; recycling) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 95 |
americium |
Smoke detector |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 51 |
antimony |
Type metal |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 18 |
argon |
Fluorescent light |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 33 |
arsenic |
Arsenic and Old Lace playbill (highlight its widespread use as poison) |
Rice (often with dangerously high levels of As from ground water) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 85 |
astatine |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 56 |
barium |
Barium meal (barium sulphate) and X-ray |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 4 |
beryllium |
Beryl gemstone |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 83 |
bismuth |
Pepto-Bismol |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 5 |
boron |
Borax washing powder |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 35 |
bromine |
Sodium bromide jacuzzi salt |
Bromo-Seltzer packet (bromide sedative) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 48 |
cadmium |
Tubes of artists' paint |
Nickel-cadmium battery |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 55 |
caesium |
A clock with picks up time from an atomic clock using Cs isotope |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 20 |
calcium |
Alabaster or marble carving |
seashells |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 6 |
carbon |
Industrial diamond |
Piece of graphite |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 58 |
cerium |
Cigarette lighter |
Jeweller's rouge (cerium oxide) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 17 |
chlorine |
Vacuum vessel containing CFC refrigerant |
Hypochlorite bleach |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 24 |
chromium |
Chrome-plated design object |
Alexandrite gemstone |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 27 |
cobalt |
Delft tile, majolica, Spode etc china |
Foods high in Co-containing vitamin B12 |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 29 |
copper |
Assorted coins |
Solenoid or electrical coil |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 96 |
curium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 66 |
dysprosium |
SoundBug device uses magnetostrictive Terfenol alloy |
Halide discharge lamp (uses dysprosium iodide) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 68 |
erbium |
Welder's goggles, pink tinted (use erbium oxide to absorb IR) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 63 |
europium |
€5 banknote (and needs UV light) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 9 |
fluorine |
Fluoridated toothpaste |
Teflon or PTFE item |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 87 |
francium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 64 |
gadolinium |
MRI scan using Gd compound as contrast agent |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 31 |
gallium |
Gallium arsenide LEDs |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 32 |
germanium |
Wide-angle camera lens (Ge glass has high refractive index) |
1940s transistor (Ge now hardly used as a semiconductor) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 79 |
gold |
auranofin (Ridaura) gold-containing anti-rheumatic treatment |
Recovered gold fillings |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 72 |
hafnium |
Part of a nuclear reactor control rod |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 2 |
helium |
Helium-filled balloon lifting an object |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 67 |
holmium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 1 |
hydrogen |
Prototype car hydrogen fuel cell |
Part of experimental hydrogen fusion apparatus |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 49 |
indium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 53 |
iodine |
Tincture of iodine |
Preserved goitre / thyroid gland |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 77 |
iridium |
Spark plugs and pen nibs (Ir used here because it is the most corrosion-resistant element) |
Metlallic meteorite (Ir isotopes provide evidence for K-T boundary that may have wiped out dinosaurs) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 26 |
iron |
Blood sample |
An old iron (made of iron) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 36 |
krypton |
Fluorescent tube (pale violet) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 57 |
lanthanum |
lanthanum carbonate (used to reduce phosphate in kidney patients) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 82 |
lead |
lead battery anode |
lead crystal glassware |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 3 |
lithium |
Lithium anti-depressant pills |
lithium batteries |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 71 |
lutetium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 12 |
magnesium |
Ship’s sacrificial anode |
Green-leafed plant (Mg is at the centre of chlorophyll molecule) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 25 |
manganese |
Short section of railway track (manganese steel) |
Shi’s propeller (manganese bronze) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 80 |
mercury |
Mercury thermometer |
Tenniel illustration of Alice in Wonderland (the Mad Hatter was made because of mercury used in hat-making) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 42 |
molybdenum |
High-speed drills, saw blades (molybdenum steel) |
Molybdenum sulphide lubricant |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 60 |
neodymium |
Glazed ceramics (but see also praseodymium) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 10 |
neon |
Neon sign (may be redundant with Portraits, if so OMIT) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 93 |
neptunium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 28 |
nickel |
Nickel-plated design object (c 1920s–30s) |
Tape measure using Invar alloy (doesn’t expand or contract) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 41 |
niobium |
Iridescent jewellery (but see also tantalum) |
Ann Marie Shillito? |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 7 |
nitrogen |
Supermarket produce sealed in nitrogen atmosphere |
Nitroglycerine tablets (as blood vessel dilation agent and dynamite ingredient) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 76 |
osmium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 8 |
oxygen |
Peroxide hair bleaching chemicals |
Aeroplane or hospital oxygen mask |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 46 |
palladium |
Car catalytic converter section |
‘White gold’ jewellery |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 15 |
phosphorus |
fertilizer |
Coca-Cola, said to contain high levels of corrosive phosphoric acid |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 78 |
platinum |
‘Platinum’ disc or credit card |
Item of jewellery or platinum gauze cataylst |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 94 |
plutonium |
Homoeopathic plutonium |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 84 |
polonium |
Litvinenko murder press cuttings |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 19 |
potassium |
A banana / other foods high in K |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 59 |
praseodymium |
Glazed ceramics |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 61 |
promethium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 91 |
protactinium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 88 |
radium |
Radium indicator needles |
Radium branded product (eg. HAW shoe blackener) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 86 |
radon |
Piece of granite (releases radon) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 75 |
rhenium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 45 |
rhodium |
Optical mirror or headlight reflector (uses Rh coating) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 37 |
rubidium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 44 |
ruthenium |
Chip resistors |
Porphyra seaweed (became contaminated with radioactive ruthenium leaked from Sellafield) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 62 |
samarium |
miniature headphones (use Sm alloy, though not latest models) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 21 |
scandium |
Seeds of wheat, corn, pea etc (scandiium salt solutiion used to assist germination) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 34 |
selenium |
Selenium diet supplement (only shown to be essential in 1975) |
Bottle of breath freshener (excess selenium gives |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 14 |
silicon |
Silicone breast implant |
Quartz crystal (resonances used in time-keeping devices) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 47 |
silver |
B/W photograph |
Christening cup (link to family wealth in silver etc) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 11 |
sodium |
Salt (two heaps: recommended and actual daily consumption?) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 38 |
strontium |
Red fireworks |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 16 |
sulphur |
Onion family plants (gives sulphur in diet) |
Sulphur powder (sold to fumigate greenhouses etc) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 73 |
tantalum |
Jewellery (but see also niobium) |
Skull plates and bolts for bone repairs |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 43 |
technetium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 52 |
tellurium |
Tyre (Te used to help cure vulcanized rubber) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 65 |
terbium |
SoundBug device uses magnetostrictive Terfenol alloy (but see also dysprosium) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 81 |
thallium |
Thallium sulphate pesticide (banned in many placed because it is very poisonous) |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 90 |
thorium |
Historic gas mantle |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 69 |
thulium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 50 |
tin |
Tin soldier |
Tinned can |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 22 |
titanium |
Hip joint replacement |
Tin of household white paint |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 74 |
tungsten |
Light bulb with tungsten filament |
Anti-tank shell (tungsten used for its density, in the same way as DU; only if we don’t show a DU shell in Portraits) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 92 |
uranium |
Item of red Fiestaware |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
| 23 |
vanadium |
Spanners stamped ‘Vanadium steel’ |
Preserved tunicate specimens (these concentrate vanadium which contributes to their bright colours) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 54 |
xenon |
Strobe lamp |
Biocidal Xe discharge lamp (as used in food preparation areas) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 70 |
ytterbium |
OMIT |
OMIT |
OMIT |
| 39 |
yttrium |
Yttrium-90 radiotherapy needles |
Yttrium aluminium garnet crystal (used in lasers) |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 30 |
zinc |
Galvanized building component (eg. scaffolding joint) |
Zinc oxide sunblock |
Yes, Please bring. |
| 40 |
zirconium |
Zircon artificial diamond |
|
Yes, Please bring. |
