Transition Metal
38 elements
Scandium
Named after Scandinavia where it was discovered. Used in aerospace alloys with a...
Titanium
As strong as steel but 45% lighter. Highly resistant to corrosion, even against ...
Vanadium
Used to make steel alloys stronger and lighter. Vanadium redox flow batteries st...
Chromium
Gives stainless steel its corrosion resistance and rubies their red color. Chrom...
Manganese
Essential trace element for bone formation and metabolism. Used in steel product...
Iron
The most used metal on Earth and the core material of civilization. Makes up 35%...
Cobalt
Named after kobold, a German goblin blamed for poisoning miners. Essential for v...
Nickel
Makes stainless steel stainless along with chromium. Used in coins worldwide sin...
Copper
The first metal widely used by humans, beginning around 8000 BC. Excellent condu...
Zinc
Essential for immune function and over 100 enzyme reactions. Galvanized steel is...
Yttrium
Named after the Swedish village of Ytterby, the source of four element names. Us...
Zirconium
Highly resistant to corrosion and used in nuclear reactor fuel rods. Cubic zirco...
Niobium
Named after Niobe, daughter of Tantalus in Greek mythology. Superconducting at 9...
Molybdenum
Essential trace element involved in several important enzymes. Has the highest m...
Technetium
The first artificially produced element. All isotopes are radioactive, none are ...
Ruthenium
Named after Ruthenia, the Latin name for Russia. Used to make platinum harder fo...
Rhodium
The most expensive precious metal, often 10 times the price of gold. Used in cat...
Palladium
Named after the asteroid Pallas, discovered around the same time. Crucial for ca...
Silver
The best conductor of electricity and heat of all metals. Has the highest optica...
Cadmium
Highly toxic and a known carcinogen. Used in rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteri...
Tungsten
Has the highest melting point of all elements at 3,422C. Used in incandescent li...
Platinum
One of the rarest and most valuable precious metals. Used in catalytic converter...
Gold
The most malleable metal. One ounce can be beaten into a sheet covering 28 squar...
Mercury
The only metal that is liquid at standard conditions. Known as quicksilver for i...
Hafnium
Named after Hafnia, the Latin name of Copenhagen, and found exactly where Bohrs ...
Tantalum
Named after Tantalus of Greek myth, punished with water he could never drink, be...
Rhenium
The last stable element ever discovered, named after the Rhine river. Rhenium ke...
Osmium
The densest naturally occurring element, twice as dense as lead. Osmium tetroxid...
Iridium
The most corrosion resistant metal known: no acid attacks it. A thin worldwide l...
Rutherfordium
First of the transactinides, named after Ernest Rutherford. Its discovery opened...
Dubnium
Named for Dubna, the Russian science city whose team co-discovered it, settling ...
Seaborgium
Named after Glenn Seaborg while he was still alive, breaking the tradition of po...
Bohrium
Named after Niels Bohr, architect of the atomic model. First made in Darmstadt, ...
Hassium
Named after Hassia, the Latin name for Hesse, the German state home of the Darms...
Meitnerium
Named after Lise Meitner, the physicist who explained nuclear fission and was fa...
Darmstadtium
Named after Darmstadt, Germany, the city whose GSI laboratory created it by smas...
Roentgenium
Named after Wilhelm Roentgen, discoverer of X-rays. Made in Darmstadt by fusing ...
Copernicium
Named after Nicolaus Copernicus, who moved Earth from the center of the universe...