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Symbol
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Name
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Gallery
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1
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H
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Hydrogen
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Hydrogen is a colourless gas
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Purple glow of hydrogen in its plasma state
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Hydrogen's name means "water-former", so here is a background of water
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NGC 604, a giant region of ionized hydrogen in the Triangulum Galaxy
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2
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He
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Helium
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Helium discharge tube shaped into its symbol, He
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Liquid helium that becomes a superfluid
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Helium was first discovered in sunlight
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While balloons are perhaps the best-known use of helium, they are a minor part of all helium use
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3
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Li
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Lithium
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4
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Be
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Beryllium
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5
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B
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Boron
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6
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C
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Carbon
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Graphite, an allotrope of carbon
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Diamond, another allotrope of carbon
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Solid carbon dioxide, commonly known asdry ice
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Carbon occurs in all forms of organic life
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