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1. Chemical symbol?     

Atomic number?  

Atomic mass (weight)?

2.How did the element get its name?

How did the element get its symbol?

3.Where is the element found … (in which countries or regions?  In underground mines? )

How is the element found? … (Purified from other substances?  Man-made in the lab?)

4.Who discovered the element?

When was the element discovered?

5. 

What are the elements physical and chemical properties (such as color, phase at room temperature, melting point, boiling point, etc., is it flammable, explosive, radioactive?  ETC.)

6. How is the element used historically? 

How is the element used currently?

7. Any other interesting facts about the element? (Minimum ten)