Huda Hassan Dasuki The thought of nickel feels me with awe its promising strength, lustre and grace. Though a traitor to his own people he may seem, but Mond paved the way to its gleam for the [...]
Niall Ward-O’Brien The first metal discovered by modern science was cobalt, in 1735 But its history runs much earlier, from China to Rome to Egypt It is not hard to imagine the wonder of [...]
Annabelle Mirfield Iron is the strongest metal Rust is what I do Old, I date back to 1200BC Nobody can live without me, I am used more than any other metal About the Author I’m Annabelle. I’m 9 [...]
Helen Teasdale I’ll give you several clues to identify me, number one is that I’m in block d. First isolated by a Swedish Man, a chemist named Johan Gottlieb Gahn Discovered prior though by Carl [...]
Melody Obeng Named after the Greek name Chroma, This element is nothing short of a borer. It was discovered by the French chemist, Nicholas. Vauquelin, He was intrigued by the minerals bright red [...]
Callum Johnston Colourful – both literally and figuratively. A silent part of everyday life, an unsung hero No surprise then, It’s named after a Greek goddess. Its range and versatility [...]
Ellen Wilson When Nilson found me in 1879 there’s no way he would’ve guessed, That in decades to come, as an alloy, I’d be used in fighter jets. He couldn’t have imagined a film crew, shooting [...]
Jonny Gregg Potassium metal, silver and soft, curiously burns with a lilac glow. The nature of this is considered oft, the 4s1 electron makes it so. Group 1 row 4, potassium features, denoted by [...]
