The Periodic Table of the Elements,
in Pictures
 Elements in Pictures (1 page)
Elements in Pictures and Words (2 pages)
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This pictorial periodic table is colorful, fun, and packed with
information. In addition to the element's name,
symbol, and atomic number, each element box has a drawing of one of
the element's main human uses or natural occurrences. The table is
color-coded to show the chemical groupings. Small symbols pack in
additional information: solid/liquid/gas, color of element, common in
the human body, common in the earth's crust, magnetic metals, noble
metals, radioactive, and rare or never found in nature. It does not
overload kids with a lot of detailed numbers, like atomic weights and
valence numbers.
Note: "Elements in Pictures" and "Elements in
Words" are a set. Either may stand alone, but they work best
together. |
The Periodic Table of the Elements,
in Words
Elements in Words (1 page)
Elements in Pictures and Words (2 pages)
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This textual periodic table is packed with even more information. In addition to the element's name, symbol, and
atomic number, each element box contains a textual description of the
element's physical properties and a list of several of its human uses
and/or natural occurrences. The table is color-coded to show the
chemical groups, and each group is described in a panel of the same
color. Other info panels describe atomic structure, chemical bonding,
and radioactivity. It does not overload kids with a lot of detailed
numbers, but it does provide some simple rules-of-thumb about atomic
weights and valence numbers.
See also: The
Elements - Quick Descriptions, Uses and Occurrences contains most
of the same information, but in a less graphical, more textual html
format. |
The Periodic Table of the Elements,
in Pictures and Words
Elements in Pictures and Words (1 big page)
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This has both "Elements in Pictures" and "Elements in Words"
combined on a single page. |
The Periodic Table of the Elements,
in Pictures (Simplified)
Elements in Pictures (Simplified) (1 page)
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This is exactly the same as "Elements in Pictures" above, but with
less information. The fine print - the legend
boxes and the small symbols - have been removed. Use this if you want
a cleaner image with less visual clutter, or you want less
information, or you want to print smaller or at lower
resolution.
See also: Plain Periodic
Table |
Particles
Particles (1 page)
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This chart answers the question, "What is the universe made of?" This chart shows all the fundamental particles
in the standard model of particle physics, and many of the
non-fundamental particles too. It starts with the basics: an atom
contains a nucleus of protons and neutrons, which are made of quarks.
The chart organizes all the important particles and classes of
particles: fundamental fermions (quarks, leptons, electrons,
neutrinos), fundamental bosons (photons, W and Z bosons, gluons,
gravitons, higgs), composite particles (hadrons, baryons, protons,
neutrons, mesons), and anti-particles.
See also: Plain list of
particles, standard and hypothetical. |
Atomic Orbitals
Atomic Orbitals (1 page)
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This chart answers the question, "What does an atom look like?" This chart shows all the fundamental atomic
electron orbitals. It shows the orbitals as electron probability
density distributions (fuzzy clouds) rather than the the more common
surfaces of constant probability (bulgy blobs) because the electron
clouds are as close as you can get to visualizing what an atom really
looks like.
See also: Plain atomic
orbitals chart |
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