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High school chemistry class used to be confusing at best. Then I imagined what the chemical elements would be like as characters. Suddenly everything became a lot more interesting...

An artist from birth, I was the kid who drew in a class all the time. This phase perpetuated well into art school - where it was actually OK to draw in class! As the senior year approached, they encouraged us to come up with an idea for cool drawings that combined everything we'd learned at school and gave insight as to who we were and what inspired us. Drawn in pencil and colored in Photoshop, I took my first love - characters - and combined it with a strong idea to create these 112 illustrations for the periodic table of elements.

These days, I'm concepting an entire world in which these periodic table elements live, and a story to go with that world. I'm also selling flashcards on my Etsy shop to help kids around the world learn about the table of elements.

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Carbon

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nicole
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think your drawings are all awesome, I know you got some critics about doing it "wrong" or people telling you how you should have done them but I think their are YOUR drawings and they are amazing!!! f haters you are the one who spent hours of dedication in these drawings

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    Aluminum

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    CalypsoMontoya
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    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American spelling version: aluminum UK/wider used spelling: aluminium. Same thing, unfortunately

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    Technetium

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    Maximilian Kladienko
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Glasses look like Harry Potter’s glasses great job!

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    Hydrogen

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    R Christopher Aversa
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this meaning to look like water? I think the plasma of a star would have been a good representation, hydrogen is the principal fuel.

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    Fluorine

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    Argon

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    MeganMekoli
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    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Argon gas is actually more dense than air, so it sinks when released. Cool picture though!

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    Calcium

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    NicMurch
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    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That has been proven to be wrong actually.

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    Sodium

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    Arsenic

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    Marie-thereseAntoun
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    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks like one of the Greek godesses or titan ><

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    Krypton

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    OdessaCohen
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    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    uhhh no. Krypton is the planet that Superman is from and Kryptonite (a solid) is the rock from his planet that makes him weak. There is no Krypton gas to my knowledge involved in the superman comics.

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    Lithium

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    OleOsteby
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    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I the only one thinking Evanescence here?

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    Silicon

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    BillYardley
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Silicon is a naturally occurring chemical element, whereas silicone is a synthetic substance.

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    BillYardley
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Silicon is a naturally occurring chemical element, whereas silicone is a synthetic substance.

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    Bromine

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    Copernicium

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    Phosphorus

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    dougdoug
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pyros unite!... wait dont, we might burn the place down... Pyros disperse and be safe.

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    Antimony

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    IanBodey
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was money paid by Ants to their ex-wives......

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    Thorium

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    DanRazvanComan
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    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a very poor example for Thorium. How about: it's the best energetic alternative on Earth. 5000 tones of Thorium would be enough to supply, the energy for the entire planet for 1 year, implying less risks and no pollution at all - due to the Thorium reactor's achievements. (Taking the Thorium approach to the production level, would mean less money for whoever controls the energy market - that's why people either don't know anything about Thorium, either they relate it to toothpastes.)

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    Chlorine

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    Vm Unnikrishnan
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's better used as a water treatment chemical to kill ecoli

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    Thulium

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    Tantalum

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    naomiRodriguez
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    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry, I love all of these but he was not a Greek god. He was punished by the gods :)

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    Meitnerium

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    KatrinaSmith
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    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The elements named after people do not give a clue as to the form or use of the element.

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    Europium

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    Chris Primosch
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Says what it's named after and also gives a use, those are the best ones.

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    Chromium

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    Iodine

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    R Christopher Aversa
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Iodine is known for subliming near room temperature, would be nice to incorporate that.

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    Promethium

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    Helium

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    Beryllium

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    Magnesium

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    Copper

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    Curium

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    Nitrogen

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    Mendelevium

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    Adelaide Iris
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I notice it was element 101. Perhaps How To Invent The Periodic Table 101?

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    Scandium

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    Iron

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    JoelFernandez
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    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well technically it rusts in the presence of oxygen

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    Nickel

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    Zinc

    Zinc

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    RichardPickman
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In fact Zinc isn't added to steel but the steel is covered by tiny film of Zinc.

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    Strontium

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    Hassium

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    Gallium

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    Yttrium

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    PiaAndersen
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    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These areal awesome and world have done me a world of good during chemistry lessons ;-)

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    Bismuth

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    Shane Simpe
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    our fat boy (hey are there any other products with bismuth?)

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    Indium

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    Tin

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    Shane Simpe
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what else has been replaced by tin?

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    Tellurium

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    Fikarina Prasetiyo
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Bahasa Indonesia, Telur is egg.. I thought it was a smell of a rotten eggs.. and it was called Tellurium by someone who speak Bahasa :p

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    Xenon

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    Shane Simpe
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    there is this show i watch with someone named Xenon!

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    Caesium

    Caesium

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    MasterJoseph
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is she naked? Were her clothes burnt from the reaction?

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    Lanthanium

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    Praseodymium

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    Thallium

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    Shane Simpe
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what is thallium made up of if it constantly corrodes?

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    Lead

    Lead

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    Shane Simpe
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    didnt people still use lead when marie curie was finding radioactive stuff?

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    Polonium

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    Actinium

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    Yi Gesan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is similar to Dhalsim from India, one of the Street Fighter characters.

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    Americium

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    Fermium

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    Seaborgium

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    Roentgenium

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    Nicolas.s Mercier
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Roentgenium is also radioactive but not quite as radioactive.

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    Vanadium

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    BonnieYelverton
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    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On the accompanying flashcards that I bought on Etsy, I discovered that the Atomic Mass and Density for Vanadium are wrong. It would also have been helpful with units for the densities (which are otherwise very useful). The densities for the gasses appear to be for their liquid forms. But I am looking forward to using these with my "reluctant" chemistry students. I think they will enjoy them.

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    Selenium

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    Rubidium

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    Zirconium

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    NibaYu1 NibaYu1
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    bro go take care of ur kids ,The have not eating in days

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    Niobium

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    Rhodium

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    Palladium

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    Cadmium

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    Gadolinium

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    Terbium

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    Erbium

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    Hafnium

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    Rhenium

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    Osmium

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    Iridium

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    Platinum

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    MasterJoseph
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are most of the feminine elementsonas so t h i c c?

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    Mercury

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    Berkelium

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    Oxygen

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    Zaphod Beeblebrox
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would have shown something about how it feeds fires.

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    Lawrencium

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    Manganese

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    Germanium

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    Molybdenum

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    Ruthenium

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    Barium

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    Neodymium

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    Samarium

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    Holmium

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    Ytterbium

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    Astatine

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    Radon

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    Radium

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    Protactinium

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    Uranium

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    Jameer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Little Boy, a nuclear bomb used by Americans to bomb the Japanese town Hiroshima used Uranium

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    Neptunium

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    Einsteinium

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    Rutherfordium

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    Dubnium

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    Bohrium

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    Darmstadtium

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    Dysprosium

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    Plutonium

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    As children explore the world of elements through creative illustrations, they might develop a fascination akin to how quirky tales capture their imagination.

    Diving into engaging and unusual stories can broaden a child's perspective much like exploring peculiar children's books does.