Iron – A workhorse of an element
From playing the role of a vital building block of steel to helping produce chlorophyll in plants and in carrying oxygen in the blood...
Chlorine – Toxic, but surprisingly useful
Chlorine, the second lightest of the halogens is more closely linked to our everyday lives than most people think. It does more than just...
Phosphorus – Critically life-essential, alarmingly poisonous
Aspooky element. That’s what phosphorus, the fifteenth element of the periodic table, is for many. In the early days after its discovery, some even...
Copper – The Element We can Count on
From being the first metal to be manipulated by humans to becoming an important metal in the industry today, copper has proved to be...