| 1 H hydrogen | |
|---|---|
| use | colorless |
| WEL | colourless |
| 2 He helium | |
| use | colorless |
| WEL | colourless |
| 3 Li lithium | |
| use | silvery white/gray |
| WEL | silvery white/grey |
| 4 Be beryllium | |
| use | white-gray metallic |
| WEL | lead grey |
| 5 B boron | |
| use | black |
| WEL | black |
| 6 C carbon | |
| use | black (graphite); colourless (diamond) |
| WEL | graphite is black, diamond is colourless |
| 7 N nitrogen | |
| use | colorless |
| WEL | colourless |
| 8 O oxygen | |
| use | colorless |
| WEL | colourless as a gas, liquid is pale blue |
| 9 F fluorine | |
| use | pale greenish-yellow gas |
| WEL | pale yellow |
| 10 Ne neon | |
| use | colorless |
| WEL | colourless |
| 11 Na sodium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 12 Mg magnesium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 13 Al aluminium | |
| use | silvery |
| WEL | silvery |
| 14 Si silicon | |
| use | dark gray, bluish tinge |
| WEL | dark grey with a bluish tinge |
| 15 P phosphorus | |
| use | colorless/red/silvery white |
| WEL | colourless/red/silvery white |
| 16 S sulfur | |
| use | lemon yellow |
| WEL | lemon yellow |
| 17 Cl chlorine | |
| use | yellowish green |
| WEL | yellowish green |
| 18 Ar argon | |
| use | colorless |
| WEL | colourless |
| 19 K potassium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 20 Ca calcium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 21 Sc scandium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 22 Ti titanium | |
| use | silvery metallic |
| WEL | silvery metallic |
| 23 V vanadium | |
| use | silvery gray metallic |
| WEL | silvery grey metallic |
| 24 Cr chromium | |
| use | silvery metallic |
| WEL | silvery metallic |
| 25 Mn manganese | |
| use | silvery metallic |
| WEL | silvery metallic |
| 26 Fe iron | |
| use | lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge |
| WEL | lustrous, metallic, greyish tinge |
| 27 Co cobalt | |
| use | metallic with gray tinge |
| WEL | lustrous, metallic, greyish tinge |
| 28 Ni nickel | |
| use | lustrous, metallic |
| WEL | lustrous, metallic, silvery tinge |
| 29 Cu copper | |
| use | copper, metallic |
| WEL | copper, metallic |
| 30 Zn zinc | |
| use | bluish pale gray |
| WEL | bluish pale grey |
| 31 Ga gallium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 32 Ge germanium | |
| use | grayish white |
| WEL | greyish white |
| 33 As arsenic | |
| use | metallic gray |
| WEL | metallic grey |
| 34 Se selenium | |
| use | gray, metallic luster |
| WEL | grey, metallic lustre |
| 35 Br bromine | |
| use | gas: red-brown; solid: metallic luster |
| WEL | red-brown, metallic lustre when solid |
| 36 Kr krypton | |
| use | colorless |
| WEL | colourless |
| 37 Rb rubidium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 38 Sr strontium | |
| use | silvery white metallic |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 39 Y yttrium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 40 Zr zirconium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 41 Nb niobium | |
| use | gray metallic |
| WEL | grey metallic |
| 42 Mo molybdenum | |
| use | gray metallic |
| WEL | grey metallic |
| 43 Tc technetium | |
| use | silvery gray metal |
| WEL | silvery grey metallic |
| 44 Ru ruthenium | |
| use | silvery white metallic |
| WEL | silvery white metallic |
| 45 Rh rhodium | |
| use | silvery white metallic |
| WEL | silvery white metallic |
| 46 Pd palladium | |
| use | silvery white metallic |
| WEL | silvery white metallic |
| 47 Ag silver | |
| use | lustrous white metal |
| WEL | silver |
| 48 Cd cadmium | |
| use | silvery gray metallic |
| WEL | silvery grey metallic |
| 49 In indium | |
| use | silvery lustrous gray |
| WEL | silvery lustrous grey |
| 50 Sn tin | |
| use | silvery lustrous gray |
| WEL | silvery lustrous grey |
| 51 Sb antimony | |
| use | silvery lustrous gray |
| WEL | silvery lustrous grey |
| 52 Te tellurium | |
| use | silvery lustrous gray |
| WEL | silvery lustrous grey |
| 53 I iodine | |
| use | violet-dark gray, lustrous |
| WEL | violet-dark grey, lustrous |
| 54 Xe xenon | |
| use | colorless |
| WEL | colourless |
| 55 Cs caesium | |
| use | silvery gold |
| WEL | silvery gold |
| 56 Ba barium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 57 La lanthanum | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 58 Ce cerium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 59 Pr praseodymium | |
| use | silvery white, yellowish tinge |
| WEL | silvery white, yellowish tinge |
| 60 Nd neodymium | |
| use | silvery white, yellowish tinge |
| WEL | silvery white, yellowish tinge |
| 61 Pm promethium | |
| use | metallic |
| WEL | metallic |
| 62 Sm samarium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 63 Eu europium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 64 Gd gadolinium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 65 Tb terbium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 66 Dy dysprosium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 67 Ho holmium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 68 Er erbium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 69 Tm thulium | |
| use | silvery gray |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 70 Yb ytterbium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 71 Lu lutetium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 72 Hf hafnium | |
| use | gray steel |
| WEL | grey steel |
| 73 Ta tantalum | |
| use | gray blue |
| WEL | grey blue |
| 74 W tungsten | |
| use | grayish white, lustrous |
| WEL | greyish white, lustrous |
| 75 Re rhenium | |
| use | grayish white |
| WEL | greyish white |
| 76 Os osmium | |
| use | silvery, blue cast |
| WEL | bluish grey |
| 77 Ir iridium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 78 Pt platinum | |
| use | grayish white |
| WEL | greyish white |
| 79 Au gold | |
| use | metallic yellow |
| WEL | gold |
| 80 Hg mercury | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 81 Tl thallium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 82 Pb lead | |
| use | bluish white |
| WEL | bluish white |
| 83 Bi bismuth | |
| use | lustrous reddish white |
| WEL | lustrous reddish white |
| 84 Po polonium | |
| use | silvery |
| WEL | silvery |
| 85 At astatine | |
| use | metallic |
| WEL | metallic |
| 86 Rn radon | |
| use | colorless |
| WEL | colourless |
| 87 Fr francium | |
| use | metallic |
| WEL | metallic |
| 88 Ra radium | |
| use | silvery white metallic |
| WEL | metallic |
| 89 Ac actinium | |
| use | silvery |
| WEL | silvery |
| 90 Th thorium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 91 Pa protactinium | |
| use | bright, silvery metallic luster |
| WEL | silvery metallic |
| 92 U uranium | |
| use | silvery gray metallic |
| WEL | metallic grey |
| 93 Np neptunium | |
| use | silvery metallic |
| WEL | silvery metallic |
| 94 Pu plutonium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 95 Am americium | |
| use | silvery white |
| WEL | silvery white |
| 96 Cm curium | |
| use | silvery |
| WEL | silver |
| 97 Bk berkelium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 98 Cf californium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 99 Es einsteinium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 100 Fm fermium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 101 Md mendelevium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 102 No nobelium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 103 Lr lawrencium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 104 Rf rutherfordium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 105 Db dubnium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 106 Sg seaborgium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 107 Bh bohrium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 108 Hs hassium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 109 Mt meitnerium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 110 Ds darmstadtium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 111 Rg roentgenium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 112 Uub ununbium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 113 Uut ununtrium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 114 Uuq ununquadium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 115 Uup ununpentium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
| 116 Uuh ununhexium | |
| use | unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray |
| WEL | unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance |
References
edit- WEL: descriptions from http://www.webelements.com/