By Words in Description (110)

In his latest book about the elements, John Emsley somewhat appologetically lists the top ten in order of how many words he wrote about each one in the book. With similarly thin justification, here are my samples in order of how many words I've written about each one.


Click any element tile below to get the full entry for that element, or click on the sample picture to go directly to the description of that sample.

Text and images Copyright (c) 2003 by Theodore W.Gray.

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011 Sodium
011 Sodium
4602 words in description.

092 Uranium
092 Uranium
3979 words in description.

088 Radium
088 Radium
2986 words in description.

001 Hydrogen
001 Hydrogen
2865 words in description.

003 Lithium
003 Lithium
2752 words in description.

022 Titanium
022 Titanium
2431 words in description.

030 Zinc
030 Zinc
2044 words in description.

029 Copper
029 Copper
1978 words in description.

013 Aluminum
013 Aluminum
1910 words in description.

016 Sulfur
016 Sulfur
1741 words in description.

028 Nickel
028 Nickel
1657 words in description.

079 Gold
079 Gold
1622 words in description.

074 Tungsten
074 Tungsten
1554 words in description.

040 Zirconium
040 Zirconium
1520 words in description.

006 Carbon
006 Carbon
1470 words in description.

047 Silver
047 Silver
1420 words in description.

012 Magnesium
012 Magnesium
1414 words in description.

026 Iron
026 Iron
1385 words in description.

018 Argon
018 Argon
1297 words in description.

083 Bismuth
083 Bismuth
1212 words in description.

002 Helium
002 Helium
1204 words in description.

082 Lead
082 Lead
1201 words in description.

039 Yttrium
039 Yttrium
1200 words in description.

024 Chromium
024 Chromium
1190 words in description.

076 Osmium
076 Osmium
1174 words in description.

031 Gallium
031 Gallium
1139 words in description.

053 Iodine
053 Iodine
1107 words in description.

036 Krypton
036 Krypton
1080 words in description.

010 Neon
010 Neon
1046 words in description.

007 Nitrogen
007 Nitrogen
1034 words in description.

054 Xenon
054 Xenon
1033 words in description.

009 Fluorine
009 Fluorine
1015 words in description.

023 Vanadium
023 Vanadium
1015 words in description.

084 Polonium
084 Polonium
963 words in description.

051 Antimony
051 Antimony
940 words in description.

080 Mercury
080 Mercury
934 words in description.

094 Plutonium
094 Plutonium
918 words in description.

008 Oxygen
008 Oxygen
916 words in description.

019 Potassium
019 Potassium
894 words in description.

073 Tantalum
073 Tantalum
891 words in description.

072 Hafnium
072 Hafnium
856 words in description.

041 Niobium
041 Niobium
847 words in description.

005 Boron
005 Boron
820 words in description.

021 Scandium
021 Scandium
818 words in description.

014 Silicon
014 Silicon
789 words in description.

015 Phosphorus
015 Phosphorus
763 words in description.

017 Chlorine
017 Chlorine
760 words in description.

049 Indium
049 Indium
743 words in description.

055 Cesium
055 Cesium
737 words in description.

050 Tin
050 Tin
734 words in description.

004 Beryllium
004 Beryllium
731 words in description.

027 Cobalt
027 Cobalt
726 words in description.

086 Radon
086 Radon
712 words in description.

033 Arsenic
033 Arsenic
704 words in description.

038 Strontium
038 Strontium
700 words in description.

085 Astatine
085 Astatine
687 words in description.

087 Francium
087 Francium
687 words in description.

089 Actinium
089 Actinium
687 words in description.

091 Protactinium
091 Protactinium
687 words in description.

042 Molybdenum
042 Molybdenum
677 words in description.

048 Cadmium
048 Cadmium
638 words in description.

020 Calcium
020 Calcium
631 words in description.

034 Selenium
034 Selenium
627 words in description.

058 Cerium
058 Cerium
620 words in description.

090 Thorium
090 Thorium
616 words in description.

075 Rhenium
075 Rhenium
610 words in description.

057 Lanthanum
057 Lanthanum
608 words in description.

043 Technetium
043 Technetium
607 words in description.

035 Bromine
035 Bromine
602 words in description.

037 Rubidium
037 Rubidium
585 words in description.

078 Platinum
078 Platinum
585 words in description.

044 Ruthenium
044 Ruthenium
571 words in description.

046 Palladium
046 Palladium
568 words in description.

025 Manganese
025 Manganese
567 words in description.

Electrons Electrons
Electrons Electrons
544 words in description.

060 Neodymium
060 Neodymium
543 words in description.

068 Erbium
068 Erbium
532 words in description.

063 Europium
063 Europium
527 words in description.

061 Promethium
061 Promethium
513 words in description.

062 Samarium
062 Samarium
507 words in description.

081 Thallium
081 Thallium
501 words in description.

069 Thulium
069 Thulium
479 words in description.

077 Iridium
077 Iridium
468 words in description.

052 Tellurium
052 Tellurium
464 words in description.

045 Rhodium
045 Rhodium
447 words in description.

059 Praseodymium
059 Praseodymium
443 words in description.

066 Dysprosium
066 Dysprosium
439 words in description.

095 Americium
095 Americium
435 words in description.

056 Barium
056 Barium
421 words in description.

032 Germanium
032 Germanium
398 words in description.

071 Lutetium
071 Lutetium
379 words in description.

065 Terbium
065 Terbium
360 words in description.

067 Holmium
067 Holmium
360 words in description.

070 Ytterbium
070 Ytterbium
360 words in description.

064 Gadolinium
064 Gadolinium
350 words in description.

104 Rutherfordium
104 Rutherfordium
246 words in description.

105 Dubnium
105 Dubnium
224 words in description.

106 Seaborgium
106 Seaborgium
197 words in description.

107 Bohrium
107 Bohrium
197 words in description.

108 Hassium
108 Hassium
197 words in description.

097 Berkelium
097 Berkelium
174 words in description.

098 Californium
098 Californium
174 words in description.

099 Einsteinium
099 Einsteinium
174 words in description.

100 Fermium
100 Fermium
174 words in description.

101 Mendelevium
101 Mendelevium
174 words in description.

102 Nobelium
102 Nobelium
174 words in description.

103 Lawrencium
103 Lawrencium
174 words in description.

093 Neptunium
093 Neptunium
164 words in description.

096 Curium
096 Curium
164 words in description.

Neutrons Neutrons
Neutrons Neutrons
94 words in description.