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Element Photo Gallery

This is a collection of photographs of the chemical elements.

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These images of the chemical elements are arranged in alphabetical order. I've collected them from various public domain sources, such as the USGS and user submissions to wikipedia. Certain elements are not represented here, like the exceedingly rare manmade radioactive elements, produced in quantities so small no one knows for sure how they look. If you have a photo of a pure element you would like to contribute to this gallery, you are welcome to submit it.

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Actinium is a radioactive silvery metal.ActiniumAluminum Metal (Penny to Show Scale)AluminumAmericium is a lustrous silvery-white metal that slowly tarnishes in air.AmericiumAntimony is a silvery-white crystalline metal.Antimony
Argon is the current carrier in this discharge tube, while mercury is what produces the glow.ArgonPure arsenic is found in many forms, or allotropes, including yellow, black, and gray.ArsenicAstatine possesses characteristics common to other halogens, except with more metallic properties.AstatineThis is a photo of barium. Barium is a soft silvery-white metal, but it oxidizes very easily in air.Barium
Berkelium is a silvery radioactive metal.BerkeliumThis is a bead of pure beryllium (1.0 x 1.5 cm, 2.5 g).Beryllium PhotoSquare of beryllium foil for an x-ray microscope vacuum window. BerylliumBismuth is a crystalline white metal, with a pink tinge.Bismuth
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