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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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Astatine 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.BariumThis is the berkelium, dissolved, that was used to synthesize element 117.BerkeliumBerkelium is a silvery radioactive metal.Berkelium
This is a bead of pure beryllium (1.0 x 1.5 cm, 2.5 g).Beryllium PhotoThis is a chunk of high purity crystalline beryllium.BerylliumSquare of beryllium foil for an x-ray microscope vacuum window. BerylliumBismuth is a crystalline white metal, with a pink tinge.Bismuth
Crystal of ultrapure bismuth.BismuthThese lab-grown bismuth crystals display an iridescent layer of oxidation.BismuthSample of boron in a glass vial.BoronThis is a photo of pure crystalline boron. Boron is a lustrous, black semimetal.Boron

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