Quizbowl Elements and Families I

violent reactions

Alkali Metals

produce electrides

Alkali Metals

Lyman-Alpha forest

Hydrogen

21 cm line

Hydrogen

ATHENA Project

Hydrogen

used to treat bipolar disorder

Lithium

Bose-Einstein Condensate first found in

Sodium

D-lines

Sodium

bright yellow flame

Sodium

produced in Downs process

Sodium

Triple alpha process

Carbon

mass of Dalton

Carbon

M + 1 peak

Carbon

Kjeldahl Method

Nitrogen

product of Gabriel synthesis

Nitrogen

Penning mixture

Noble Gases

alpha particle

Helium

39, 40 isotope radioactive dating

Argon

“Fool’s gold”

Iron

red solution in thiocyanate

Iron

purified in Mond Process

Nickel

Davisson-Germer experiment

Nickel

Pentlandite ore

Nickel

Oxford Process

Nickel

exception to Aufbau principle

Copper

second highest conductivity

Copper

w/ Iodine in Nessler’s Reagent

Mercury

bonded to Sulfur in cinnabar

Mercury

Clemmensen Reduction

Mercury

triplet ground state

Oxygen

Ore bauxite w/ Al + H

Oxygen

Half as prevalent as C in crown ethers

Oxygen

Baeyer and Villiger developed carbonyl insertion technique for

Oxygen

Highly paramagnetic

Oxygen

Oxide presents piezoelectricity

Silicon

Reducing agent in Bolzano and Pidgeon processes

Silicon

depletes ozone layer as free radicals

Halogens

includes 3 states of matter at STP

Halogens

Grignard reagents

Halogens

bonds with Xenon

Fluoride

used in cloud seeding

Iodine

Lugol’s reagent, with K

Iodine

rarest naturally occurring element in Earth’s crust

Astatine

Tautomers

Hydrogen

Catalyzes Fischer esterification

Hydrogen

Syngas

Hydrogen

Kvaener process

Hydrogen

Bombarded w/ neutrons to make tritium

Lithium

Used in 2nd step of Corey-Fuchs reaction

Lithium

Rochelle’s salt (w/ Na)

Potassium

Carnallite

Potassium

Sylvite

Potassium

Reductant in Rieke Method

Potassium

Radioactive 40 isotope

Potassium

Grignard reagent

Magnesium

Applied to dry ice to form carboxylic acid

Magnesium

Binds to troponin

Calcium

Low levels cause tetany

Calcium

Channels created by 2nd messenger IP3

Calcium

Visualized via chameleon proteins

Calcium

Exocytosis classified off of dependency on

Calcium

Kernite ore

Boron

closo/nido- hydrides

Boron

Suzuki reaction

Boron

Pyrex glass

Boron

3-center-2-electron bonds

Boron

part of the protecting group TMS

Silicon

standard reference in NMR

Silicon

Siemens process

Silicon

Diazo-

Nitrogen

Reactant in Frank-Caro process

Nitrogen

reduced by a complex iron-molybdenum cofactor

Nitrogen

“Narcosis” in divers

Nitrogen

Wilkinson’s catalyst

Phosphorus

Part of Wittig reagent

Phosphorus

bite angle defined by

Phosphorus

Excimer lasers

Noble Gases

Van der Waals is isotropic

Noble Gases

Equivalent in hardness to sapphire

Titanium

Namesake “sponge”

Titanium

Rutile ore

Titanium

McMurry reaction

Titanium

Hydrogenates ethene

Nickel

First alkaline battery cathode

Nickel

Purified by heating its tetracarbonyl

Nickel

Mossbauer Effect

Iron

Gilman reagent w/ Li

Copper

cathode in a Daniell cell

Copper

Salts used in Sandmeyer reaction

Copper

Fehling’s solution

Copper

Benedict’s reagent

Copper

Daniel Cell (w/ Cu)

Zinc

Sulfide used in optics

Zinc

Finger motif

Zinc