THE PERIODIC TABLE’S ENDANGERED ELEMENTS

1 2

H
HYDROGEN
LIMITED AVAILABILITY – FUTURE RISK TO SUPPLY Hehelium

RISING THREAT FROM INCREASED USE

4 6

Be C
3 5 7 8 9 10

Li
Lithium BERYLLIUM
B
Boron carbon
N
NITROGEN
O
oxygen
F
fluorine
Ne neon

12 SERIOUS THREAT IN THE NEXT 100 YEARS 14

Si
11 13 15 16 17 18

Na Mg Al P S Cl Ar
SODIUM MAGNESIUM Aluminium silicon PHOSPHORUS sulfur chlorine argon

21 23 24 25

Sc V Cr Mn
20 22

Ca Ti
19 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

K
Potassium calcium Scandium Titanium vanadium chromium manganese
Feiron
Co
cobalt
Ni
Nickel
CuCopper
Zn zinc
Ga
Gallium
Ge
germanium
As
arsenic
Se
selenium
Br
bromine
Kr
krypton

41

Nb
38 39 40 42 43 45

Sr Y Zr Mo Tc Rh
37 44 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

Rb NIOBIUM
Ru Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
RUBIDIUM Strontium yttrium ziRconium molybdenum Technetium ruthenium Rhodium Palladium SILVER Cadmium Indium Tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon

73 74 75

Ta
72 79 85

Hf W Re Au At
55 56 76 77 78 80 81 82 83 84 86

Cs Ba E57-71
tantalum Tungsten Rhenium
Os Ir Pt Hg Tl Pb Bi Po Rn
CAESIUM Barium Hafnium osmium iridium Platinum gold Mercury Thallium lead Bismuth polonium astatine radon

105 106 111

Db Sg Rg
104 107 108 109 110 112 113 114 115 116 117 118

Uup
87 88

Fr
FRANCIUM
Ra
RADIUM
E89-103 Rf
Rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium
Bh
bohrium
Hs
hassium
Mt
meitnerium
Ds
Darmstadtium ROENTGENIUM
Cn
copernicum
Uut
Ununtrium
Fl
flerovium ununpentium
Lv
Livermorium
Uus Uuo
ununseptium ununoctium

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Dy
57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 67 68 69 70 71

La
lanthanum
Ce
Cerium
Pr
praseodymium
Nd
Neodymium
Pm
prometheum
Sm
samarium
Eu
europium
Gd
gadolinium
Tb
terbium Dysprosium
Ho
holmium
Er
erbium
Tmthulium
Yb
Ytterbium
Lu
Lutetium

94 95 98 100 101 102

Np
89 90 91 92 93 96 97 99 103

Ac
actinium
Th
thorium
Pa
protactinium
U
uranium neptunium
Pu
plutonium
Am
americium
Cm curium
Bk
berkelium
Cf
californium
Es
einsteinium
Fm
fermium
Md
mendelevium
No
nobelium
Lr
Lawrencium

SOURCE: CHEMISTRY INNOVATION KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER NETWORK

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