Periodic Table of the Elements
All 118 elements: where you meet them, how they got their names, and what happens when you heat them up.
Everything is made of these.
Every rock, plant, drop of water, and person is built from just 118 kinds of atoms. Tap any element to meet it, or start with or .
At Science Playground, turn the cubes of our 4-meter Giant Periodic Table →
Everything is made of these.
Every rock, plant, drop of water, and person is built from just 118 kinds of atoms. Tap any element to meet it, or start with or .
At Science Playground, turn the cubes of our 4-meter Giant Periodic Table →
Data from PubChem (US National Institutes of Health). The temperature slider assumes normal air pressure. The shells picture is the simple model taught in school; real electrons are fuzzier than dots on rings.