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Suggested Citation:"D Table of Elements." Institute of Medicine. 1995. Isotopes for Medicine and the Life Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4818.
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APPENDIX D Table of Elements

Element

Atomic Symbol

Atomic Number

Weight

Actinium

Ac

89

(227)

Aluminum

Al

13

26.98

Americium

Am

95

(243)

Antimony

Sb

51

121.75

Argon

Ar

18

39.948

Arsenic

As

33

74.92

Astatine

At

85

(210)

Barium

Ba

56

137.34

Berkelium

Bk

97

(249)

Beryllium

Be

4

9.012

Bismuth

Bi

83

208.98

Boron

B

5

10.81

Bromine

Br

35

79.909

Cadmium

Cd

48

112.40

Calcium

Ca

20

40.08

Californium

Cf

98

(251)

Carbon

C

6

12.011

Cerium

Ce

58

140.12

Cesium

Cs

55

132.91

Chlorine

Cl

17

35.453

Chromium

Cr

24

52.00

Cobalt

Co

27

58.93

Copper

Cu

29

63.54

Suggested Citation:"D Table of Elements." Institute of Medicine. 1995. Isotopes for Medicine and the Life Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4818.
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Element

Atomic Symbol

Atomic Number

Weight

Curium

Cm

96

(247)

Dysprosium

Dy

66

162.50

Einsteinium

Es

99

(254)

Erbium

Er

68

167.26

Europium

Eu

63

151.96

Fermium

Fm

100

(253)

Fluorine

F

9

19.00

Francium

Fr

87

(223)

Gadolinium

Gd

64

157.25

Gallium

Ga

31

69.72

Germanium

Ge

32

72.59

Gold

Au

79

196.97

Hafnium

Hf

72

178.49

Helium

He

2

4.003

Holmium

Ho

67

164.93

Hydrogen

H

1

1.0080

Indium

In

49

114.82

Iodine

I

53

126.90

Iridium

Ir

77

192.2

Iron

Fe

26

55.85

Krypton

Kr

36

83.80

Lanthanum

La

57

138.91

Lawrencium

Lr

103

(257)

Lead

Pb

82

207.19

Lithium

Li

3

6.939

Lutetium

Lu

71

174.97

Magnesium

Mg

12

24.312

Manganese

Mn

25

54.94

Mendelevium

Md

101

(256)

Mercury

Hg

80

200.59

Molybdenum

Mo

42

95.94

Neodymium

Nd

60

144.24

Neon

Ne

10

20.183

Neptunium

Np

93

(237)

Nickel

Ni

28

58.71

Niobium

Nb

41

92.91

Nitrogen

N

7

14.007

Nobelium

No

102

(253)

Osmium

Os

76

190.2

Oxygen

O

8

15.9994

Palladium

Pd

46

106.4

Suggested Citation:"D Table of Elements." Institute of Medicine. 1995. Isotopes for Medicine and the Life Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4818.
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Element

Atomic Symbol

Atomic Number

Weight

Phosphorus

P

15

30.974

Platinum

Pt

78

195.09

Plutonium

Pu

94

(242)

Polonium

Po

84

(210)

Potassium

K

19

39.102

Praseodymium

Pr

59

140.91

Promethium

Pm

61

(147)

Protactinium

Pa

91

(231)

Radium

Ra

88

(226)

Radon

Rn

86

(222)

Rhenium

Re

75

186.23

Rhodium

Rh

45

102.91

Rubidium

Rb

37

85.47

Ruthenium

Ru

44

101.1

Samarium

Sm

62

150.35

Scandium

Sc

21

44.96

Selenium

Se

34

78.96

Silicon

Si

14

28.09

Silver

Ag

47

107.870

Sodium

Na

11

22.9898

Strontium

Sr

38

87.62

Sulfur

S

16

32.064

Tantalum

Ta

73

180.95

Technetium

Tc

43

(99)

Tellurium

Te

52

127.60

Terbium

Tb

65

158.92

Thallium

Tl

81

204.37

Thorium

Th

90

232.04

Thulium

Tm

69

168.93

Tin

Sn

50

118.69

Titanium

Ti

22

47.90

Tungsten

W

74

183.85

Uranium

U

92

238.03

Vanadium

V

23

50.94

Xenon

Xe

54

131.30

Ytterbium

Yb

70

173.04

Yttrium

Y

39

88.91

Zinc

Zn

30

65.37

Zirconium

Zr

40

91.22

*Values in parentheses indicate the mass number of the most stable isotope.

Suggested Citation:"D Table of Elements." Institute of Medicine. 1995. Isotopes for Medicine and the Life Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4818.
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