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The Periodic Table of Endangered Elements: Visualizing the Chemical Elements That Could Vanish Before You Know It

Elements lists the 118 chemical elements that make up everything in our world. According to the American Chemical Society, 44 of those 118 elements might disappear by century's end.

The Periodic Table of Endangered Elements: Visualizing the Chemical Elements That Could Vanish Before You Know It

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Elements lists the 118 chemical elements that make up everything in our world.

According to the American Chemical Society, 44 of those 118 elements might disappear by century's end.

Some you're familiar with—Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, etc.

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Elements lists the 118 chemical elements that make up everything in our world. According to the American Chemical Society, 44 of those 118 elements might disappear by century's end. Some you're familiar with—Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, etc.

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Some you're familiar with—Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, etc. Others maybe less so—Vanadium, Germanium, and Yttrium.

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