The 118 Elements of the Periodic Table

From hydrogen to oganesson, every IUPAC-confirmed element on the periodic table has a profile here. Each entry covers atomic mass, density, electron configuration, melting and boiling points, common uses, and the story of its discovery.

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Alkali metals

6

3

Li

Lithium

11

Na

Sodium

19

K

Potassium

37

Rb

Rubidium

55

Cs

Cesium

87

Fr

Francium

Alkaline earth

6

4

Be

Beryllium

12

Mg

Magnesium

20

Ca

Calcium

38

Sr

Strontium

56

Ba

Barium

88

Ra

Radium

Transition metals

42

21

Sc

Scandium

22

Ti

Titanium

23

V

Vanadium

24

Cr

Chromium

25

Mn

Manganese

26

Fe

Iron

27

Co

Cobalt

28

Ni

Nickel

29

Cu

Copper

30

Zn

Zinc

39

Y

Yttrium

40

Zr

Zirconium

41

Nb

Niobium

42

Mo

Molybdenum

43

Tc

Technetium

44

Ru

Ruthenium

45

Rh

Rhodium

46

Pd

Palladium

47

Ag

Silver

48

Cd

Cadmium

72

Hf

Hafnium

73

Ta

Tantalum

74

W

Tungsten

75

Re

Rhenium

76

Os

Osmium

77

Ir

Iridium

78

Pt

Platinum

79

Au

Gold

80

Hg

Mercury

104

Rf

Rutherfordium

105

Db

Dubnium

106

Sg

Seaborgium

107

Bh

Bohrium

108

Hs

Hassium

109

Mt

Meitnerium

110

Ds

Darmstadtium

111

Rg

Roentgenium

112

Cn

Copernicium

113

Nh

Nihonium

114

Fl

Flerovium

115

Mc

Moscovium

116

Lv

Livermorium

Post-transition metals

8

13

Al

Aluminium

31

Ga

Gallium

49

In

Indium

50

Sn

Tin

81

Tl

Thallium

82

Pb

Lead

83

Bi

Bismuth

84

Po

Polonium

Metalloids

6

5

B

Boron

14

Si

Silicon

32

Ge

Germanium

33

As

Arsenic

51

Sb

Antimony

52

Te

Tellurium

Nonmetals

7

1

H

Hydrogen

6

C

Carbon

7

N

Nitrogen

8

O

Oxygen

15

P

Phosphorus

16

S

Sulfur

34

Se

Selenium

Halogens

6

9

F

Fluorine

17

Cl

Chlorine

35

Br

Bromine

53

I

Iodine

85

At

Astatine

117

Ts

Tennessine

Noble gases

7

2

He

Helium

10

Ne

Neon

18

Ar

Argon

36

Kr

Krypton

54

Xe

Xenon

86

Rn

Radon

118

Og

Oganesson

Lanthanides

15

57

La

Lanthanum

58

Ce

Cerium

59

Pr

Praseodymium

60

Nd

Neodymium

61

Pm

Promethium

62

Sm

Samarium

63

Eu

Europium

64

Gd

Gadolinium

65

Tb

Terbium

66

Dy

Dysprosium

67

Ho

Holmium

68

Er

Erbium

69

Tm

Thulium

70

Yb

Ytterbium

71

Lu

Lutetium

Actinides

15

89

Ac

Actinium

90

Th

Thorium

91

Pa

Protactinium

92

U

Uranium

93

Np

Neptunium

94

Pu

Plutonium

95

Am

Americium

96

Cm

Curium

97

Bk

Berkelium

98

Cf

Californium

99

Es

Einsteinium

100

Fm

Fermium

101

Md

Mendelevium

102

No

Nobelium

103

Lr

Lawrencium

Data sourced from NIST, PubChem, and the public-domain Periodic-Table-JSON dataset.