Zirconium - shape-shifting time capsule
Yttrium - here's that village Ytterby again
Ytterbium - yet another element named after Ytterby
Xenon - a stranger in search of strange particles
Vanadium - Model T Fords, big batteries & sea squirts
Uranium - first radioactive element to be discovered
Tungsten - highest melting point of any metal
Titanium - light, strong & quite pretty
Tin - from whistles to organ pipes & anti-fouling paint
Thulium - the most laborious of the lanthanoids
Thorium - potential source of cleaner nuclear energy
Thallium - the poisoner's poison
Terbium - turns up in old TVs & new Euro notes
Tellurium - usually associated with gold
Technetium - the first synthetic element
Tantalum - a tantalising chemical element
Sulfur - king of bad smells
Strontium - from sensitive teeth toothpaste to nuclear fission
Sodium - a salt of the earth spectator
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