The Elements

More elements

• Lead

  The fatal attraction of this sweet poison

• Caesium

  The element that redefined time

• Bromine

  Should we fear this toxic red liquid?

• Plutonium

  A voyage into the unknown

• Silicon

  After the chip, another technology revolution?

• Sulphur

  A glut of this diabolical mineral

• Tungsten

  Heavier, hotter, harder

• Vanadium

  Legendary swords and giant batteries

• Nitrogen

  The bringer of life and death

• Carbon Plastics

  Cheap and ubiquitous

• Chlorine

  The poison gas in salt

• Sodium

  Soap, paper and murder