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Ughhh My best friend just lost her favorite necklacess!! I just hate it when I lose jewelry! So, have you guys ever wonder what jewelry is made of? Well I am going to answer this question and lots of others of others with my science blog. How can science relate to jewelry you ask, well elements make up everything on earth and that includes jewelry.
         Platinum is one of the key elements that make jewelry but platinum is also one of the key "ingredients" to containers catalysts. Platinum was discovered by Julius Scaliger in 1735. Platinum has 78 protons in its nucleus and 78 electrons but it has 117 neutrons. Platinum is a transition metal which means it is both ductile and malleable, and can conduct electricity and heat.

       
    
            My favorite color is neon green, so when I learned about this element green was always in my head. If you guessed that the element was green sorry but you are wrong, the element I studied is neon!!! Neon can be found in lightning and also used in some glow in the dark items but only in the red ones. Neon has 10 protons, neutrons and electrons.  Neon was discovered in 1898 by Sir William Ramsay. Neon is a noble gas.
 
              Have any of you seen the movie called Back to the Future?? Well I sure have cause it was my cousins favorite movie (he loves science!) If you haven't there is this car that can take you to your past and in the movie it runs on plutonium which is our next element. Plutonium isn't only used in movies but its mostly used in bombs and neuclear reactors. It has 94 protons,150 neutrons and 94 electrons. It was discovered in 1940 by G.T Seaborg. The name comes from the dwarf planet, Pluto.

    Our next element is Thulium. It is mostly used in the power for portable x-ray machines and lasers. It was discovered by Per Theodore Cleve, from Sweden.  It has 69 protons, 100 neutrons and 69 electrons. Thulium is named after Thule, an acient Roman name for a mythical coutry in the far north, maybe Scandenavia. Thulium is kinda rare since it is only found in small quantities.  
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