Helium is the only element that does not solidify.
At over $20 million per gram, Californium is the most expensive element. It's used to start nuclear reactors.
The first Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded in 1901 to Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff for discovering the laws of chemical dynamics.
Argentina is named for the element silver (Ag), Argentum in Latin.
The periodic table is made up of 118 known elements.
Mercury and bromine are the only two elements that are liquid at room temperature.
The most abundant element in the universe is hydrogen, making up around 74% of the entire universe.
Oxygen as a gas is colorless, but when in liquid or solid form, it is blue.
Only two metals are non-silvery: Gold and copper.
J is the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear anywhere in the periodic table.