- A pure element can take many forms. For example, diamond and graphite both are forms of pure carbon
- The human body contains enough carbon to provide 'lead' for about 9,000 pencils.
- The only two non-silvery metals are gold and copper.
- The IUPAC name for water, H2O, is dihydrogen monoxide.
- Although you may consider gold to be rare, there is enough gold in the Earth's crust to cover the land surface of the planet knee-deep.
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