Metals in Medicine

Metals Are Essential for Life

Below is the Periodic Table. This is a table of all the known elements arranged in order of atomic number (how many protons in the atoms of the element), in such a way that elements are arranged vertically in "groups" that have similar properties. e.g. Lithium (Li) is in the group of alkali metals and these metals all react with water.

The elements marked in light blue on this Periodic table are metals that are essential for life.

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