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The timing was pure theatre. Weeks after Donald Trump threatened 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods, Xi Jinping responded not with missiles but with metals. China today controls about sixty per ...

Superheavy elements are those elements with a large number of protons in their nucleus. Elements with more than 92 protons are unstable; they decay to lighter nuclei with a characteristic half-life.

Alkali metals: Alkali metals have a single electron in their outermost energy level, so they bond readily with other elements. They are typically soft enough to slice with a knife and are good ...