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Also Known As	transuranic element

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A color-coded periodic table of the elements displays each element's symbol and atomic number, with categories such as alkali metals, noble gases, halogens, transition metals, and actinoid elements distinguished by different background colors.

A graph plots the melting points in kelvins of group 13 elements-gallium, indium, thallium, and aluminum-against their periodic table row, with an estimated value shown for nihonium (Nh) extrapolated as a red dot.

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Glenn T. Seaborg

Glenn T. Seaborg

American chemist

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