Group 15

N
1 pt
What is 77 K?
Boiling point of liquid nitrogen (+/- 10%)
2 pt
What is air (or the distillation of liquid air)?
Major source of elemental nitrogen
3 pt
What is ammonia (for use in fertilizer and explosives)?
Major product of the Haber process
4 pt
What is aqua fortis (strong water)?
Initial name given to nitric acid by alchemists in the middle ages
5 pt
What is an inert gas to preserve food freshness or light bulb filaments?
Major use of nitrogen gas outside science labs
P
1 pt
What is white (explosive) and red (stable)?
Two allotropes of phosphorus
2 pt
What is a detergent additive (promotes eutrophication)?
Common use of phosphates that has been curtailed due to their negative environmental impact
3 pt
What is urine?
Natural source where phosphorus was first extracted by Brandt in 1669
4 pt
What is the striking strip on match boxes/books?
Common use of red phorphorus mixed with sand and applied in a thin strip
5 pt
What is light bearer (Greek, because it glows)?
Meaning of the word "Phosphorus"
As
1 pt
What is soil/groundwater contamination caused by arsenic-based insecticides (orchards)?
Major problem caused by arsenic in many new housing developments
2 pt
What is agent blue (one of the five "rainbow herbicides")?
Name of arseinc-containing herbicide used during the Vietnam War
3 pt
What is an additive to wood to make it resistant to insects, bacteria and fungi (pressure treated lumber)?
Major use of arsenic in construction prior to 2004
4 pt
What is taken internally and/or externally by women to improve their complexion?
Common use of arsenic during the Victorian era when mixed with vinegar and chalk
5 pt
What is green (paris green / emerald green)?
Color of copper/arsenic salts used as pigments
Sb
1 pt
What is solder (lead free)? Also used in glass or pewter to replace lead
Usage of antimony that takes advantage of it's similarity to lead
2 pt
What are IR detectors and LEDs?
Major use of antimony in industry
3 pt
What is stibnite?
Name of antimony's major ore (Sb_2_S_3_)
4 pt
What is stibium (Sb)?
Name given to antimony by Berzelius
5 pt
What is "The Triumphant Chariot of Antimony"?
Alchemical text published in 1660 involving antimony
Bi
1 pt
What is the most inert metal?
"Claim to fame" for bismuth in the periodic table
2 pt
What is bismulthinite or bismite?
Most common bismuth ore
3 pt
What is antacid/ulcer medication (Peopto Bismol)?
Industrial use of bismuth subsalicylate
4 pt
What is bullets for waterfowl hunting?
Required use of bismuth-tin in the place of lead by the US game commission
5 pt
What is hemorrhoid cream (Preparation H)?
Major use of bismuth oxide
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