![]() Colors |
Colors are given for bulk samples of the pure elements. A powder or a metal surface coated with an oxide may appear to have a different color from that stated. Data were obtained from descriptions of the elements in N. N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw, CHEMISTRY OF THE ELEMENTS, New York, Pergamon, 1984 and in F. A. Cotton and G. Wilkinson, ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 4th edition, New York, Wiley-Interscience, 1980. |