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This element's bright yellow crystals and pungent compounds have been used since antiquity to make gunpowder.

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Sulfur: Known for its distinctive yellow color and rotten-egg smell in compounds. Source: Sulfur ↗

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  1. 18This element disinfects drinking water and, combined with sodium, forms ordinary table salt.RECALL
    Chlorine

    Chlorine disinfects drinking water and, combined with sodium, forms ordinary table salt.

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  2. 19Chlorine · chemical symbolRECALL
    Cl

    Chlorine disinfects drinking water and, combined with sodium, forms ordinary table salt.

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  3. 20This element is vital for nerve and muscle function, and its symbol K comes from the Latin kalium.RECALL
    Potassium

    Potassium is vital for nerve and muscle function, and its symbol K comes from the Latin kalium.

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