Periodic table flashcards for iPhone
All 118 elements, from hydrogen to oganesson. The front of each card is the chemical symbol; flip it to read the element's name.
What’s inside
The symbols you already half-know aren't the problem. The problem is the dozen that come from Latin rather than English: Fe for iron, Na for sodium, W for tungsten, Pb for lead, Au for gold, Hg for mercury. Those are exactly where spaced repetition earns its keep. The elements you recognize on sight drop out of rotation within days, and reviews close in on the handful that keep slipping.
The deck runs one direction, symbol to name, which is the direction that shows up in a formula or on a bottle. Tap the speak button on the back to hear the tricky names said aloud; a few of them (yttrium, praseodymium, molybdenum) are harder to pronounce than to remember.
Sample cards
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| Fe | Iron |
| Na | Sodium |
| W | Tungsten |
| Og | Oganesson |
Who it’s for
Chemistry students nailing down the symbols before the names stop mattering, and anyone who wants the periodic table to stop being a wall of two-letter mysteries.
Getting it onto your iPhone
Tap the download button on this page in Safari, open the download (the ↓ button by the address bar), and tap the file; it imports into Flickdeck as a new deck with every card unstudied. From a Mac or PC, download it and AirDrop it to your iPhone. The deck library page has the full walkthrough, and Flickdeck is available on the App Store.
Source and accuracy
Symbols and names follow the IUPAC periodic table. Elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 (nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson) received their official names from IUPAC in 2016. Aluminum and cesium show the American spelling first with the international spelling (aluminium, caesium) in parentheses; both are accepted.
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