This subpage will attempt to grasp the concept of elements, those substances with only one set of atoms, as we know them, in the GFFA.

Perhaps a periodic table will help illustrate things:

Earth's Periodic TableEdit

Group →	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
↓ Period
1	1 H																	2 He
2	3 Li	4 Be											5 B	6 C	7 N	8 O	9 F	10 Ne
3	11 Na	12 Mg											13 Al	14 Si	15 P	16 S	17 Cl	18 Ar
4	19 K	20 Ca	21 Sc	22 Ti	23 V	24 Cr	25 Mn	26 Fe	27 Co	28 Ni	29 Cu	30 Zn	31 Ga	32 Ge	33 As	34 Se	35 Br	36 Kr
5	37 Rb	38 Sr	39 Y	40 Zr	41 Nb	42 Mo	43 Tc	44 Ru	45 Rh	46 Pd	47 Ag	48 Cd	49 In	50 Sn	51 Sb	52 Te	53 I	54 Xe
6	55 Cs	56 Ba	*	72 Hf	73 Ta	74 W	75 Re	76 Os	77 Ir	78 Pt	79 Au	80 Hg	81 Tl	82 Pb	83 Bi	84 Po	85 At	86 Rn
7	87 Fr	88 Ra	**	104 Rf	105 Db	106 Sg	107 Bh	108 Hs	109 Mt	110 Ds	111 Rg	112 Cn	113 Uut	114 Uuq	115 Uup	116 Uuh	117 Uus	118 Uuo
* Lanthanides				57 La	58 Ce	59 Pr	60 Nd	61 Pm	62 Sm	63 Eu	64 Gd	65 Tb	66 Dy	67 Ho	68 Er	69 Tm	70 Yb	71 Lu
** Actinides				89 Ac	90 Th	91 Pa	92 U	93 Np	94 Pu	95 Am	96 Cm	97 Bk	98 Cf	99 Es	100 Fm	101 Md	102 No	103 Lr

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Blue links correspond to elements that exist in the GFFA. It makes you wonder just how far they will go when placing elements into the Star Wars galaxy.

Note: red herrings include Iridium and Argon which are also a planet and a Moff, and Ytterbium which may be something else altogether. The correct elements are this Iridium and this Argon.

Baradium and Niobarium appear to be related to our elements of Radium and Barium respectively but how is another question.

The periodic table was updated July 2, 2011 to correspond with the naming of Element 112, Copernicium. It is still theorized that Element 126 would be the most stable element as one approaches the fabled "Island of Stability". After Z=137, atoms may have difficulty forming, in that their electrons would need to move so fast around such large nuclei that they would be going faster than the speed of light (c).

Since many of the newer elements were named for people, places, and things on Earth, the GFFA's "table" would be quite different, perhaps like:

The Galactic Periodic TableEdit

Group →	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
↓ Period
1	1 H																	2 He
2	3 Li	4 Be											5 B	6 C	7 N	8 O	9 F	10 Ne
3	11 Na	12 Mg											13 Al	14 Si	15 P	16 S	17 Cl	18 Ar
4	19 K	20 Ca	21 Sc	22 Ti	23 V	24 Cr	25 Mn	26 Fe	27 Co	28 Ni	29 Cu	30 Zn	31 Ga	32 Ge	33 As	34 Se	35 Br	36 Kr
5	37 Rb	38 Sr	39 Y	40 Zr	41 Nb	42 Mo	43 Tc	44 Ru	45 Rh	46 Pd	47 Ag	48 Cd	49 In	50 Sn	51 Sb	52 Te	53 I	54 Xe
6	55 Cs	56 Ba	*	72 Hf	73 Ta	74 W	75 Re	76 Os	77 Ir	78 Pt	79 Au	80 Hg	81 Tl	82 Pb	83 Bi	84 Po	85 At	86 Rn
7	87 Lo	88 Ra	**	104 Du	105 Ty	106 Pk	107 Xo	108 Ui	109 Ip	110 Lm	111 Cp	112 Nu	113 An	114 Cv	115 El	116 Ter	117 Dh	118 Uuo
8	119 Ka	120 Bd	***	155 Qu	156 Dr	157 Z
* Niobarides				57 Nib	58 Do	59 Ph	60 Hi	61 Ld	62 Bo	63 R	64 Ke	65 Sh	66 Mh	67 De	68 Go	69 Tm	70 Yb	71 Sa
** Stelinides				89 St	90 Ho	91 Le	92 U	93 Tg	94 Ax	95 Ct	96 Tt	97 Yo	98 Jd	99 Tn	100 Pp	101 Sk	102 Gc	103 Bo
** Stelinides				140 Ci	141 Rp	142 Rl	143 Ep	144 Sl	145 Zg	146 Ae	147 Nn	148 Lp	149 Ts	150 Lv	151 Fn	152 In	153 Sp	154 Eo
*** Superstelinides (G-Block)				121 Hd	122 Pl	123 Sp	124 Vi	125 Sh	126 Dw	127 Rp	128 Qr	129 Lf	130 Er	131 Gu	132 Rd	133 Fo	134 Fs	135 Es	136 Ss	137 Wd	138 Xi	139 Tp

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• This version currently consists of made-up elements to show the point as well as some GFFA substances which may or may not be elemental. The concept of the periodic table is entirely Earth-based and is not indicative of what the beings in the GFFA might use if any. Not to be taken as canon.

• For all canon elements both real and GFFA-exclusive, see Category:Elements.
  • Unique elements to the GFFA include: tursturin, desh, regvis, bospridium, ditanium, malium, neutronium, and quadranium

• Substances can also be combined to create compounds as in the real world, for example hollinium chloride. This would seem to indicate that hollinium was an element, but this has yet to be verified. Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, both editions, is notorious for its use of compounds, including sulfite, carbon dioxide, carbon-tetrachloride, ammonium-hydrosulfide.
  • Further notation indicates that the hyperbarides (hollinium, frasium, ilinium, maranium, and vintrium) were all elements, that were stable, yet higher-energy, leading one to speculate that these might be within the "island of stability" around Element 126. Pirates & Privateers may yield specific clues into this. Goroth: Slave of the Empire may indicate the five hyperbarides are minerals instead, but this is not consistent with the naming of minerals in -ite.

• It should be noted that by WOTC [1] that over 150 elements exist in the GFFA, all present in trace amounts in the gases of Genarius. It also contains radioactive carbon isotopes. This is canonical.

• Cracken's Rebel Field Guide says that Bavo Six is comprised of regvis (R) and bospridium (Bo) as well as Kr, which may be Krypton. They are canonically confirmed to be elements by their symbols as well as comprising a compound.
  • UPDATE: When I asked Leland Chee and the continuity panel at Celebration IV about this lack of elemental organization in the GFFA, Sue Rostoni stated that there was no such table or grouping and would be bad for storytelling due to a rigid framework, though began to name compounds and other materials such as transparisteel as well as giving the example of a character listing the element by atomic number, however noting that no character would do that and only sourcebooks would get that detailed. I believe Chee added that if this sort of work to tighten everything up was done it would be incredibly time consuming. (I do think however that it does need further looking into in order to create a more realistic universe.) I later attempted to explain my reasoning to Chee personally, showing the Bavo Six example and then Genarius. Hopefully he took my explanation as not a reason to start getting technical within storylines, but to fill the gaps already created by canon.

• There are inconsistencies in canon against traditional understanding of substances. For example, several minerals and ores end in -ium, a suffix used on Earth for elements and not minerals, but rather -ite. In addition, many substances that end in -ium are not elements but compounds.

• Another question that comes to mind is: are these the actual names of the elements or are they meant to represent what we know and actually have different IU names? If the former is the case, then we are straining suspension of disbelief, much like chopsticks and sabers. If the latter is the case, then it is unknown what they really are and these names are merely a way for us to relate to them.
  • Tiranium would replace Einsteinium in the GFFA as the element named for a scientist who developed a major theory of relativity.
  • Just like people, certain elements named after Sol system planets and/or Roman or Norse gods would have to differ, but uranium and thorium exist in the GFFA, and are mentioned in larger stories rather than a detailed sourcebook.

• Known elements have canonical in-universe symbols:
  • The previously mentioned Regvis (R) and Bospridium (Bo), plus Kr (possibly krypton) within Bavo Six.
  • Oxygen has O, carbon has C, and nitrogen has N. Source: Shield of Lies page 85.
  • Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter uses these, in particular on atmospheric dampeners as CO₂.
  • Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, First Edition notes there exist "NH₃/Hg" tanks for swimming on board the Kuari Princess.

The Periodic Table in Other UniversesEdit

The Star Trek universe has assembled the periodic table in two ways, one based on the discovery of subspace in which the elements are arranged according to their properties in subspace, and the other the classical periodic table like today's. The former, however had many inside jokes, errors, and duplications (and the size of the atom itself did not effect the atomic weight), with only a few new elements. For example, Dilithium (Dt) was element 87, and was a member of the hypersonic series of elements, according to the 24th Century periodic table.