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Look Up and Compare Periodic Table Elements

Get detailed properties for any element and compare elements side by side across physical, chemical, and electronic characteristics.

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Periodic table reference questions come up constantly in chemistry, materials science, and engineering — and the answers are never quite where you need them. Atomic weight, electronegativity, ionisation energy, electron configuration, melting point, and density are all needed for different calculations, yet pulling them together from standard references takes time and error-prone transcription.

The element_info and compare_elements skills return complete property sets for any element, and allow direct comparison between multiple elements across all key parameters. The data is drawn from authoritative sources and covers physical, chemical, electronic, and nuclear properties.

Chemistry and physics students solving problems, materials engineers selecting alloy components, educators building comparative curriculum materials, and researchers working across element families all use this as their first-stop element reference.

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Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter to Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask: "Get element properties for silicon using chemistry-lookup"
  3. Claude returns atomic number, weight, electron configuration, and physical properties
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ChatGPT

  1. Add ToolRouter to ChatGPT using the MCP JSON configuration
  2. Ask: "Compare copper, silver, and gold using chemistry-lookup"
  3. ChatGPT returns a comprehensive property comparison
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to your Copilot MCP configuration
  2. In Copilot Chat: "Get element properties for carbon using chemistry-lookup"
  3. Copilot returns comprehensive element data
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter to OpenClaw: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Run: "Get properties for all transition metals using chemistry-lookup"
  3. OpenClaw returns a complete dataset for all transition metal elements
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