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Newly updated throughout, including the final, offical names of the last six elements, this crystal-clear guide to the periodic table illuminates the basic concepts of chemistry as it traces the history and development of our knowledge of the material world.
List of contents
- The Periodic Table
- Hydrogen
- Helium
- Lithium
- Beryllium
- Boron
- Carbon
- Nitrogen
- Oxygen^ LFluorine
- Neon
- Sodium
- Magnesium
- Aluminum
- Silicon
- Phosphorus
- Sulfur
- Chlo rine
- Argon
- Potassium
- Calcium
- Scandium
- Titanium
- Vanadium
- Chromium
- Mangan ese
- Iron
- Cobalt
- Nickel
- Copper
- Zinc
- Gallium
- Germanium
- Arsenic
- Selenium^ LBromine
- Krypton
- Rubidium
- Strontium
- Yttrium
- Zirconium
- Niobium
- Molybdenum
- Technetium
- Ruthenium
- Rhodium
- Palladium
- Silver
- Cadmium
- Indium
- Tin
- Anti mony
- Tellurium
- Iodine
- Xenon
- Cesium
- Barium
- Lanthanum
- Cerium
- Praseodymium
- Neodymium
- Promethium
- Samarium
- Europium
- Gadolinium
- Terbium
- Dysprosium
- Holmium
- Erbium
- Thulium
- Ytterbium
- Lutetium
- Hafnium
- Tantalum
- Tungsten
- Rhenium
- Osmium
- Iridium
- P latinum
- Gold
- Mercury
- Thallium
- Lead
- Bismuth
- Polonium
- Astatine
- Radon
- Fra ncium
- Radium
- Actinium
- Thorium
- Protactinium
- Uranium
- Neptunium
- Plutonium
- Americium
- Curium
- Berkelium
- Californium
- Einsteinium
- Fermium
- Mendelevium
- N obelium
- Lawrencium
- Rutherfordium
- Dubnium
- Seaborgium
- Bohrium
- Hassium
- Meitnerium
- Darmstadtiu m
- Roentgenium
- Copernicium
- Nihonium
- Flerovium
- Moscovium
- Livermorium
- Tenne ssine
- Oganesson
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Chronology
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Index
About the author
Albert Stwertka is Professor Emeritus at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. He is the author of numerous books on science and math, including The World of Atoms and Quarks, Recent Revolutions in Physics, Recent Revolutions in Mathematics, and Physics: From Newton to the Big Bang.
Summary
Newly updated throughout, including the final, offical names of the last six elements, this crystal-clear guide to the periodic table illuminates the basic concepts of chemistry as it traces the history and development of our knowledge of the material world.
Additional text
A Guide to the Elements can be very useful for the chemistry teacher. Besides, providing excellent background on elements he or she may not be very familiar with (and others more familiar as well), it can be a starting place for students in the communication and application goals of the Ontario curriculum.
