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The illustrated encyclopedia of the elements : the powers, uses, and histories of every atom in the universe / Lisa Congdon.

By: Publisher: San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, [2021]Description: 148 pages : colour illustrationsContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781452161594
Other title:
  • Encyclopedia of the elements
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 546.03 23
Contents:
Introduction -- What is an element? -- All about atoms -- Compounds -- States of matter -- Alchemy and ancient chemistry -- Meet Dmitri Mendeleev -- How to read the periodic table -- The element categories -- The elements -- The ten most abundant elements in Earth's crust -- Pee-yew! You stink! -- Endangered elements -- Elements and the human body -- What's in a name? -- Oliver Sacks : collector of elements -- The role of elements in catalytic converters -- CSI elements : the periodic table of investigations -- The Curies -- Where do "human-made" transuranic elements come from? -- Particle accelerator -- Radioactivity -- The deadliest elements -- Elements 101-118 -- Standout chemists of the periodic table -- Glossary.
Summary: Takes readers on a rollicking ride through the world of all 118 known elements where they will discover their uses and special properties.

Includes index.

Introduction -- What is an element? -- All about atoms -- Compounds -- States of matter -- Alchemy and ancient chemistry -- Meet Dmitri Mendeleev -- How to read the periodic table -- The element categories -- The elements -- The ten most abundant elements in Earth's crust -- Pee-yew! You stink! -- Endangered elements -- Elements and the human body -- What's in a name? -- Oliver Sacks : collector of elements -- The role of elements in catalytic converters -- CSI elements : the periodic table of investigations -- The Curies -- Where do "human-made" transuranic elements come from? -- Particle accelerator -- Radioactivity -- The deadliest elements -- Elements 101-118 -- Standout chemists of the periodic table -- Glossary.

Takes readers on a rollicking ride through the world of all 118 known elements where they will discover their uses and special properties.

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