The elements / written and compiled by John Emsley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emsley, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical elements--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Chemical elements.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

vii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Summary:

This book brings together for the first time the key facts about the chemical elements that make up the world around us. These data are often needed but difficult to track down. Now they have been brought together in a systematic and easy-to-use format, arranged alphabetically, element by element. All the numerical data are given in SI units, together with a simple key chapter explaining them and how to convert to other units. Under each element, information is provided on such topics as chemical properties, thermodynamics, x-ray coefficients, reduction potentials, ionization energies, biological activities, and atomic spectra. Thirty-two tables of properties of elements, arranged in order of element and in order of ranking, conclude the book.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198558198

019855818X

OCLC:

39230426