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A guide to the elements / Albert Stwertka.
LIBRA QD466 .S78 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stwertka, Albert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemical elements--Juvenile literature.
- Chemical elements.
- Periodic law--Juvenile literature.
- Periodic law.
- Physical Description:
- 246 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- Elements
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Presents the basic concepts of chemistry and explains complex theories before offering a separate article on each of the building blocks that make up the universe.
- Contents:
- Periodic table: Hydrogen
- Helium
- Lithium
- Beryllium
- Boron
- Carbon
- Nitrogen
- Oxygen
- Fluorine
- Neon
- Sodium
- Magnesium
- Aluminum
- Silicon
- Phosphorus
- Sulfur
- Chlorine
- Argon
- Potassium
- Calcium
- Scandium
- Titanium
- Vanadium
- Chromium
- Manganese
- Iron
- Cobalt
- Nickel
- Copper
- Zinc
- Gallium
- Germanium
- Arsenic
- Selenium
- Bromine
- Krypton
- Rubidium
- Strontium
- Yttrium
- Zirconium
- Niobium
- Molybdenum
- Technetium
- Ruthenium
- Rhodium
- Palladium
- Silver
- Cadmium
- Indium
- Tin
- Antimony
- 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
- Platinum
- Gold
- Mercury
- Thallium
- Lead
- Bismuth
- Polonium
- Astatine
- Radon
- Francium
- Radium
- Actinium
- Thorium
- Protactinium
- Uranium
- Neptunium
- Plutonium
- Americium
- Curium
- Berkelium
- Californium
- Einsteinium
- Fermium
- Mendelevium
- Nobelium
- Lawrencium
- Rutherfordium
- Dubnium
- Seaborgium
- Bohrium
- Hassium
- Meitnerium
- Ununnilium
- Unununium
- Ununbiium
- Ununquadium
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- At head of title: Oxford.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 241) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195150260
- 9780195150261
- 0195150279
- 9780195150278
- OCLC:
- 49599243
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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