A tale of seven elements / Eric Scerri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scerri, Eric R.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Periodic table of the elements.

Chemical elements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1913 Henry Moseley established a method for counting the elements. It became clear that there were seven elements missing from the periodic table. In this book, Eric Scerri presents the discovery of those seven elements, five of which are radioactive and three or possibly four of were first isolated by women.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; An A-Z of Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. From Dalton to the Discovery of the Periodic System; 2. The Invasion of the Periodic Table by Physics; 3. Element 91-Protactinium; 4. Element 72-Hafnium; 5. Element 75-Rhenium; 6. Element 43-Technetium; 7. Element 87-Francium; 8. Element 85-Astatine; 9. Element 61-Promethium; 10. From Missing Elements to Synthetic Elements; Notes; Bibliography; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2013.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-756275-2

0-19-991074-X

0-19-987503-0

OCLC:

842264799