A tale of seven elements : plus another 40 or so others / Eric R. Scerri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scerri, Eric R., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Periodic table of the elements.

Chemical elements.

periodic table.

elements (chemical substances).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xli, 276 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Tale of 7 elements

Tale of seven elements : plus another forty or so others

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"In 1913, English physicist Henry Moseley transformed our understanding of the elements by organizing them by atomic number, from hydrogen to uranium. However, it soon became obvious that researchers had yet to discover seven completely unknown elements. In this updated and extended edition of his acclaimed book, Eric Scerri presents the intriguing stories of these elements-protactinium, hafnium, rhenium, technetium, francium, astatine, and promethium. It follows their discoveries through the two world wars, starting with protactinium in 1917 and ending with promethium in 1945. Scerri details the research leading to each discovery, the pivotal experiments, the chemists involved, the properties of each element, and their applications. For example, hafnium alloys, named after Copenhagen (hafnia), have some of the highest boiling points and are used in rocket thrusters like those on the Apollo Lunar Modules. Scerri then examines the integration of twenty-five new elements into the periodic table over the past fifty years and concludes with a new chapter on rare Earth elements and the histories of their discoveries. The Second Edition of A Tale of Seven Elements vividly portrays the journey of chemical research, from missteps and disputes to the thrill of discovery, illuminating the researchers behind the elements, as much as their breakthroughs"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Revised edition of: A tale of seven elements / Eric Scerri. [2013].

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 08, 2025).

Other Edition:

revision of: 9780195391312 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relationship/revisionof Scerri, Eric R. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Other Format:

Print version: Scerri, Eric R. Tale of seven elements.

Print version:

ISBN:

9780197785355

0197785352

9780197785348

0197785344

9780197785331

0197785336

OCLC:

1519553540

Publisher Number:

CIPO000237355

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.