The Periodic Table: Past, Present, and Future
- ISBN-10
- 9811249490
- ISBN-13
- 9789811249495
- Series
- The Periodic Table
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-08-27
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Company
- Author
- Geoff Rayner-Canham
Description
That fossilized chart on every classroom wall - isn't that The Periodic Table? Isn't that what Mendeléev devised about a century ago? No and No. There are many ways of organizing the chemical elements, some of which are thought-provoking, and which reveal philosophical challenges. Where does hydrogen 'belong'? Can an element occupy more than one location on the chart? Which are the Group 3 elements? Is aluminum in the wrong place? Why is silver(I) like thallium(I)? Why is vanadium like molybdenum? Why does gold form an auride ion like a halide ion? Does an atom 'know' if it is a non-metal or metal? Which elements are the 'metalloids'? Which are the triels? So many questions! In this stimulating and innovative book, the Reader will be taken on a voyage from the past to the present to the future of the Periodic Table. This book is unique. This book is readable. This book is thought-provoking. It is a multi-dimensional examination of patterns and trends among the chemical elements. Every reader will discover something about the chemical elements which will provoke thought and a new appreciation as to how the elements relate together.
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Other editions
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- 2020-02-04
- 224 pages
- Paperback
- White Lion Publishing
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- 2019-10-21
- 416 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
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