The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements

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The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements A Reference Guide, Second Edition

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Robert E. Krebs

ISBN: 0-313-33438-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33438-2

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448 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 7/30/2006

List Price: $75.00 (UK Sterling Price: £51.95)

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[R]eadable in its entirity for the professional, or budding, scientist. A knowledgeable tone and excellent writing style provided by Krebs make for a work that is as engaging as it is informative, and at a reasonable price... This is an excellent book and one that would make a fine addition to any library's science collections, whether the clientele is public or academic.
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Appropriate for high school and college libraries, this reference summarizes the isotopes, electron configuration, chemical and physical properties, availability, history, and common compounds of 118 elements. Following the periodic table, the book begins with alkali metals and earth metals and continues through transition elements, metallics, metalloids, nonmetals, halogens, and noble gases. The second edition updates the bibliography and the list of Nobel Laureates in Chemistry.
—ciTech Book News 2/1/2006
This resource book by Krebs is a very informative, well-written review of the chemical elements that make up Earth. This new edition (1st ed., CH, Jul'98, 35-6235), expanding the previous version, is written in a style that is understandable to laypersons and those interested in basic chemistry. The initial sections provide a brief but comprehensive history of chemistry, the history of atomic structure and its theoretical models, and a history and organization of the periodic table of the elements, followed by the comprehensive discussion of each of the chemical elements. The history of each element, arranged according to its appearance in the periodic table, is provided along with its physical and chemical characteristics, source and abundance, usefulness, and hazards. This book should be in every undergraduate library and even in public libraries. Highly recommended. General readers; lower- and upper-division undergraduates; professionals; two-year technical program students.
—Choice 4/1/2007

Description: Understanding the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements is critical for success in the chemistry classroom and laboratory. In today's classroom, students not only need to understand the properties of the chemical elements, but how these elements play such an integral role in industry, the earth and the environment, and in modern life. No resource provides a better introduction than Robert Krebs's The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements. In this thoroughly revised edition, with extensive new examples on the importance of the chemical elements, the elements are examined within their groups, enabling students to make connections between elements of similar structure. In addition, the discovery and history of each element - from those known from ancient times to those created in the modern laboratory - is explained clearly and concisely.

Understanding the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements is critical for success in the chemistry classroom and laboratory. In today's classroom, students not only need to understand the properties of the chemical elements, but how these elements play such an integral role in industry, the earth and the environment, and in modern life. No resource provides a better introduction than Robert Krebs's The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements. In this thoroughly revised edition, with extensive new and updated examples on the use of the chemical elements, the elements are examined within their groups, enabling students to make connections between elements of similar structure. In addition, the discovery and history of each element - from those known from ancient times to those created in the modern laboratory - is explained clearly and concisely.

In addition to the handy Guide to the Chemical Elements that comprises the bulk of the work, The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements includes other useful features:
; Introductory material on the basics of chemistry and the Periodic Table
; Appendices on the discoverers of the chemical elements
; A glossary of words commonly used in chemistry and chemical engineering
; A complete bibliography of useful resources, including websites
All of this information makes The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements the ideal one-volume resource for understanding the importance of the chemical elements.

Table of Contents:

Alphabetical Index of the Elements
How to Use This Book
Introduction
A Short History of Chemistry
Atomic Structure
The Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements
A Guide to the Elements
Introduction
Alkali Metals: (Group 1 (1A0--Periods 1 to 7)
Alkali Earth Metals (Group 2 (11A)--Periods 2 to 7)
Introduction
Transition Elements: Metals to Nonmetals
Introduction
Transition Elements: (First Series--Groups 3 to 12: Period 4)
Transition Elements: (Second Series--Groups 3 to 12: Period 5)
Introduction
Transition Elements: (Third Series--Groups 4 to
12: Period 6)
Introduction
Metallics--Metalloids--Semiconductors--Nonmetals
Introduction
The Boron Group 13 (IIIA): Periods 2 to 6 (Metallics-Semimetals)
The Carbon Group 14 (IVA): Periods 2 to 6 (Metalloids-Semiconductors)
The Nitrogen Group 15 (VA): Periods 2 to 6 (Metalloids to Nonmetals)
The Oxygen Group 16 (VIA): Periods 2 to 6 (Nonmetals-Oxidizers)
The Halogen Group 17 (VIIA): Periods 2 to 6 (Nonmetal Oxidizers)
The Noble Gases Group 18 (VIIIA): Periods 2 to 6 (Inert gas elements)
Lanthanide Series: (Period 6--Rare Earth Elements)
Introduction
Actinide Series: (Period 7--and Transuranic elements)
Introduction
Transactinide Series: (Period 7--Continuation of Actinide Series)
Introduction

About the Author: Robert E. Krebs has written seven books for Greenwood Press. He has taught chemistry, biology, and other sciences at several schools and universities. Dr. Krebs has served as a science specialist in the federal government and a research administrator for four universities. He retired as Associate Dean for Research in the Graduate College at the Medical Center of the Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago.

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