A Visual Encyclopedia of the Periodic Table

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A VISUAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS WRITTEN BY TOM JACKSON CONSULTANT JACK CHALLONER 002-003_Title.indd 3 02/12/16 6:51 pm ...

Foreword 6 Elemental building blocks 8 Chemical discoveries 10 Inside an atom 12 Periodic table of elements 14 Reactions and use ...

Rutherfordium, Dubnium, - Glossary - Index - Acknowledgements Scandium, Titanium Vanadium, Chr ...

Everything in nature, from the mountains and the oceans to the air we breathe and food we eat are made up of simple substances c ...

for each element, grouping them into similar types. With this information, we can use the elements to make many things we need: ...

8 Introduction Elemental building blocks Elements in our world There are 118 elements in the periodic table; 92 of them are foun ...

9 Introduction Elemental building blocks Elements in and around us About 99 per cent of the human body is made from just six ele ...

10 Introduction Chemical discoveries The ancient concept of four elements – earth, water, fire, and air – expanded to a belief t ...

11 Introduction Robert Bunsen The German chemist Robert Bunsen is best known for inventing a gas burner that is often used in la ...

12 Inside an atom An atom is the smallest unit of an element. Atoms are too small to see (even with the most powerful microscope ...

13 Atomic facts Electromagnetism Atoms work like tiny magnets. A force called electromagnetism holds them together. It makes par ...

14 Introduction Periodic table of elements The periodic table is a useful way of organizing the elements. It arranges the elemen ...

15 Introduction Tl 81 204. KEY Hydrogen The Boron Group Alkali Metals The Carbon Group Alkaline Earth Metals The Nitrogen Group ...

16 Introduction Reactions and uses The elements can combine in different ways to make 10 million compounds, possibly more. As we ...

17 Introduction Mixtures A mixture is a combination of substances that can be separated by physical means, such as filtering. It ...

Pure hydrogen (H) fills this glass sphere, and produces a purple glow when electrified. 018-019_The_Hydrogen_Group_Opener.indd 1 ...