The third edition of this widely acclaimed reference book collects together the most important facts about all the chemical elements in a single volume. While retaining the same easy-to-use alphabetical format, the existing sections on the various properties of the elements have been updated, and new sections on biological, crystal, and geological data have been added. Other additions include foreign names of the elements, pronunciation guides, CAS numbers, a table of minerals, four new elements, and a new chapter on the discovery of development of the periodic table. It is a handy guide for chemists, physicists, geologists, life scientists, and environmentalists.
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"Emsley's excellent compendium has two densely packed pages of information about each of the chemical elements, including physical, chemical, and biological data. This third edition . . . includes new information on such matters as health hazards, mineral sources, electron binding energies, and elements discovered since the second edition. There are brief chapters on the history of the periodic table, and the discovery and the abundance of the elements. Brief index. Strongly recommended as a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate students and faculty."--Choice
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John Emsley, Science Writer in Residence Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, London.
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Great Reference for Chemists or Chemistry Teachers,
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This review is from: The Elements (Oxford Chemistry Guides) (Paperback)
This is the book that I tell my students is my "bible." I use it in class in and in the preparation of my exams. The information in it is well organized and as up-to-date at it can be for the subject matter. Some of the "elements" are not there but that is because they were discovered after the publication date. I highly recommend this book to my colleagues.
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The Chemical Elements That Make Up The World,
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For the first time all the key facts about the 100 or so elements that make up the world. Easy-to-use in about 300 pages. This is the best book of this type that I have ever seen. "The Elements" is a handy reference for chemistry students and teachers and for the lay person who wants to learn more. You will learn the history and structure of each element and much more.
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plain collection of data,
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I bought this book not realizing that is nothing more that two sheets for each element, collecting useful, but quite easily found data. Do not expect any written text. In the internet era, just look at the NIST site, I hardly see the need of such compilation.
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Nuclide Atomic, Toxicity Toxic, Nuclear Nuclear, Toxicity Daily, New York, Minerals Mineral Formula Density Hardness Crystal, Sri Lanka, Davy London, Toxicity Non-toxic, Abundantes Sun, South Africa, American Chemical Society, John Wiley, Oak Ridge, Australia Reserves, Berzelius Stockholm, Boisbaudran Paris, Hofmann Darmstadt, Minerals Native, Mosander Stockholm, Sir Humphry Davy, Various Dubna, Gottfried Darmstadt, Pergamon Press, Peter Armbruster New!
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Nuclide Atomic, Toxicity Toxic, Nuclear Nuclear, Toxicity Daily, New York, Minerals Mineral Formula Density Hardness Crystal, Sri Lanka, Davy London, Toxicity Non-toxic, Abundantes Sun, South Africa, American Chemical Society, John Wiley, Oak Ridge, Australia Reserves, Berzelius Stockholm, Boisbaudran Paris, Hofmann Darmstadt, Minerals Native, Mosander Stockholm, Sir Humphry Davy, Various Dubna, Gottfried Darmstadt, Pergamon Press, Peter Armbruster New!
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- Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials - 3 volume set by Richard J. Lewis Sr. on page 13
- Physical Chemistry by Walter John Moore on page 9
- New Hampshire (Portrait of America) by Kathleen Thompson on page 285
- The Elements Beyond Uranium by Glenn T. Seaborg on page 282
- Modern Physics on page 10
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