Metals and Metalloids (Periodic Table of the Elements) - Hardcover

Halka, Monica, Ph.d.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816073708 ISBN 13: 9780816073702

Verlag: Facts On File Inc, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

While scientists categorize the chemical elements as metals, nonmetals, and metalloids largely based on the elements' abilities to conduct electricity at normal temperatures and pressures, there are other distinctions that are taken into account when classifying the elements of the periodic table. The post-transition metals, for example, are metals, but have such special properties that they are given their own classification. The same is true for the metalloids

Metals and Metalloids presents the current scientific understanding of the physics, chemistry, geology, and biology of these two families of elements, including the post-transition metals and metalloids. Examining how these elements are synthesized in the universe, when and how they were discovered, and where they are found on Earth, this new, full-color resource clearly details how metals and metalloids are used by humans, as well as the resulting benefits and challenges to society, health, and the environment. Metals and Metalloids provides readers with an up-to-date understanding regarding each of the post-transition metals and metalloids and where they may lead us.

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Reseña del editor

While scientists categorize the chemical elements as metals, nonmetals, and metalloids largely based on the elements' abilities to conduct electricity at normal temperatures and pressures, there are other distinctions that are taken into account when classifying the elements of the periodic table. The post-transition metals, for example, are metals, but have such special properties that they are given their own classification. The same is true for the metalloids Metals and Metalloids presents the current scientific understanding of the physics, chemistry, geology, and biology of these two families of elements, including the post-transition metals and metalloids. Examining how these elements are synthesized in the universe, when and how they were discovered, and where they are found on Earth, this new, full-color resource clearly details how metals and metalloids are used by humans, as well as the resulting benefits and challenges to society, health, and the environment.

Biografía del autor

Brian H. Nordstrom (A.B. and M.S., University of California, Berkeley; Ed.D., Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff) is Professor of Chemistry at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona. Nordstrom has over 35 years of college teaching experience that has covered a wide range of academic disciplines-chemistry, physics, mathematics, statistics, environmental science, and history of science. He has published several articles in refereed journals, presented papers at scholarly conferences, and recently co-authored a set of six books about the elements in the periodic table. Whe

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Facts On File Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0816073708
• ISBN 13: 9780816073702
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 191
• Herausgeber: Nordstrom Brian
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar