The Elements

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The perfect guide to all 118 elements that make up the periodic table. Learn about their discoveries, uses, and properties. The elements in the periodic table are the ingredients that make up our world. Explore elements such as carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, and learn why they are essential to our survival. See how precious gold protects astronauts in space, and why the metal mercury can be both a solid and a liquid. Find out about man-made elements, which the smartest chemists are busy figuring out how to use. Learn about scores of other elements, including silver, the alkaline earth metals, the nitrogen elements, and the noble gases, such as helium and krypton. Supporting the STEAM initiative in schools, DK Eyewitness Books: The Elements offers a visual tour of each element, along with simple, clear explanations of where every element comes from and how it is used. Diagrams help clarify and support concepts featured in the book. Packed with stunning photography, the book provides an overview of the chemistry, scientific pioneers, and creation of the periodic table. This detailed, accessible book will inspire young, inquisitive minds--the scientists of tomorrow who will shape our future. Contents......Page 4 What is an element? 4......Page 6 Inside an atom 6......Page 8 The periodic table 8......Page 10 Elemental groups and sets 10......Page 12 Hydrogen 12–13......Page 14 Lithium, Sodium 14–15......Page 16 Potassium, Rubidium, Cesium, Francium 16–17......Page 18 Beryllium, Magnesium 18–19......Page 20 Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium 20–21......Page 22 Titanium, Scandium, Vanadium, Chromium 22–23......Page 24 Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel 24–25......Page 26 Copper, Zinc, Yttrium, Zirconium, Molybdenum 26–27......Page 28 Niobium,Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver 28–29......Page 30 Cadmium, Hafnium, Tantalum, Tungsten, Osmium, Rhenium, Iridium 30–31......Page 32 Platinum, Rutherfordium, Mercury, Gold 32–33......Page 34 Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium 34–35......Page 36 Lanthanum, Neodymium, Promethium, Cerium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Europium 36–37......Page 38 Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium 38–39......Page 40 Thorium, Actinium, Protactinium, Neptunium, Americium 40–41......Page 42 Uranium, Plutonium 42–43......Page 44 Curium, Californium, Berkelium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Nobelium, Mendelevium, Lawrencium 44–45......Page 46 Aluminum, Boron 46–47......Page 48 Gallium, Indium, Thallium, Nihonium 48–49......Page 50 Carbon, Silicon 50–51......Page 52 Tin, Germanium, Flerovium, Lead 52–53......Page 54 Nitrogen, Phosphorus 54–55......Page 56 Arsenic, Antimony, Bismuth, Moscovium 56–57......Page 58 Oxygen 58–59......Page 60 Selenium, Tellurium, Sulfur, Polonium, Livermorium 60–61......Page 62 Chlorine, Fluorine 62–63......Page 64 Bromine, Iodine, Astatine, Tennessine 64–65......Page 66 Helium, Neon 66–67......Page 68 Argon, Krypton, Oganesson, Xenon, Radon 68–69......Page 70 Glossary 70–71......Page 72 Index 72......Page 74