Much ado about (practically) nothing : a history of the noble gases /

There are eight columns in the Periodic Table. The eighth column is comprised of the rare gases, so-called because they are the rarest elements on earth. They are also called the inert or noble gases because, like nobility, they do no work. They are colorless, odorless, invisible gases which do not...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fisher, David E., 1932-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Gases, Rare.
Noble Gases
Gaz rares.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > Inorganic.
Edelgassen.
Helium.
Argon.
Radon.
Astrochemie.
Mars (planeet)
Krypton.
Datering.
Zeebodem.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Philosophy and apology
  • In the beginning
  • Helium
  • Argon and the rest
  • Helium and the age of the Earth
  • The strange case of helium and the nuclear atom
  • Interlude : helium, argon, and creationism
  • Meanwhile, back at Brookhaven
  • Cornell, the ten-minute experiment, and back to argon
  • K/Ar and the irons
  • Interlude : the spreading oceans
  • Dating the spreading seafloor
  • The argon surprise
  • Primordial helium and argon and the evolution of the Earth
  • Xenology
  • The coldest place on Earth
  • Back to the stars
  • The neutrino revolution
  • Life and death on Mars and Earth
  • Radon and you
  • L'envoi.

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