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The lost elements : the periodic table's shadow side /

The Periodic Table of Elements hasn''t always looked like it does now, a well-organized chart arranged by atomic number. In the mid-nineteenth century, chemists were of the belief that the elements should be sorted by atomic weight. However, the weights of many elements were calculated inc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fontani, Marco, 1969-
Other Authors: Costa, Mariagrazia, Orna, Mary Virginia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Before 1789: early errors and early elements
  • 1789-1869: from Lavoisier to Mendeleev: the first errors at the dawn of the concept of the chemical element
  • 1869-1913: from the periodic table to Moseley's law: rips and tears in Mendeleev's net
  • 1914-1939: from nuclear classification to the first accelerators: chemists' paradise lost ... (and physicists' paradise regained)
  • 1939-present: beyond uranium, to the stars
  • Modern alchemy: the dream to transmute the elements has always been with us.