Book

Elements / written by Adrian Dingle.

Dingle, Adrian, 1967- (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781465474056
ISBN: 1465474056
ISBN: 9781465474049
ISBN: 1465474048
ISBN: 9780857625052
ISBN: 0857625055
Physical Description: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : DK/Penguin Random House, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Discover the chemical elements that make up the periodic table and learn about their properties and uses"--Front cover. Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	What is an element? -- Inside an atom -- The periodic table -- Elemental groups and sets -- Hydrogen -- Alkali metals-- Alkaline earth metals -- Transition metals -- Lanthanides -- Actinides -- The Boron Group -- The Carbon Group -- The Nitrogen Group -- The Oxygen Group -- Halogens -- Noble gases.