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Nature's Building Blocks - An A-Z Guide to the Elements (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Nature's Building Blocks - An A-Z Guide to the Elements (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Loot Price R542
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John Emsley's Nature's Building Bocks was published in paperback in
2003. In this readable, informative, and fascinating guide to the
elements are entries on each of the 100-odd chemical elements,
arranged alphabetically from actinium to zirconium. Each entry
comprises an explanation of where the element's name comes from,
followed by Body element (the role it plays in living things),
Element of history (how and when it was discovered), Economic
element (what it is used for), Environmental element (where it
occurs, how much), Chemical element (facts, figures, and
narrative), and Element of surprise (an amazing, little-known
fact). Since publication of the first edition there have been a
number of developments. Three new chemical elements have been named
and validated: darmstadtium, roetgenium, and copernicium and the
section on 'transfermium elements' has now been incorporated into
the main part of the book. Economic uses of elements have grown,
and some quite rare elements such as Scandium are now economically
important, along with updates to elements such as gold due to new
roles in industry. Fully revised and updated for 2010, this
browsable compendium holds a wealth of useful information.
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