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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785075103321

Autore

Scerri Eric R

Titolo

The periodic table [[electronic resource] ] : its story and its significance / / Eric R. Scerri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-988554-0

1-280-84650-X

0-19-534567-3

1-4294-5942-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (671 p.)

Disciplina

546/.8

Soggetti

Periodic law

Chemical elements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-328) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The periodic system : an overview -- Quantitative relationships among the elements -- Discoverers of the system -- Mendeleev -- Prediction and accommodation : the acceptance of Mendeleev’s periodic system -- The nucleus and the periodic table : radioactivity, atomic number, and isotopy -- The electron and the chemical periodicity -- Electronic explanations of the periodic system developed by chemists -- Quantum mechanics and the periodic table -- Astrophysics, nucleosynthesis, and more chemistry.

Sommario/riassunto

The periodic table is one of the most potent icons in science. It lies at the core of chemistry and embodies the most fundamental principles of the field. The one definitive text on the development of the periodic table by van Spronsen (1969), has been out of print for a considerable time. The present book provides a successor to van Spronsen, but goes further in giving an evaluation of the extent to which modern physics has, or has not, explained the periodic system. The book is written in a lively style to appeal to experts and interested lay-persons alike.