150 years of the periodic table : a commemorative symposium / / Carmen J. Giunta, Vera V. Mainz, Gregory S. Girolami, editors

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (453 pages)
• Disciplina: 546.8
• Soggetto topico: Periodic table of the elements - History
• Persona (resp. second.): GiuntaCarmen J.; MainzVera V.; GirolamiGregory S. <1956->
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- About the Editors -- 1 Editors' Introduction -- Abstract -- 1.1 International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT2019) -- 1.2 150 Years of the Periodic Table: Symposium at American Chemical Society San Diego Meeting -- 1.3 150 Years of the Periodic Table: The Present Volume -- 1.3.1 Mendeleev and His Predecessors -- 1.3.2 Discoveries of Elements: Successes and Challenges -- 1.3.3 The Periodic Table from Other Perspectives -- 1.4 The End of the Beginning -- References -- Mendeleev and His Predecessors -- 2 Dmitri Mendeleev and the Periodic System: Philosophy, Periodicity, and Predictions -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Classification Before Mendeleev -- 2.2.1 Before 1860 -- 2.2.1.1 Gmelin -- 2.2.1.2 Gladstone -- 2.2.1.3 Cooke -- 2.2.2 The 1860s -- 2.2.2.1 Chancourtois -- 2.2.2.2 Hinrichs -- 2.2.2.3 Odling -- 2.2.2.4 Newlands -- 2.2.2.5 Meyer -- 2.3 Mendeleev's Periodic Law -- 2.3.1 Mendeleev's Writings on the Periodic Law -- 2.4 Philosophical Conception of the Chemical Element -- 2.5 Predictions and Adjustments -- 2.5.1 Leaving Gaps and Predicting Characteristics -- 2.5.1.1 Gallium -- 2.5.1.2 Scandium -- 2.5.1.3 Germanium -- 2.5.2 Changing Atomic Weights -- 2.6 The Importance of Periodicity -- 2.6.1 Spiral Forms -- 2.6.2 Tabular Forms -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Trouble with Triads -- Abstract -- 3.1 Origins -- 3.2 The Modern Revival of Triads -- 3.3 Mendeleev and Triads -- 3.4 Other Applications -- References -- 4 Josiah Parsons Cooke, the Natural Philosophy of Sir John F. W. Herschel and the Rational Chemistry of the Elements -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Natural Philosophy of Sir John F. W. Herschel -- 4.3 Josiah Parsons Cooke and the Relationships Between the Elements -- 4.4 Josiah Parsons Cooke and First Principles of Chemical Philosophy -- References. ; 5 Vis Tellurique of Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois -- Abstract -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Vis Tellurique -- 5.3 Reaction to the Vis Tellurique -- 5.4 Later Attention and Priority Claims -- 5.5 Historical Treatments -- 5.6 Did Béguyer de Chancourtois Discover the Periodic Law? -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6 Periodicity in Britain: The Periodic Tables of Odling and Newlands -- Abstract -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 William Odling -- 6.2.1 Biographical Information -- 6.2.2 1857: "On the Natural Groupings of Elements" -- 6.2.3 Interlude -- 6.2.4 1864: "On the Proportional Numbers of the Elements" -- 6.2.5 1865: Watts's Dictionary -- 6.2.6 1865: A Course of Practical Chemistry, 2nd Edition -- 6.2.7 1871: A Question of Priority -- 6.2.8 The End -- 6.3 John A. R. Newlands -- 6.3.1 Biographical Information -- 6.3.2 Feb 7, 1863: "On Relations Among the Equivalents" -- 6.3.3 July 30, 1864: Studiosus and Newlands's Rebuttal -- 6.3.4 Aug 20, 1864: Response from Studiosus and New Observations by Newlands -- 6.3.5 August 1865: The Law of Octaves and More Relations Among the Equivalents -- 6.3.6 March 1866: The Law of Octaves and the Chemical Society -- 6.3.7 The Afterlife of the Law of Octaves -- 6.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7 Gustavus Hinrichs and His Charts of the Elements -- Abstract -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Short Biography of Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs -- 7.3 Hinrichs and Atomic Weights, 1866 -- 7.4 Hinrichs and Atomechanics, 1867 -- 7.4.1 Historical Forward -- 7.4.2 Introduction ( 1-5) and Pantogen and the Elements ( 6-35) -- 7.4.3 Hinrichs's Chart of 1867 ( 36-56) -- 7.4.4 Chemical Characteristics ( 57-110) -- 7.4.5 Physical Characteristics ( 121-228), and Morphological Characteristics or Crystal Forms ( 229-399) -- 7.5 Hinrichs's Charts of 1869 -- 7.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements. ; Appendix: Transcription and Translation of Hinrichs's 1867 Monograph -- References -- 8 The Periodic Table of the Elements and Lothar Meyer -- Abstract -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Lothar Meyer-His Life -- 8.3 Lothar Meyer and the Order of the Elements -- 8.4 Conclusions -- References -- 9 Translation of 91-94 of Lothar Meyer's Modernen Theorien (1864) -- Abstract -- 9.1 Introduction: Biographical Information -- 9.2 Translation, Die Modernen Theorien, 1864: 91-94, pp 135-147 -- 9.3 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Discoveries of Elements: Successes and Challenges -- 10 Discovery of Three Elements Predicted by Mendeleev's Table: Gallium, Scandium, and Germanium -- Abstract -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Discovery of the "Missing Three:" Eka-Aluminum, Eka-Boron, and Eka-Silicon -- 10.2.1 Mini-Biography of Gallium (Eka-Aluminum) -- 10.2.2 Mini-Biography of Scandium (Eka-Boron) -- 10.2.3 Mini-Biography of Germanium (Eka-Silicon, Es) -- 10.3 Discovery: By Speculation, by Detection, or by Isolation? -- 10.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 11 The Rare Earths, a Challenge to Mendeleev, No Less Today -- Abstract -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Discovery of the Lanthanides -- 11.2.1 Discoveries by Gadolin and Berzelius -- 11.2.2 Mosander and His Discoveries -- 11.2.3 Spectroscopy Makes a Difference -- 11.2.4 Ytterbium and Lutetium -- 11.2.5 Perspective -- 11.2.6 Positioning the Lanthanides -- 11.2.7 Element 61 -- 11.2.8 Separating Lanthanides -- 11.2.8.1 Fractional Crystallization -- 11.2.8.2 Redox Chemistry -- 11.3 Separations of Lanthanides -- 11.3.1 Separating the Lanthanides by Ion-Exchange -- 11.3.2 Separation by Solvent Extraction -- 11.4 Stability of Lanthanide Complexes -- 11.5 Obtaining Lanthanides from Their Ores -- 11.6 Oxidation States Other Than +3 -- 11.6.1 Introduction -- 11.6.2 The (+4) State. ; 11.6.3 The (+2) State -- 11.7 Coordination Numbers in Lanthanide Complexes -- 11.7.1 High Coordination Numbers -- 11.7.2 Low Coordination Numbers -- 11.7.3 The Role of the Counter-Ion -- 11.7.4 Overall Factors -- 11.8 Trends in Lanthanide Radii and the "Lanthanide Contraction" -- 11.9 Which Are the Lanthanides? -- 11.10 Lanthanides in Biological Systems -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 12 The History (and Pre-history) of the Discovery and Chemistry of the Noble Gases -- Abstract -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 The Pre-history of the Discovery -- 12.2.1 Cavendish's Residual Air -- 12.2.2 An Extraterrestrial Element? -- 12.3 The History of the Discovery -- 12.3.1 Rayleigh's Anomaly -- 12.3.2 The Discovery of Argon -- 12.3.3 The Discovery of the Others -- 12.3.4 But Wait, There's (One) More! -- 12.4 The Pre-history of the Chemistry -- 12.5 The History of the Chemistry -- 12.6 Appendix -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 13 Element Discovery and the Birth of the Atomic Age -- Abstract -- 13.1 The Via Panisperna Boys -- 13.2 The Element in the Attic -- 13.3 The Metallurgical Laboratory -- 13.4 Returning to Berkeley -- 13.5 The Children of the Bomb -- 13.6 Reflections on the Atomic Age -- References -- 14 Mary Elvira Weeks and Discovery of the Elements -- Abstract -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Mary Elvira Weeks's Family and Early Years -- 14.3 Mary Elvira Weeks's Education and Early Employment. 1910-1921 -- 14.4 University of Kansas. 1921-1944 -- 14.5 The Kresge-Hooker Scientific Library and Later Life. 1944-1975 -- 14.6 Discovery of the Elements -- 14.6.1 Reviews -- 14.7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix 1: Publications of Mary Elvira Weeks -- Appendix 2: Quotes from Doris Brewster Swift-Life on Mississippi Street -- Appendix 3: Reviews of Discovery of the Elements -- References -- The Periodic Table from Other Perspectives. ; 15 Astronomy Meets the Periodic Table, Or, How Much Is There of What, and Why? -- Abstract -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 The Three New Elements -- 15.3 Dethroning Nebulium and Coronium -- 15.4 How Much Is There of What? -- 15.5 Why?-Nuclear Physics -- 15.6 Why?-Astrophysics (Noise) -- 15.7 Why?-Astrophysics (Signal) -- 15.8 Why?-Astrophysics: A Bit of the Evidence and Missing Pieces -- 15.9 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 16 The Impact of Twentieth-Century Physics on the Periodic Table and Some Remaining Questions in the Twenty-First Century -- Abstract -- 16.1 Early Twentieth Century Developments -- 16.2 Developments in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century -- 16.3 The Special Dynamical Symmetry of the Hydrogen Atom -- 16.4 The Laplace-Runge-Lenz or LRL Vector -- 16.5 An Alternative Philosophical Approach of Moving Beyond Particles and Individual Elements: Heisenberg and Isospin -- 16.6 Gell-Man and the Eight-Fold Way -- 16.7 Fet, Barut and Others on Super-Elements -- 16.8 Conclusion -- References -- 17 An Essay on Periodic Tables -- Abstract -- 17.1 Historical Introduction -- 17.2 Technical Details -- 17.2.1 Why Must Z Be ≤172? -- 17.2.2 Relativity Versus QED -- 17.2.3 Which Orbitals to Use in Chemistry? -- 17.2.4 "Secondary Periodicity" -- 17.2.5 The Inert-Pair Effect -- 17.2.6 "False Friends" -- 17.2.7 Nuclear Stability -- 17.3 In Defence of the Current PT: What Are the Choices? -- 17.3.1 The "Madelung Rule" -- 17.3.2 Models for Reproducing the PT -- 17.4 Did Our Department Contribute to the Story? -- References -- 18 The Periodic Table at 150: A Philatelic Celebration -- Abstract -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 IYPT Stamps -- 18.2.1 Algeria and the IYPT Logo -- 18.2.2 Spanish Chemical Pride -- 18.2.3 Kyrgyzstan and Mendeleev -- 18.2.4 Moldova and Rubik's Cube -- 18.2.5 Mendeleev's Final Draft of the PT. ; 18.2.6 The 7th Period Is Complete.
• Altri titoli varianti: One hundred fifty years of the periodic table
• Titolo autorizzato: 150 Years of the Periodic Table
• ISBN: 3-030-67910-1
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• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
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