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150 Years of the Periodic Table : A Commemorative Symposium / / edited by Carmen J. Giunta, Vera V. Mainz, Gregory S. Girolami
| 150 Years of the Periodic Table : A Commemorative Symposium / / edited by Carmen J. Giunta, Vera V. Mainz, Gregory S. Girolami |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (453 pages) |
| Disciplina |
546.8
546.809 |
| Collana | Perspectives on the History of Chemistry |
| Soggetto topico |
Chemistry - History
Chemistry, Organic Science - History History of Chemistry Organic Chemistry History of Science |
| ISBN | 3-030-67910-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1 - Introduction: Overview and Scope -- Chapter 2 - Trouble with triads -- Chapter 3 - Sir John F.W. Herschel and the concept of periodicity -- Chapter 4 - Vis tellurique of Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois -- Chapter 5 - Periodicity in Britain: The periodic tables of Odling and Newlands -- Chapter 6 - Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs and his Chart of the Elements -- Chapter 7 - Lothar Meyer's path to periodicity -- Chapter 8 - Mendeleev and his periodic system -- Chapter 9 - Discovery of the elements predicted by Dmitri Mendeleev’s table: Scandium, gallium, and germanium -- Chapter 10 - Rare Earth Elements -- Chapter 11 - History (and pre-history) of the discovery and chemistry of the noble gases -- Chapter 12 - Hydrogen, helium, and metals: When astronomy met the periodic table -- Chapter 13 - Hydrogen to oganesson: A philatelic celebration of the periodic table -- Chapter 14 - Impact of 20th century physics on the periodic table and questions still outstanding in the 21st century -- Chapter 15 - Uses of the Periodic System after Radioactivity and the Discovery of the Neutron: the contrasting views of Lise Meitner and Ida Noddack -- Chapter 16- Mary Elvira Weeks and The Discovery of the Elements -- Chapter 17 - From neptunium to mendelevium: element discovery and the birth of the atomic age -- Chapter 18 - Transactinide elements: How the 7th row of the periodic table was discovered -- Chapter 19 - Periodic table after period 7. |
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The discovery of the periodic table of the chemical elements : a short journey from the beginnings until today / / Torsten Schmiermund
| The discovery of the periodic table of the chemical elements : a short journey from the beginnings until today / / Torsten Schmiermund |
| Autore | Schmiermund Torsten |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wiesbaden, Germany : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 54 pages) : color illustrations, charts |
| Disciplina | 546.8 |
| Collana | essentials |
| Soggetto topico | Periodic table of the elements - History |
| ISBN |
9783658364489
9783658364472 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Atomic theories, atomic structure and atomic masses -- Early attempts to systematize the elements -- Mendeleev's periodic table and periodicities of the elements -- Alternative periodic tables. |
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Encyclopedia of the elements [[electronic resource] ] : technical data, history, processing, applications / / Per Enghag
| Encyclopedia of the elements [[electronic resource] ] : technical data, history, processing, applications / / Per Enghag |
| Autore | Enghag Per |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1311 p.) |
| Disciplina |
546
546.8 |
| Soggetto topico | Chemical elements |
| ISBN |
1-281-23927-5
9786611239275 3-527-61233-5 3-527-61234-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Encyclopedia of the Elements; Foreword; Table of Contents; Preface; Color Plates; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What is an Element?; 1.2 Elements known from Time Immemorial; 1.3 Searching, Finding and Using; 1.4 Systematic Searches; 1.5 About this Book; 1.5.1 A Bridge between Science/Technology and Culture/History; 1.5.2 The Motive for a new Book; 1.5.3 The Book's Layout; 1.6 Useful Definitions and Facts; 1.6.1 Some Geological Terms; 1.6.2 Resources and Reserves; 1.7 General Literature Sources; 1.7.1 The History behind the Discoveries of Elements; 1.7.2 Raw Materials and Production
1.8 Quantitative Element Descriptions1.8.1 Units, Conversion Factors and Fundamental Constants in the SI System; 1.8.2 Fact Tables; 2 About Matter; 2.1 Knowledge started in Handicraft; 2.2 Early thinking about Materials; 2.2.1 Four basic Stuffs; 2.2.2 The Atomism or corpuscular Philosophy; 2.2.3 An early Choice; 2.3 Alchemy - Good and Bad; 2.3.1 Not only Gold-making; 2.3.2 Two Papyri - One Message from Ancient Alchemy; 2.3.3 Alchemy comes to Europe; 2.3.4 The bad and good Reputation of Alchemy; 2.4 Paracelsus - A Phenomenon in Alchemy and Medical Chemistry 2.5 Two pragmatic Pioneers in the 16(th) Century2.5.1 Vannoccio Biringuccio - Observer - Experimentalist - Writer; 2.5.2 Georgius Agricola - A Renewer Of Mining And Metallurgical Technique; 2.6 New Winds in the 17(th) Century; 2.7 Phlogiston; 2.8 Still in the 18(th) Century - the Chemical Revolution; 2.8.1 Discoveries of new Elements; 2.8.2 Lavoisier and the Chemical Revolution; 2.9 A Breakthrough for Atomism; 2.10 Accelerating Knowledge of the Atom; 2.10.1 Atomic Weights; 2.10.2 The Structure of the Atom; 2.10.3 The Element is not Elementary; 2.11 The Solid State; 2.12 To Look into Matter 2.12.1 Electron Microscopy - a Review2.12.2 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) in Practice; 2.12.3 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) in Practice; 2.12.4 A new Look at the Atomic World with Tunneling Microscope and Atomic Probe; 2.13 Alchemy for a new Millennium - Nanotechnology; 2.14 The Inorganic Chemistry of Life; 2.14.1 Common Elements - Essential And Toxic; 2.14.2 The Eleven Dominants - Bulk Biological Elements; 2.14.3 Essential Trace Elements; 2.14.4 Heavy Metals good for Life!; 2.14.5 The Risk of Deviating from Just Right; 2.14.6 A dynamic Earth 3 The Elements - Origin, Occurrence, Discovery And Names3.1 The Synthesis Of Elements In Stars And In Supernova Explosions; 3.2 The Earth; 3.2.1 Building Up; 3.2.2 The Earth's Crust; 3.2.3 The Oceans - The Hydrosphere; 3.2.4 The Atmosphere; 3.3 The Periodic Table of the Elements; 3.3.1 A Pattern for the Elements; 3.3.2 The Modern Periodic Table; 3.4 Element Discoveries; 3.4.1 Stable and Unstable Elements; 3.4.2 Who Made the Discovery?; 3.5 Element Names; 3.5.1 Elements Known in Antiquity; 3.5.2 Elements from the Time of the Alchemistis; 3.5.3 Element Names from Celestial Bodies 3.5.4 Element Names from Mythology |
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Encyclopedia of the elements [[electronic resource] ] : technical data, history, processing, applications / / Per Enghag
| Encyclopedia of the elements [[electronic resource] ] : technical data, history, processing, applications / / Per Enghag |
| Autore | Enghag Per |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1311 p.) |
| Disciplina |
546
546.8 |
| Soggetto topico | Chemical elements |
| ISBN |
1-281-23927-5
9786611239275 3-527-61233-5 3-527-61234-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Encyclopedia of the Elements; Foreword; Table of Contents; Preface; Color Plates; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What is an Element?; 1.2 Elements known from Time Immemorial; 1.3 Searching, Finding and Using; 1.4 Systematic Searches; 1.5 About this Book; 1.5.1 A Bridge between Science/Technology and Culture/History; 1.5.2 The Motive for a new Book; 1.5.3 The Book's Layout; 1.6 Useful Definitions and Facts; 1.6.1 Some Geological Terms; 1.6.2 Resources and Reserves; 1.7 General Literature Sources; 1.7.1 The History behind the Discoveries of Elements; 1.7.2 Raw Materials and Production
1.8 Quantitative Element Descriptions1.8.1 Units, Conversion Factors and Fundamental Constants in the SI System; 1.8.2 Fact Tables; 2 About Matter; 2.1 Knowledge started in Handicraft; 2.2 Early thinking about Materials; 2.2.1 Four basic Stuffs; 2.2.2 The Atomism or corpuscular Philosophy; 2.2.3 An early Choice; 2.3 Alchemy - Good and Bad; 2.3.1 Not only Gold-making; 2.3.2 Two Papyri - One Message from Ancient Alchemy; 2.3.3 Alchemy comes to Europe; 2.3.4 The bad and good Reputation of Alchemy; 2.4 Paracelsus - A Phenomenon in Alchemy and Medical Chemistry 2.5 Two pragmatic Pioneers in the 16(th) Century2.5.1 Vannoccio Biringuccio - Observer - Experimentalist - Writer; 2.5.2 Georgius Agricola - A Renewer Of Mining And Metallurgical Technique; 2.6 New Winds in the 17(th) Century; 2.7 Phlogiston; 2.8 Still in the 18(th) Century - the Chemical Revolution; 2.8.1 Discoveries of new Elements; 2.8.2 Lavoisier and the Chemical Revolution; 2.9 A Breakthrough for Atomism; 2.10 Accelerating Knowledge of the Atom; 2.10.1 Atomic Weights; 2.10.2 The Structure of the Atom; 2.10.3 The Element is not Elementary; 2.11 The Solid State; 2.12 To Look into Matter 2.12.1 Electron Microscopy - a Review2.12.2 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) in Practice; 2.12.3 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) in Practice; 2.12.4 A new Look at the Atomic World with Tunneling Microscope and Atomic Probe; 2.13 Alchemy for a new Millennium - Nanotechnology; 2.14 The Inorganic Chemistry of Life; 2.14.1 Common Elements - Essential And Toxic; 2.14.2 The Eleven Dominants - Bulk Biological Elements; 2.14.3 Essential Trace Elements; 2.14.4 Heavy Metals good for Life!; 2.14.5 The Risk of Deviating from Just Right; 2.14.6 A dynamic Earth 3 The Elements - Origin, Occurrence, Discovery And Names3.1 The Synthesis Of Elements In Stars And In Supernova Explosions; 3.2 The Earth; 3.2.1 Building Up; 3.2.2 The Earth's Crust; 3.2.3 The Oceans - The Hydrosphere; 3.2.4 The Atmosphere; 3.3 The Periodic Table of the Elements; 3.3.1 A Pattern for the Elements; 3.3.2 The Modern Periodic Table; 3.4 Element Discoveries; 3.4.1 Stable and Unstable Elements; 3.4.2 Who Made the Discovery?; 3.5 Element Names; 3.5.1 Elements Known in Antiquity; 3.5.2 Elements from the Time of the Alchemistis; 3.5.3 Element Names from Celestial Bodies 3.5.4 Element Names from Mythology |
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Facilitating Conceptual Change in Students’ Understanding of the Periodic Table / / by Mansoor Niaz, Marniev Luiggi
| Facilitating Conceptual Change in Students’ Understanding of the Periodic Table / / by Mansoor Niaz, Marniev Luiggi |
| Autore | Niaz Mansoor |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (58 p.) |
| Disciplina |
540.712
546.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LuiggiMarniev |
| Collana | SpringerBriefs in Education |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Study and teaching
Teachers - Training of Learning, Psychology of Science Education Teaching and Teacher Education Instructional Psychology |
| ISBN |
9783319010861
3319010867 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Rationale of the study -- Results and Discussion -- Interviews with Experimental Group Students -- Conclusions and Educational Implications -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483137503321 |
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Niaz Mansoor
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Favole periodiche / Hugh Aldersey-Williams ; traduzione di Daniele Didero
| Favole periodiche / Hugh Aldersey-Williams ; traduzione di Daniele Didero |
| Autore | ALDERSEY-WILLIAMS, Hugh |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Rizzoli, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 584 p. : ill. ; 19 cm |
| Disciplina | 546.8 |
| Soggetto topico | Elementi chimici |
| ISBN | 978-88-17-04858-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-990003557750203316 |
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| Milano : Rizzoli, 2011 | ||
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Favole periodiche : le vite avventurose degli elementi chimici / Hugh Aldersey-Williams
| Favole periodiche : le vite avventurose degli elementi chimici / Hugh Aldersey-Williams |
| Autore | Aldersey-Williams, Hugh |
| Edizione | [4. ed] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : BUR Saggi, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 584 p. : ill. ; 20 cm |
| Disciplina | 546.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Didero, Daniele |
| Collana | BUR. Saggi |
| Soggetto topico | Elementi chimici - Classificazione - Sistema periodico |
| ISBN | 9788817057486 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991002510219707536 |
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| Milano : BUR Saggi, 2013 | ||
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Il regno periodico : viaggio nel mondo degli elementi chimici / Peter William Atkins
| Il regno periodico : viaggio nel mondo degli elementi chimici / Peter William Atkins |
| Autore | Atkins, P. W. <Peter William ; <1940- |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bologna : Zanichelli, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 199 p. : ill. ; 18 cm |
| Disciplina | 546.8 |
| Collana | Chiavi di lettura |
| Soggetto non controllato | Elementi chimici - Tavola periodica |
| ISBN | 978-88-08-06665-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-990008737040403321 |
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L'alfabeto della materia : viaggio nel mondo degli elementi chimici / Silvano Fuso
| L'alfabeto della materia : viaggio nel mondo degli elementi chimici / Silvano Fuso |
| Autore | Fuso, Silvano |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Roma : Carocci, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 199 p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
| Disciplina | 546.8 |
| Collana | Sfere |
| Soggetto non controllato | Elementi chimici |
| ISBN | 978-88-430-9581-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910371959903321 |
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| Roma : Carocci, 2019 | ||
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The lost elements [[electronic resource] ] : the Periodic Table's shadow side / / Marco Fontani, Mariagrazia Costa, and Mary Virginia Orna
| The lost elements [[electronic resource] ] : the Periodic Table's shadow side / / Marco Fontani, Mariagrazia Costa, and Mary Virginia Orna |
| Autore | Fontani Marco <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (585 pages) ; : illustrations |
| Disciplina |
546.8
546/.8 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Chemical elements
Chemical elements - History Periodic law - History Chemistry - Nomenclature - History Chemistry Elements químics Química - Nomenclatura - Història Taula periòdica (Química) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books |
| ISBN |
9780199383368
0199383367 9780199383344 0-19-756296-5 0-19-938335-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Introduction -- Why collect into one volume the discoveries of elements that have been shown to be erroneous or have been forgotten? -- How "an element" became a "chemical element" -- Is there any order to the discoveries of the elements? -- The development of the Periodic Table -- PART I: Before 1789: early errors and early elements -- Prologue to Part I -- 1. The beginning of a long series of scientific blunders : Terra Nobilis ; Siderum and Hydrosiderum ; Synneium or Australium ; The element that breathes ; The birth of homeopathy -- 2. The elements hidden by alternative names : Metallum Problematicum or Tellurium ; Ochroite or Cerium ; Ceresium or Palladium ; Erythronium, Panchromium, or Vanadium --
PART II: 1789-1869: from Lavoisier to Mendeleev: The first errors at the dawn of the concept of the chemical element -- Prologue to Part II -- 1. Analytical methodology from Lavoisier to Mendeleev ; Blowpipe analysis ; Qualitative and quantitative analysis ; Electrolysis ; Emission spectroscopy -- 2. The elements of the Kingdom of Naples : Ruprecht and Tondi: two metallurgists without metals ; Playing bingo with five elements ; The extraction procedure of the new metals ; Right or wrong, was Tondi the victim of a sworn enemy? ; The elements that replaced those of Tondi ; Possible present-day interpretations ; Revolution offers a second career possibility -- 3. Austrium: One element, two elements, three elements, and finally, zero elements : The first fleeting attempt to name an element Austrium ; Austrium: a posthumous element ; The "Austrian element" of a Czech chemist ; A third "split" for Bohuslav Brauner -- 4. The return of the Olympians: Silene, Aridium, Saturnum, Pelopium, Dianium, Neptunium, and Plutonium ; Silene ; Aridium ; Saturnum ; Pelopium ; Dianium ; Neptunium ; Plutonium -- 5. the unfortunate affair of a student of Kant: A career soldier, but a chemist by passion : Niccolanum ; The road from oblivion -- 6. André-Marie Ampère burst onto the chemistry scene : "Photore" -- 7. Cadmium: "Bone of contention" among chemical elements : A related discovery increases the confusion: Vestium -- 8. A fireproof family of chemists : Chemistry as the common denominator ; The most improbable of the chemical elements -- 9. A bridge of false hopes between divinity and false elements : Crodonium ; Wodanium ; False elements exchanged for another false element ; Ptene ; Donarium -- 10. Gahnium, Polonium, and Pluranium : Gahnium ; Polinium an Pluranium -- 11. Aberdonia and the :sweet" map of oblivion : Donium ; Treenium ; The discovery of an already known element? ; The sweet epilogue leaves a bitter taste in the mouth -- 12. The brief parentheses of four misleading elements : The fleeting existenc of Thalium ; The meteoric appearance and disappearance of Comesium ; The mysterious nature of Ouralium ; The brief history of Idunium -- 13. Two imaginary elements: Sulphurium and Sulfenium : Sulphurium ; The ancient modernity of Sulfenium -- 14. The astronomers "left in the dark" : "Light" as a means of chemical investigation ; A new family of elements from an old family of astronomers ; Neptunium is tempting to a lot of people ; Conclusion -- 15. Bythium and δ [delta]: Two elements that arose (and vanished) via electrolysis -- 16. The ghosts of unnamed elements : 1799: the element of Fernandez ; 1852: the element of Friedrich August Genth ; 1852: the element of Carl Anton Hjalmar Sjögren ; 1861: the elements of brothers August and Friedrich Wilhelm Dupré ; 1862: the element of Charles Fredrick Chandler ; 1864: the elements of William Nylander and Carl Bischoff ; 1869: the element of Oscar Loew ; 1878: the elements of William Balthasar Garland ; 1883: the element of Theodor Eduard Wilm ; 1897: the elements of Gethen G. Boucher and F. Ruddock ; 1904: the Radium foil of George Frederick Kunz ; 1908: the element of Clare de Brereton Evans ; 1913: the element of H.C. Holtz -- PART III: 1869-1913: From the periodic table to Moseley's law: Rips and tears in Mendeleev's net -- Prologue to Part III -- 1. The forerunners of Celtium and Hafnium: Ostranium, Norium, Jargoniam, Nigrium, Euxenium, Asium, and Oceanium -- 2. The discoveries of the rare earths approach their end: Philippium, Element X, Decipium ; Mosandrium, Rogerium, and Columbium : Philippium and Element X ; Mosandrium ; Decipium and the complexity of Didymium ; Rogerium and Columbium ; Conclusion -- 3. Lavoesium and Davyum: The rise and fall of two metals with illustrious names : The discovery of Lavoesium ; A residue of work on Platinum: Davyum ; Lavoesium falls into oblivion ; Davyum's long agaony ; Conclusion -- 4. The complex events surrounding two "Scandinavian" metals: Norwegium and Wasium : The announcement of the discovery of Norwegium ; Norwegium ; A second claimant ; The "launching" of Wasium ; The "shipwreck" of Wasium ; The epilogue f Norwegium -- 5. Verbium: An element from the centre of the Earth -- 6. The curious case of the triple discovery of Actinium : The first announcement of the discovery of Actinium ; Confessions of a violinist ; Did the search for Neoactinium really delay the discovery of Francium ; A cold shower at the end of a career -- 7. The improbable elements of a country gentleman -- 8. A bridge between the protochemistry of the Pharaohs and the Arab world: Masrium -- 9. The demon hidden in the rare earths : Provincial America suits the great physicist just fine ; The son of a Protestant pastor discovers a demon ; The tragic conclusion -- 10. Dim lights and dark shadows around "Lucium" : Preview of the discovery ; The discovery of the first "patented" element ; The interventions of Crookes, Fresenius, and Shapleigh ; Who was manipulating Lucium's strings from behind the scences? -- 11. In the beginning there was Didymium...and then chaos among the rare earths : Didymium: an awkward lodger in the f-family ; The splitting of Didymium: Praeseodidymium and Neodidymium ; A "colorful" war: Glaucodidymium OR Glaucodymium ; Claude-Henri Gorceix and Bohuslav Brauner intervene in the chaos -- 12. Sir William Ramsay: The most "noble" of chemists : The first discoveries ; A wroing track ; Anomalous Argon: the element that would not fit ; A pause in research ; Radioactivity and the discovery of Niton ; A harvest of laurels at the conclusion of his career ; Postscript: Krypton II -- 13. Confederate and Union stars in the Periodic Table : Introduction ; Carolinium (and Berzelium) ; Conclusion -- 14. Two elements from the depths of provincial Americana -- 15. The early successes of the young Urbain : Bauxium ; From Monium to Victorium and in pursuit of Ionium and Incognitum ; The Element E or X ; The meta elements ; The elements of Paul Emile (François) Lecoq de Boisbaudran and of Eugène-Anatole Demarçay ; The Terbium-I, Terbium-II, and Terbium-III of Welsbach -- 16. The setting of the element of the "Rising Sun" -- 17. The times have changed: from Canadium to Quebecium : Who is Pierre Demers? -- PART IV: 1914-1939: From nuclear classification to the first accelerators: Chemists' paradise lost... (and physicists' paradise regained) -- Prologue to Part IV -- 1. From the eclipse of Aldebaranium and Cassiopeium to the priority conflict between Celtium and Hafnium : A collective history: the rare earths ; The lights of Paris hide the stars ; Celtium ; Neo-Celtium ; Celtium doesn't have a leg to stand on -- 2. From the presumed inert elements to those lost in the Dead Sea : The atomic theory of James Moir and the Subelements X and Zoïkon ; The harmonization of the elements and the inert elements ; From England to Prague on the trail of element number 75 ; On the banks of the Dead Sea: the first investogations for the identification of element 87 ; Alkalinium ; Alkalinium's epilogue -- 3. A success "transmuted" into failure : Brevium ; Lisonium and Lisottonium ; Radio-Brevium and the missed discovery of nuclear fission ; Brevium's last gasp -- 4. From Pleochroic Haloes to the birth of the Earth : The origins of the Irish physicist ; Radioactivity makes dating of the Earth possible ; Hibernium: an elusive element -- 5. If anyone has a sheep, Wolfram will eat it : The neighbors of Molybdenum and Tungsten -- 6. When it comes to new discoveries, the more you err, you end up erring more -- 7. The radioactive element of the hot springs -- 8. Moseleyum: The twofold attempt to honor a hero -- 9. The inorganic evolution of element 61: Florentium, Illinium, Cyclonium and finally Promethium : Florentium, the metal of the Florentines ; The Americans discover Illinium ; Integrity comes with a price tag ; Florentium ends up in court ; Cyclonium ; The retraction of the discovery of Florentium ; Conclusion ; Epilogue -- 10. Masurium: An X-Ray mystery : The discovery of Rhenium and Masurium ; No more mention of Masurium ; Panormium and Trinacrium ; The ignored and underrated "Chemikerin" and her fission hypothesis ; Declining years: sympathy for Nazism -- 11. The twilight of the naturally occurring elements: Moldavium, Sequanium, and Dor ; Eka-Caesium: from Russia to Moldovia, through Virginia ; A digression on X-Ray wavelength: Precision, Unitis, and conversion factors ; Eka-Rhenium: Cum Caesar in Galliam Venit, Alterius Factionis Principes Erant Haedul Alterius Sequani... ; Alabamine and Virginium ; Eka-Iodine assumes the fanciful names of Dor ; Conclusion -- 12. A cocktail of chemistry and espionage: Helvetium, Anglo-Helvetium, and a pair of Indian elements : Rajendralal De and his twin elements: Gourium and Dakin ; Walter Minder and Helvetium ; Alice Leigh-Smith and Anglo-Helvetium ; C.W. Martin and the "elusive" parentheses of Leptine ; Acadmic conflicts with Hulubei, Paneth, and Karlik ; Conclusion -- 13. Is failure a severe master? : Eline ; Verium -- PART V: 939-present: beyond uranium, to the stars -- Prologue to Part V -- 1. The obsession of physicists with the frontier: The case of Ausonium and Hesperium, Littorium and Mussolinium -- 2. Finis Materiae ; The island of nuclear stability ; Unfortunate episodes in the attribution of the names of the elements between 101 and 109 ; From atoms to the stars -- 3. The search for primordial superheavy elements: Between scientific rigor and atomic fantasy -- 4. Names, names, and names again: From A to Zunzenium : The elements from Neptunium to Mendelevium seen from both sides of the Iron Curtain ; The step longer than its leg: Nobelium ; Chaos surrounds Lawrencium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, and Seaborgium -- 5. Do we have to live with fantasy? Hawkingium and Zunzenium -- 6. Naming the last five arrivals in the great "family of the Transuranium elements" -- PART VI: No place for them in the Periodic Table: Bizarre elements -- 1. Inorganic evolution: From proto-elements to extinct elements : A step backward: prime matter, Andronia, and Thelyke ; Pantogen ; Prityle ; Other theories of chemical evolution ; The asteroid elements ; The painful finale -- 2. Dazzling traces of false suns : The mirage of the source of stellar energy ; The curious appearance of Kosmium and Neokosmium -- 3. From the nonexistent elements of Mendeleev to the puzzle of the existence of the Ether : Coronium and its aftermath ; The Geo coronium hypothesis ; Etherium: elementary gas or subatomic particle? -- 4. Anodium and Cathodium -- 5. The exotic Damarium -- 6. Subtle is the air: The case of Asterium -- 7. Clairvoyance as a means of investigating some "occult elements" : A clairvoyant investigates the structure of new and old atoms and their position in the Periodic Table ; The last years of the three clairvoyants -- 8. William Harkins's Element Zero: Neutronium : A place in the Periodic Table for the element without a nuclear charge ; From the nuclear "alphabet" to the hypothesis of Neutronium ; William Draper Harkins: a versatile and obstinate chemist -- PART VII: Modern alchemy: the dream to transmute the elements has always been with us -- Prologue to Part VII: Alchemy then and now -- 1. Misadventures in radiochemistry : Radiochemistry: a child of both physics and chemistry ; Willy Marckwald makes his mark: the Polonium controversy ; William Ramsay "out of his element" ; Tellurium X -- 2. Some like it "cold" -- 3. Is cold fusion hot again? -- Epilogue -- Postscript -- Appendix: Chronological finder's guide for the lost elements. |
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