Title:
The elements
Author:
Edition:
Revised edition.
This American edition.
[New edition].
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
New York, New York : DK/Penguin Random House, 2022.
©2022
Physical Description:
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
ISBN:
9780744079845
9780744079838
Abstract:
"Enter the world of elements--whether rare, radioactive, or only recently discovered. From explosive antimony to precious gold, explore all the 118 unique building blocks of our universe and the many miraculous ways we use them."-- Page 4 of cover.
General Note:
"New edition"--Cover.
Includes index.
Contents:
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.
Language:
English
