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How to use this book
This book has been carefully developed to help you understand the chemistry of the elements.
In it you will find a systematic and comprehensive coverage of the basic qualities of each element. Each two-page entry contains information at various levels of technical content and language, along with definitions of useful technical terms, as shown in the thumbnail diagram to the right. There is a comprehensive glossary of technical terms at the back of the book, along with an extensive index, key facts, an explanation
of the Periodic Table, and a description of how to interpret chemical equations.
Author
Brian Knapp, BSc, PhD
Project consultant
Keith B.Walshaw, MA, BSc, DPhil
(Head of Chemistry, Leighton Park School)
Industrial consultant
Jack Brettle, BSc, PhD (Chief Research Scientist, Pilkington plc)
Art Director
Duncan McCrae, BSc
Editor
Elizabeth Walker, BA
Special photography
Ian Gledhill
Illustrations
David Woodroffe
Designed and produced by
EARTHSCAPE EDITIONS
Copyright © 2013
Atlantic Europe Publishing Company Limited
ISBN 978-1-86214-968-7 Digital
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing of the publisher.
Acknowledgements
The main text follows the sequence of information in the book and summarises the concepts presented on the two pages.
Technical definitions.
Substatements flesh out the ideas in the main text with more fact and specific explanation.
Equations are written as symbols and sometimes given as “ball-and- stick” diagrams – see page 48.
Photographs and diagrams have been carefully selected and annotated for clarity.
Also... explains advanced concepts.
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The publishers would like to thank the following for their kind help and advice: Jonathan Frankel of J. M. Frankel and Associates, Peter Johnson, Julie James, Rolls-Royce plc and British Petroleum International.
Picture credits
All photographs are from the Earthscape Editions photolibrary except the following:
(c=centre t=top b=bottom l=left r=right)
Courtesy of British Petroleum Company plc 18br; courtesy of Canon (UK) Ltd 43cr; The Hutchison Library 37t (Richard House); Mary Evans Picture Library 38/39b; courtesy of Rolls-Royce plc 42; Science Picture Library/US Department of Energy 35tl;
UKAEA 41bl and ZEFA 31b (D. Cattani), 39t (A. Ribeiro).
Front cover: Droplets of mercury being squeezed from a pipette.
Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
Title page: Zinc reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid, releasing hydrogen gas.
The demonstrations described or illustrated in this book are not for replication.The Publisher cannot accept any responsibility for any accidents or injuries that may result from conducting the experiments described or illustrated in this book.