The Elements

By John Emsley

Book Overview

This book brings together for the first time the key facts about the chemical elements that make up the world around us. These data are often needed but difficult to track down. Now they have been brought together in a systematic and easy-to-use format, arranged alphabetically, element by element. All the numerical data are given in SI units, together with a simple key chapter explaining them and how to convert to other units. Under each element, information is provided on such topics as chemical properties, thermodynamics, x-ray coefficients, reduction potentials, ionization energies, biological activities, and atomic spectra. Thirty-two tables of properties of elements, arranged in order of element and in order of ranking, conclude the book.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198552386
• ISBN13: 9780198552383
• Release Date: June 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

The Chemical Elements That Make Up The World

For the first time all the key facts about the 100 or so elements that make up the world. Easy-to-use in about 300 pages. This is the best book of this type that I have ever seen. "The Elements" is a handy reference for chemistry students and teachers and for the lay person who wants to learn more. You will learn the history and structure of each element and much more.

Great Reference for Chemists or Chemistry Teachers

This is the book that I tell my students is my "bible." I use it in class in and in the preparation of my exams. The information in it is well organized and as up-to-date at it can be for the subject matter. Some of the "elements" are not there but that is because they were discovered after the publication date. I highly recommend this book to my colleagues.