chemical elements

Explains how elements and compounds are formed, describes several types and their physical properties, and includes related experiments.

Describes the periodic table's history, its numbers and symbols, and its three large groups of elements.

Discusses the development of the periodic table in the 1860s, how it is organized, and fun facts about the periodic table.

Contains entries that provide a variety of information about the chemical elements, arranged alphabetically from Palladium to Zirconium; features an additional essay that discusses the transfermium elements; and includes sidebars, a timeline, illustrations, a period table, and other reference materials.

Contains entries that provide a variety of information about the chemical elements, arranged alphabetically from Gadolinium to Oxygen; and includes three tables of contents, sidebars, a timeline, illustrations, and other reference materials.

Introduces students to elements and compounds, discussing the periodic table, metals, nonmetals, halogens, noble gases, chemical bonds, and organic compounds.

Examines the stories behind the creation of the periodic table, focusing on the history of gold, carbon, silicon, and neon.

Introduces nonmetals, from hydrogen to the noble gases, and offers experiments for practical investigation.

The elements in the periodic table are the ingredients that make up our world. Explore elements such as carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, and learn why they are essential to our survival. See how precious gold protects astronauts in space, and why the metal mercury can be both a solid and a liquid. Find out about man-made elements, which the smartest chemists are busy figuring out how to use. Learn about scores of other elements, including silver, the alkaline earth metals, the nitrogen elements, and the noble gases, such as helium and krypton.--.

An introduction to the periodic table, covering it's organization, the information it contains, how it is used, and how elements combine to form other elements.