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Metals and Metalloids

AUTHOR Nordstrom, Brian; Halka, Monica
PUBLISHER Facts on File (10/01/2010)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)
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While scientists categorize the chemical elements as metals, nonmetals, and metalloids largely based on the elements' abilities to conduct electricity at normal temperatures and pressures, there are other distinctions that are taken into account when classifying the elements of the periodic table. The post-transition metals, for example, are metals, but have such special properties that they are given their own classification. The same is true for the metalloids

Metals and Metalloids presents the current scientific understanding of the physics, chemistry, geology, and biology of these two families of elements, including the post-transition metals and metalloids. Examining how these elements are synthesized in the universe, when and how they were discovered, and where they are found on Earth, this new, full-color resource clearly details how metals and metalloids are used by humans, as well as the resulting benefits and challenges to society, health, and the environment.

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ISBN-13: 9780816073702
ISBN-10: 0816073708
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Unsewn / Adhesive Bound)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 158
Carton Quantity: 28
Product Dimensions: 7.40 x 0.60 x 9.30 inches
Weight: 1.30 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents, Ikids, Glossary, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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Science | Chemistry - General
Science | General
Dewey Decimal: 546.3
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009049369
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While scientists categorize the chemical elements as metals, nonmetals, and metalloids largely based on the elements' abilities to conduct electricity at normal temperatures and pressures, there are other distinctions that are taken into account when classifying the elements of the periodic table. The post-transition metals, for example, are metals, but have such special properties that they are given their own classification. The same is true for the metalloids

Metals and Metalloids presents the current scientific understanding of the physics, chemistry, geology, and biology of these two families of elements, including the post-transition metals and metalloids. Examining how these elements are synthesized in the universe, when and how they were discovered, and where they are found on Earth, this new, full-color resource clearly details how metals and metalloids are used by humans, as well as the resulting benefits and challenges to society, health, and the environment.

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Author: Nordstrom, Brian
Brian H. Nordstrom (A.B. and M.S., University of California, Berkeley; Ed.D., Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff) is Professor of Chemistry at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona. Nordstrom has over 35 years of college teaching experience that has covered a wide range of academic disciplines-chemistry, physics, mathematics, statistics, environmental science, and history of science. He has published several articles in refereed journals, presented papers at scholarly conferences, and recently co-authored a set of six books about the elements in the periodic table. Whe
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