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Lanthanides and Actinides

AUTHOR Nordstrom, Brian; Halka, Monica
PUBLISHER Facts on File (12/01/2010)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)
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The general public may not be familiar with lanthanides, actinides, and transactinides, but these elements comprise approximately 35 percent of the total number of known elements. Attempts to produce new elements or new isotopes of known elements constitute an active area of scientific research.

Providing high school and college students with an up-to-date understanding of these elements, Lanthanides and Actinides explains how they were discovered, as well as the practical applications that these elements have in today's scientific, technological, medical, and military communities. Actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, and the transuranium elements are just some of the elements covered in this comprehensive resource. Coverage also includes past, present, and future uses of lanthanides and actinides in science and technology.

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ISBN-13: 9780816073726
ISBN-10: 0816073724
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Unsewn / Adhesive Bound)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 190
Carton Quantity: 0
Product Dimensions: 7.60 x 0.70 x 9.40 inches
Weight: 1.49 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents, Ikids, Glossary, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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Science | Chemistry - Inorganic
Dewey Decimal: 546.41
Library of Congress Control Number: 2010006296
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The general public may not be familiar with lanthanides, actinides, and transactinides, but these elements comprise approximately 35 percent of the total number of known elements. Attempts to produce new elements or new isotopes of known elements constitute an active area of scientific research.

Providing high school and college students with an up-to-date understanding of these elements, Lanthanides and Actinides explains how they were discovered, as well as the practical applications that these elements have in today's scientific, technological, medical, and military communities. Actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, and the transuranium elements are just some of the elements covered in this comprehensive resource. Coverage also includes past, present, and future uses of lanthanides and actinides in science and technology.

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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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