The periodic table
Title:
The periodic table
Author:
Ham, Becky.
ISBN:
9780791095331
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Chelsea House, c2008.
Physical Description:
114 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Series:
Essential chemistry
Series Title:
Essential chemistry
Contents:
What is the periodic table? -- The history of the periodic table -- What elements are made of -- Alkali metals and alkaline earth metals -- Transition metals -- Lanthanides, actinides, and transuranium elements -- Poor metals, metalloids, and nonmetals: the BCNOs -- Halogens and noble gases -- At the table's edge.
Abstract:
Describes how the periodic table was created and explains the arrangement and properties of elements within the table.
