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Tables of Contents for The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements
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Introduction
1
4
CHAPTER 1 A SHORT HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY
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8
The Beginning of Science
5
1
Origin of the Earth's Chemical Elements
6
1
Early Use of Chemistry
7
1
The Age of Alchemy
8
1
The Age of Modern Chemistry
9
2
Elements vs. Compounds
11
2
CHAPTER 2 ATOMIC STRUCTURE
13
10
Early Ideas of Atomic Structure
13
2
Some Theoretical Atomic Models
15
4
The Nucleus and Radiation
19
2
Chemical Bonding
21
2
CHAPTER 3 THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
23
10
History
23
1
Rules for Cataloging the Elements
24
3
Isotopes
27
1
Radioactivity
28
5
CHAPTER 4 ALKALI METALS AND ALKALI EARTH METALS
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38
Group 1 Elements-The Alkali Metals
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20
Hydrogen
37
4
Lithium
41
3
Sodium
44
2
Potassium
46
3
Rubidium
49
2
Cesium
51
3
Francium
54
1
Group 2 Elements-The Alkali Earth Metals
55
16
Beryllium
56
2
Magnesium
58
2
Calcium
60
3
Strontium
63
2
Barium
65
2
Radium
67
4
CHAPTER 5 TRANSITION ELEMENTS: METALS TO NONMETALS
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62
First Series (Period 4; Groups 3 to 12)
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23
Scandium
73
2
Titanium
75
2
Vanadium
77
2
Chromium
79
2
Manganese
81
3
Iron
84
3
Cobalt
87
2
Nickel
89
2
Copper
91
2
Zinc
93
3
Second Series (Period 5; Groups 3 to 12)
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19
Yttrium
96
2
Zirconium
98
2
Niobium
100
2
Molybdenum
102
2
Technetium
104
2
Ruthenium
106
2
Rhodium
108
1
Palladium
109
2
Silver
111
2
Cadmium
113
2
Third Series (Period 6; Groups 4 to 12)
115
18
Hafnium
115
1
Tantalum
116
2
Tungsten
118
2
Rhenium
120
1
Osmium
121
2
Iridium
123
1
Platinum
124
3
Gold
127
2
Mercury
129
4
CHAPTER 6 METALLICS AND METALLOIDS
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28
Group 13 Elements-The Metallics
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11
Boron
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3
Aluminum
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3
Gallium
142
1
Indium
143
2
Thallium
145
2
Group 14 Elements--The Metalloids
147
14
Carbon
147
3
Silicon
150
2
Germanium
152
2
Tin
154
3
Lead
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4
CHAPTER 7 METALLOIDS AND NONMETALS
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32
Group 15 Elements-The Semiconductors
161
14
Nitrogen
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3
Phosphorus
166
3
Arsenic
169
2
Antimony
171
2
Bismuth
173
2
Group 16 Elements-The Nonmetals
175
18
Oxygen
175
9
Sulfur
184
2
Selenium
186
2
Tellurium
188
2
Polonium
190
3
CHAPTER 8 HALOGENS AND NOBLE GASES
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26
Group 17 Elements-The Halogens
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13
Fluorine
195
3
Chlorine
198
2
Bromine
200
2
Iodine
202
2
Astatine
204
2
Group 18 Elements--The Noble Gases
206
13
Helium
207
3
Neon
210
2
Argon
212
1
Krypton
213
1
Xenon
214
2
Radon
216
3
CHAPTER 9 LANTHANIDE SERIES (RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS)
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24
Lanthanum
221
2
Cerium
223
1
Praseodymium
224
2
Neodymium
226
1
Promethium
227
2
Samarium
229
1
Europium
230
1
Gadolinium
231
2
Terbium
233
1
Dysprosium
234
1
Holmium
235
2
Erbium
237
1
Thulium
238
1
Ytterbium
239
2
Lutetium
241
2
CHAPTER 10 ACTINIDE, TRANSURANIC, AND TRANSACTINIDE SERIES
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40
The Transuranic Elements
245
1
The Transactinides
245
1
The Superactinides
246
1
Block One: The Actinide Elements
246
6
Actinium
246
2
Thorium
248
1
Protactinium
249
1
Uranium
250
2
Block Two: The Transuranic Elements
252
16
Neptunium
252
2
Plutonium
254
2
Americium
256
1
Curium
257
1
Berkelium
258
2
Californium
260
1
Einsteinium
261
1
Fermium
262
2
Mendelevium
264
1
Nobelium
265
2
Lawrencium
267
1
Introduction: The Transactinide Elements
268
3
Block Three: The Transactinide Elements
271
10
Unnilquadium
271
1
Unnilpentium
272
2
Unnilhexium
274
1
Unnilseptium
275
1
Unniloctium
276
1
Unnilennium
277
1
Ununnilium
277
2
Unununium
279
1
Ununbiium
280
1
The Future Transactinide Elements
281
1
The Superactinide Elements
282
1
Glossary of Technical Terms
283
26
Alphabetical Index of the Elements
309
4
Electron Configuration of the Atoms
313
22
Selected Bibliography
335
2
Index
337