The Elements: Their Origin, Abundance, and Distribution - Couverture souple

Cox, P. A.

 
9780198552987: The Elements: Their Origin, Abundance, and Distribution

Synopsis

Here is the first book to provide a complete natural history of the elements. This interdisciplinary guide will give the reader a broad, non-technical view of the origin of the elements, the factors controlling their abundances, and their distributions in the Earth, solar system, and universe. This unique volume is based on a series of lectures given for freshman chemistry students and will be of equal value to both undergraduates and professors in all physical sciences. It includes a broad introduction to the range of existing elements and information on their nuclear and chemical properties, as well as coverage of radioactive elements, the condensation of the elements, the elements of life and the oceans. Valuable appendix materials include coverage of elemental abundances and isotopic composition, while suggestions for further reading are provided at the end of each chapter.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book examines the origin of the elements, the factors controlling their widely differing abundances, and their distributions in the Earth, solar system, and universe.

Revue de presse

... a truly mind-broadening book (Education in Chemistry)

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9780198552758: The Elements: Their Origin, Abundance and Distribution

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0198552750 ISBN 13 :  9780198552758
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1989
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