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How to use this book
This book has been carefully developed to help you understand the chemistry of the elements.
In it you will find a systematic and comprehensive coverage of the basic qualities of each element. Each two-page entry contains information at various levels of technical content and language, along with definitions of useful technical terms, as shown in
the thumbnail diagram to the right. There is a comprehensive explanation of the Periodic Table, and a description of how to interpret chemical equations.
Author
Brian Knapp, BSc, PhD
Project consultant
Keith B.Walshaw, MA, BSc, DPhil
(Formerly Head of Chemistry, Leighton Park School)
Industrial consultant
Jack Brettle, BSc, PhD (Formerly Chief Research Scientist, Pilkington plc)
Art Director
Duncan McCrae, BSc
Editor
Elizabeth Walker, BA
Special photography
Ian Gledhill
Illustrations
DavidWoodroffe and David Hardy
Electronic page makeup
Adele Humphries BA PGCE
Designed and produced by
Atlantic Europe Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-86214-925-0 Digital
The main text follows the sequence of information in the book and summarises the concepts presented on the two pages.
Technical definitions.
Substatements flesh out the ideas in the main text with more fact and specific explanation.
Equations are written as symbols and sometimes given as “ball-and- stick” diagrams – see page 48.
Photographs and diagrams have been carefully selected and annotated for clarity.
Also... explains advanced concepts.
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Acknowledgments
The publishers would like to thank the following for their kind help and advice: Tim Fulford, Ian and Catherine Gledhill of Shutters, I. Made Rangun and Pippa Trounce.
Picture credits
All photographs by Earthscape Editions except the following:
(c=centre t=top b=bottom l=left r=right) Tony Waltham, Geophotos 13b and ZEFA 14b
Front cover: A sodium light in a tunnel emits a characteristically orange colour.
Title page: A sample of rock salt, or halite, is principally composed of sodium and chlorine ions.
The demonstrations described or illustrated in this book are NOT for replication.The Publisher cannot accept any responsibility for any accidents or injuries that may result from conducting the experiments described or illustrated in this book.