- Paperback: 300 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; 3rd Revised edition edition (Dec 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 019855818X
- ISBN-13: 978-0198558187
- Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 14.7 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #62 in Books > Science & Nature > Chemistry > Education > Higher Education > Inorganic
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"Emsley's excellent compendium has two densely packed pages of information about each of the chemical elements, including physical, chemical, and biological data. This third edition . . . includes new information on such matters as health hazards, mineral sources, electron binding energies, and elements discovered since the second edition. There are brief chapters on the history of the periodic table, and the discovery and the abundance of the elements. Brief index. Strongly recommended as a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate students and faculty."--Choice
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The third edition of this widely acclaimed reference book collects together the most important facts about all the chemical elements in a single volume. In addition to chemical, physical, nuclear, and electron date, this new edition includes new sections on crystal, biological, and geological data. The alphabetical format of the earlier editions has been retained. Also included are four new elements: discovered since the last edition was published. This is a handy reference guide for chemists, physicists, spectroscopists, geologists, life scientists, and environmentalists. Extra data in the new editions includes Foreign names of the elements Guide to pronunciation CAS numbers Health hazards Toxicity, including LD(( human hazards Expanded tables of isotopes Electron binding energies Table of minerals Availability of samples and associated hazards Neutron scattering lengths Four new elements New chapter of on the discovery and development of the periodic table From reviews of previous editions: Packed with useful data ...I'd recommend that everyone who ever needs data on the elements obtain a copy. Journal of Chemical Education A major achievement ...Highly recommended Education in Chemistry An excellent book which should be in the hands of all laboratory practitioners and students . ..now its is available it will be difficult to do without it. Trends in Analytical Chemistry John Emsley is Science Writer in Residence, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is really one of my favourite books and I spend hours browsing through it. It tells you everything you want to know about all the chemical elements: chemical data, physical data, biological data you might expect but it also tells you how to pronounce the element's name, what it means, where the element was first discovered and ... well everything; even where to buy a sample. There are two pages on each element and not just the school chemistry ones such as hydrogen, sulphur, sodium etc - here you can find out everything you want to know about praseodymium, meitnerium, yttrium etc. Here you can find out which town has three elements named after it. There are also excellent chapters on related material such as the periodic table. Some knowlege of school chemistry is helpful but there are explanatory chapters for that which you have forgotten or perhaps never knew in the first place. John Emsley is a scientist and writer of the first order - a rare combination. I can thoroughly recommend this book to anyone.
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I have found this to be an invaluable compact compendium of information about the elements; it has been carefully compiled with information that is largely up to date.
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Great Reference for Chemists or Chemistry Teachers
27 Mar 1998
Format:Paperback
This is the book that I tell my students is my "bible." I use it in class in and in the preparation of my exams. The information in it is well organized and as up-to-date at it can be for the subject matter. Some of the "elements" are not there but that is because they were discovered after the publication date. I highly recommend this book to my colleagues.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
The Chemical Elements That Make Up The World
14 Dec 2004
Format:Paperback
For the first time all the key facts about the 100 or so elements that make up the world. Easy-to-use in about 300 pages. This is the best book of this type that I have ever seen. "The Elements" is a handy reference for chemistry students and teachers and for the lay person who wants to learn more. You will learn the history and structure of each element and much more.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
plain collection of data
18 Oct 2006
Format:Paperback
I bought this book not realizing that is nothing more that two sheets for each element, collecting useful, but quite easily found data. Do not expect any written text. In the internet era, just look at the NIST site, I hardly see the need of such compilation.
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