The elements
By: written and compiled by John Emsley.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Chemical elements -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Description: "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 data, this edition includes new sections on crystal, biological, and geological data. The alphabetical format of the earlier versions has been retained. Also included are the six newly approved IUPAC names of the elements 104-109; rutherfordium, dubnium, seaborgium, bohrium, hassium, and meitnerium." "This handy reference guide is for chemists, physicists, spectroscopists, geologists, life scientists, and environmentalists."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-282) and index.