Metals
By: Chris Oxlade
Series: Chemicals in action
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Metals; Juvenile literature
Description: Provides an introduction to metals, including their physical properties, their place in the periodic table, their uses in everyday life, and how they react with other substances. Includes experiments.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chemicals in action; title: About metals; title: Properties of metals; title: Physical properties; title: Metals and heat; title: Families of metals; title: The transition metals; title: More transition metals; title: Other metals and metalloids; title: Metals and air; title: Metals and acids; title: Metals and water; title: Corrosion; title: Finding metals; title: Extraction reactions; title: Electrolysis; title: The iron and steel industry; title: Working with metals; title: The periodic table; title: Common elements; title: The reactivity series.