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Alkali & alkaline earth metals /

0816073694

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Alkali & alkaline earth metals /

[Book]

Monica Halka, Brian Nordstrom.

New York :

Facts on File,

©2010.

xxxv, 172 pages :

illustrations (chiefly color) ;

25 cm.

Periodic table of the elements

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1: Alkali metals -- Introduction to alkali metals -- The discovery and naming of alkali metals -- 1. Lithium -- The astrophysics of lithium -- The chemistry of lithium -- Fuel for fusion -- Lithium and bipolar disorder -- Technology and current use of lithium -- 2. Sodium -- The astrophysics of sodium -- The chemistry of sodium -- The physics of sodium vapor lamps -- Sodium and health -- Technology and current uses of sodium -- 3. Potassium -- The astrophysics of potassium -- Potassium on earth -- The chemistry of potassium -- Potassium-argon dating -- Potassium and health -- Technology and current uses of potassium -- 4. Rubidium, cesium, and francium -- The astrophysics of heavy alkali metals -- The chemistry of rubidium and cesium -- The human body : no place for these elements -- Rubidium and laser-cooling -- Technology and current uses of rubidium and cesium.

pt. 2: Alkaline earth metals -- Introduction to alkaline earth metals -- The discovery and naming of alkaline earth metals -- 5. Beryllium -- The astrophysics of beryllium -- Beryllium on earth -- The chemistry of beryllium -- Reducing the critical mass in nuclear weapons -- Beryllium is important in particle accelerators -- Technology and current uses of beryllium -- 6. Magnesium -- The astrophysics of magnesium -- Magnesium on earth -- The chemistry of magnesium -- Magnesium-diboride superconductors -- The heart of chlorophyll -- Technology and current uses of magnesium -- 7. Calcium -- The astrophysics of calcium -- Calcium on earth -- The chemistry of calcium -- In mortar and bones -- Calcium imaging of the brain -- Technology and current uses of calcium -- 8. Strontium and barium -- The astrophysics of strontium and barium -- Strontium and barium on earth -- The chemistry of strontium and barium -- A material harder than diamond -- Technology and current uses of strontium and barium -- 9. Radium -- Radium on earth -- The discovery and naming of radium -- The chemistry of radium -- Radium hot springs -- Radioluminescence and the paint that kills -- Radiopharmaceuticals : a good use of radioactivity -- Technology and current uses of radium -- 10. Conclusions and future directions -- Understanding patterns and properties in the alkali and alkaline earth metals -- Speculations on further developments -- New physics -- New chemistry.

SI units and conversions -- List of acronyms -- Periodic table of the elements -- Table of element categories.

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Describes the discovery, uses, dangers, and physical characteristics of alkalies and alkaline earth metals, and discusses how they relate to other elements in the periodic table.

Alkali and alkaline earth metals

Periodic table of the elements

Alkalies.

Alkaline earth metals.

Periodic law.

Alkalies.

Alkalies.

Alkaline earth metals.

Periodic law.

Periodic law.

Halka, Monica.

Nordstrom, Brian.

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