150 years of the periodic table : a commemorative symposium

150 years of the periodic table : a commemorative symposium / Carmen J. Giunta, Vera V. Mainz, Gregory S. Girolami, editors.

This book provides an overview of the origins and evolution of the periodic system from its prehistory to the latest synthetic elements and possible future additions. The periodic system of the elements first emerged as a comprehensive classificatory and predictive tool for chemistry during the 1860...

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Corporate Author: 50 Years of the Periodic Table (Symposium)
Other Authors: Giunta, Carmen (Editor), Mainz, Vera V. (Editor), Girolami, Gregory S., 1956- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2021.
Series:Perspectives on the history of chemistry,
Subjects:
Periodic table of the elements > History > Congresses.
Periodic table of the elements
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 - Introduction: Overview and Scope
  • Chapter 2 - Trouble with triads
  • Chapter 3 - Sir John F.W. Herschel and the concept of periodicity
  • Chapter 4 - Vis tellurique of Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois
  • Chapter 5 - Periodicity in Britain: The periodic tables of Odling and Newlands
  • Chapter 6 - Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs and his Chart of the Elements
  • Chapter 7 - Lothar Meyer's path to periodicity
  • Chapter 8 - Mendeleev and his periodic system
  • Chapter 9 - Discovery of the elements predicted by Dmitri Mendeleev's table: Scandium, gallium, and germanium
  • Chapter 10 - Rare Earth Elements
  • Chapter 11 - History (and pre-history) of the discovery and chemistry of the noble gases
  • Chapter 12 - Hydrogen, helium, and metals: When astronomy met the periodic table
  • Chapter 13 - Hydrogen to oganesson: A philatelic celebration of the periodic table
  • Chapter 14 - Impact of 20th century physics on the periodic table and questions still outstanding in the 21st century
  • Chapter 15 - Uses of the Periodic System after Radioactivity and the Discovery of the Neutron: the contrasting views of Lise Meitner and Ida Noddack
  • Chapter 16- Mary Elvira Weeks and The Discovery of the Elements
  • Chapter 17 - From neptunium to mendelevium: element discovery and the birth of the atomic age
  • Chapter 18 - Transactinide elements: How the 7th row of the periodic table was discovered
  • Chapter 19 - Periodic table after period 7.

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