Encyclopedia of the Elements

Diese Enzyklopädie kommt aus Schweden, dem Heimatland der Entdecker vieler chemischer Elemente. Hier finden Sie Antworten auf verschiedenste Fragen, ob Sie nun nach speziellen Eigenschaften und Zahlenwerten suchen oder historische Ereignisse nachlesen wollen. Farbtafeln lassen zum Beispiel Mineralien, Lagerstätten und industrielle Prozesse zur Gewinnung und Reinigung elementarer Substanzen anschaulich werden. Erläutert werden auch biologische Funktionen einzelner Elemente sowie moderne Anwendungen in Industrie und Technik.

Autorentext
Per Enghag graduated from the Swedish School of Mining and Metallurgy in Filipstad and from Stockholm University, Sweden. He got his Doctor's degree in chemistry in Uppsala in 1973 and was appointed associate professor (docent) in Materials Chemistry in 1986. During the 1960s he was director for the School of Mining and Metallurgy and lectured in physical and applied chemistry. Before and after that period, he worked in R&D at the Swedish Institute for Metal Research, at the Axel Johnson Institute for Industrial Research, and in industry. From 1980 on, he has run his own company, Materialteknik (Applied Materials Technology). From that position he has worked with research planning and education in Sweden and abroad, also for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). At the new University in Orebro, he contributed by building up a Materials Technology Laboratory.

Klappentext
Famous for its history of numerous element discoverers, Sweden is the origin of this comprehensive encyclopedia of the elements. It provides both an important database for professionals as well as detailed reading ranging from historical facts, discoverers' portraits, colour plates of mineral types, natural occurrences, and industrial figures to winning and refining processes, biological roles and applications in modern chemistry, engineering and industry. Elemental data is presented in fact tables which include numerous physical and thermodynamic properties, isotope lists, radiation absorption characteristics, NMR parameters, and others. Further pertinent data is supplied in additional tables throughout the text.

Published in Swedish in three volumes from 1998 to 2000, the contents have been revised and expanded by the author for this English edition.

The publication of per Enghag's book Encyclopedia of the Elements is a project that the Swedish National Committee has decided to support because the book and its message is important for teachers and pupils in senior high schools and also for students and scientists at the universities.

Apart from its considerable scientific and technical value to researchers and professionals in industry, the book is a well-written encyclopedia about the elements, their occurrence and use by mankind. The book is an exciting and also humorous general view of the element discoveries. It lets us meet the discoverers to see how they worked, thought and believed.

History of science deals with people and how they act towards scientific facts. One cannot enough emphasize the importance of this type of history to create interest for and understanding of scientific models and ideas. This book is a good example.

Bengt Nordén, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Inhalt
Introduction
The Knowledge of Matter
The Elements, Their Origin and Occurrence, Discovery and Names
Geochemistry
Gold
Silver
Copper
Iron
Hydrogen
Spectral analysis and Discovery of Elements
Sodium and Potassium
Lithium
Rubidium and Caesium
Magnesium and Calcium
Beryllium
Strontium and Barium
Rare Earths
Titanium
Zirconium
Hafnium
Vanadium
Niobium
Tantalum
Chromium
Molybdenum
Tungsten
Manganese
Technetium
Rhenium
Cobalt
Nickel
Platinum Metals
Zinc
Cadmium
Mercury
Boron
Aluminium
Gallium, Indium and Thallium
Carbon
Silicon
Germanium
Tin
Lead
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth
Oxygen
Sulfur
Selenium and Tellurium
Halogens
Noble Gases
Radioactive Elements