- Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Eric R. Scerri
- Published:
- 2019
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The periodic table of elements provides an arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties. <italic>The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction</italic> considers what led to the table’s construction and shows how the deeper meaning of its structure gradually became apparent with the development of atomic theory and quantum mechanics, which underlies the behaviour of all of the elements and their compounds. This new edition celebrates the completion of the seventh period of the table, with the ratification and naming of elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 as nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson, and incorporates recent advances in our understanding of the origin of the elements.
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- What is "The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction" about?
- The periodic table of elements provides an arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties.
- Who wrote "The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction"?
- Eric R. Scerri