THE ELEMENTS: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION

By CHARLOTTE TAYLOR

Chapter 1 Discovering the Chemical Elements 1 Chapter 2 Periodic Trends and Elemental Behavior 28 Chapter 3 Abundance, Formation, and Distribution of Elements 57 Chapter 4 Chemistry and Applications of the Elements 89 Chapter 5 Elements in Society and the Environment 117 Chapter 6 Frontiers in Elemental Science 144