The Periodic Table

That fossilized chart on every classroom wall — isn't that The Periodic Table? Isn't that what Mendeléev devised about a century ago? No and No. There are many ways of organizing the chemical elements, some of which are thought-provoking, and which reveal philosophical challenges. Where does hydrogen 'belong'? Can an element occupy more than one location on the chart? Which are the Group 3 elements? Is aluminum in the wrong place? Why is silver(I) like thallium(I)? Why is vanadium like molybdenum? Why does gold form an auride ion like a halide ion? Does an atom 'know' if it is a non-metal or metal? Which elements are the 'metalloids'? Which are the triels? So many questions! In this stimulating and innovative book, the Reader will be taken on a voyage from the past to the present to the future of the Periodic Table. This book is unique. This book is readable. This book is thought-provoking. It is a multi-dimensional examination of patterns and trends among the chemical elements. Every reader will discover something about the chemical elements which will provoke thought and a new appreciation as to how the elements relate together.Contents: - About the Author
- Introduction
- The Periodic Table Exploration Begins!
- Isotopes and Nuclear Patterns
- Selected Trends in Atomic Properties
- First Period Problems
- The Group 3 Problem
- Categorizations of the Elements
- Isoelectronicity
- Group and Period Patterns among the Main Group Elements
- Patterns among the Transition Metals
- Group (n) and (n+10) Relationships
- Chemical 'Knight's Move' Relationship
- Isodiagonality
- Lanthanoids, Group 3, and Their Connections
- Actinoid and Post-Actinoid Elements
- Pseudo-Elements
- Index

Readership: Chemistry students, science educators, chemists.Periodic Table;Isoelectronicity;Atoms;Chemical Elements0Key Features:- This book provides a unique, multi-perspective approach to the patterns and trends among the chemical elements
- This book introduces different ways in which individual chemical elements are related to another element or elements
- This book uses fragments of the Periodic Table to highlight unexpected linkages and the individuals who identified them