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 AuthorIntroductionThe Periodic Table Exploration Begins!Isotopes and Nuclear PatternsSelected Trends in Atomic PropertiesFirst Period ProblemsThe Group 3 ProblemCategorizations of the ElementsIsoelectronicityGroup and Period Patterns among the Main Group ElementsPatterns among the Transition MetalsGroup (n) and (n+10) RelationshipsChemical 'Knight's Move' RelationshipIsodiagonalityLanthanoids, Group 3, and Their ConnectionsActinoid and Post-Actinoid ElementsPseudo-ElementsIndex
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 elementsThis book introduces different ways in which individual chemical elements are related to another element or elementsThis book uses fragments of the Periodic Table to highlight unexpected linkages and the individuals who identified them