Title The illustrated encyclopedia of the elements : the powers, uses, and histories of every atom in the universe / Lisa Congdon.

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San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, LLC, [2021]

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Description	147 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience	Age 10+
Note	Includes index.
Contents	What is an element? -- All about atoms -- Compounds -- States of matter -- Alchemy and ancient chemistry -- Meet Dmitri Mendeleev -- How to read the periodic table -- The element categories -- The elements -- The ten most abundant elements in Earth's crust -- Pee-yew! You stink! -- Endangered elements -- Elements and the human body -- What's in a name? -- Oliver Sacks: collector of elements -- The role of elements in catalytic converters -- CSI elements: the periodic table of investigations -- The Curies -- Where do "human-made" transuranic elements come from? -- Particle accelerator -- Radioactivity -- The deadliest elements -- Elements 101-118 -- Standout chemists of the periodic table.
Summary	Takes readers on a rollicking ride through the world of all 118 known elements where they will discover their uses and special properties.
Subject	Chemical elements -- Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
	Periodic table of the elements -- Juvenile literature.
	Chemistry -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Chemical elements. (OCoLC)fst00852883
	Chemistry. (OCoLC)fst00853344
	Periodic table of the elements. (OCoLC)fst01910008
	Chemical elements -- Encyclopedias.
	Periodic table of the elements.
	Chemistry -- History.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Chemistry.
Genre/Form	Encyclopedias. (OCoLC)fst01423798
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Instructional and educational works.
	Illustrated works.
	Encyclopedias.
Added Title	Encyclopedia of the elements
ISBN	9781452161594 (alk. paper)
	1452161593 (alk. paper)

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