Imagine the periodic table as a playground of bullies, snobs and wallflowers, and you might memorize the elements overnight. Chemistry, after all, is about making and breaking bonds. It's about ...

TERNARY compounds of uranium and carbon with the first row elements of group VIII A in the periodic table have been known for some time. This is because of the relevance of the appropriate ternary ...

Discover the history, structure, and importance of the periodic table of elements, from Mendeleev’s discovery to modern scientific applications.

2019 is the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements, marking 150 years since Dmitri Mendeleev ordered the elements into a table as we know it today.

In the periodic table of elements there is one golden rule for carbon, oxygen and other light elements: Under high pressures, they have similar structures to heavier elements in the same group of ...

Carbon atoms — from Group 4 — bond in long chains, and voilà: sugars. The chemical flexibility of carbon is what makes it the key molecule of life. 10. What are the most recent elements discovered?

Carbon settled into a tough spot on the periodic table. To feel satisfied and content, elements need full "sets" of electrons in their outer shell. (Think of a shell as a storage container for ...

Explore the periodic table, and build atoms and molecules in this web edition of the NOVA Elements iPad App. It's Elemental In this interactive periodic table, explore the elements and their ...

The transition metals are in the block in the middle of the Periodic Table, between Groups 2 and 3. They are all metals and include many common metals such as chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni ...

The noble gases, which reside on the East Coast of the periodic table, are its aristocrats ... making it 25 times more common than carbon dioxide. Yet no one knew it existed.

The elements that make up our bodies and the world around us imagined as superheroes. As a lover of children's books, especially illustrated science-inspired and nonfiction children's books, I was ...