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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.<b>Contents:</b> <ul><li>About the Author</li><li>Introduction</li><li>The Periodic Table Exploration Begins!</li><li>Isotopes and Nuclear Patterns</li><li>Selected Trends in Atomic Properties</li><li>First Period Problems</li><li>The Group 3 Problem</li><li>Categorizations of the Elements</li><li>Isoelectronicity</li><li>Group and Period Patterns among the Main Group Elements</li><li>Patterns among the Transition Metals</li><li>Group (<i>n</i>) and (<i>n</i>+10) Relationships</li><li>Chemical 'Knight's Move' Relationship</li><li>Isodiagonality</li><li>Lanthanoids, Group 3, and Their Connections</li><li>Actinoid and Post-Actinoid Elements</li><li>Pseudo-Elements</li><li>Index</li></ul><br><b>Readership:</b> Chemistry students, science educators, chemists.Periodic Table;Isoelectronicity;Atoms;Chemical Elements0<b>Key Features:</b><ul><li>This book provides a unique, multi-perspective approach to the patterns and trends among the chemical elements</li><li>This book introduces different ways in which individual chemical elements are related to another element or elements</li><li>This book uses fragments of the Periodic Table to highlight unexpected linkages and the individuals who identified them</li></ul>