The element hunt was not only prevalent in materials science, but was also being hotly pursued in the field of synthetic organic chemistry. For example, in the palladium-catalysed organic synthesis ...
Eric Scerri's delightful "The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance" follows the 1969 classic by J. W. Spronsen, "The Periodic System of Chemical Elements," but is a different treatment of ...
Elements and Compounds: Understanding elements and compounds is basic knowledge to study chemistry. Elements are the basic building blocks of matter, while compounds are substances formed when two or ...