Week of June 15, 2009

News Item: The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has officially recognized element 112. This super-heavy element, which was first produced in 1996, is 277 times heaver than hydrogen and has been temporarily named, “ununbium.” It sits to the right of Roentgenium (Rg) and below Mercury (Hg) in the periodic table.

The Elements
By John Emsley. Oxford University Press (3rd ed.), 1998
Call Number: QD466 .E48 1998

The Elements: A Very Short Introduction
By Phillip Ball. Oxford University Press, 2004
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary

Elements and the Periodic Table: What Things Are Made Of
By Theodore S. Abbgy. Mark Twain Media, 2001
Call Number: QD467 .A23 2001x (At Treasure Coast)

The Ingredients: A Guided Tour of the Elements
By Philip Ball. Oxford University Press, 2002
Call Number: QD466 .B25 2002 (At Jupiter)

Mendeleyev’s Dream: The Quest for the Elements
By Paul Strathern. St. Martins Press, 2001
Call Number: QD22 .M43 S87 2001

Nature’s Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements
By John Emsley. Oxford University Press, 2001
Call Number: QD466 .E52 2001

The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey Into the Land of the Chemical Elements
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Call Number: QD466 .A845 1995

The Periodic Table
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Call Number: PQ4872 .E8 S513 1984

The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance
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Call Number: QD467 .S345 2007 (Also available via NetLibrary)

The Periodic Table of Elements
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Call Number: QD467 .P83

The Power of the Periodic Table (VHS)
Directed by Bruce Kirk. The Company, 1999
Call Number: QD467 .P69 1999

A Well-Ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic Table
By Michael D. Gordin. Basic Books, 2004
Call Number: QD22 .M43 G67 2004