Periodic table of the elements

Describes the prominent chemical and physical properties of nonmetals and discusses how they were discovered and their uses.

Presents an introduction to elements known as metalloids, explaining how they display similar characteristics but are not metals, including arsenic, boron, and others.

Presents an introduction to the elements known as metals, providing information on the properties and uses of aluminum, indium, tin, lead and other metals of the periodic table.

Presents an introduction to the elements known as metals, providing information on the properties and uses of transition metals--with high melting points and magnetic properties--and go inside a U.S. Navy aircraft to learn more.

Presents an introduction to elements known as alkaline-earth metals, found in the second group of the periodic table, and explaining their properties and uses and why they react with water so easily.

Presents an introduction to elements known as alkali metals, explaining why they are soft and have low melting points and densities compared to other metals but are powerful in other ways and includes a segment on fireworks illustrating their explosive traits.

Examines the physics, chemistry, biology, and geology of the transition metals, discusses how and where they were discovered, and looks at how they are used and manipulated.

An overview of metals and metalloids--including aluminum, gallium, arsenic, antimony, boron, indium, thallium, lead, bismuth, silicon, germanium, tellurium, polonium, and tin--that discusses their discoveries, physical properties, how they are synthesized in the universe, where they are found, how they are used, and other related topics.

Provides an overview of the physics, chemistry, and geology of lanthanides and actinides, discussing how humans use the elements and what benefits and risks they offer society.

An illustrated introduction to the periodic table of elements that focuses on the first 118 elements--with the exception of 117--and discusses the prominent chemical and physical properties of each element, along with how they were discovered and what their uses are.