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Nigel Saunders

Uranium and the Rare Earth Metals

Library Binding (Heinemann Feb. 6, 2004)
What are YAG crystals used for? How are new elements created? Find out the answers to these and other fascinating questions in ‘Uranium and the Rare Earth Metals’. This book investigates the uses for these elements, from tracer bullets to television sets. It explains isotopes, half-lives, and the different forms of radiation. This book explores both the wonderful and terrible ways in which radioactivity is used. Elements in this book: lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, and lawrencium.
Series
The Periodic Table
ISBN
1403416664 / 9781403416667
Pages
64
Weight
11.7 oz.
Dimensions
6.8 x 0.5 in.

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