Uranium and the Rare Earth Metals
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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.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1403416664
ISBN13:9781403416667
Release Date:January 2004
Publisher:Heinemann Educational Books
Length:64 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.4" x 9.5"
Age Range:13 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 8
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