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The Rhubarb Connection and Other Revelations: The Everyday World of Metal IonsCheck Access
By
Jacques Covès;
Jacques Covès
CNRS Universite Joseph Fourier Grenoble
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Raychelle Burks
Raychelle Burks
St. Edward’s University, USA
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Paperback ISBN:
978-1-78801-094-8
PDF ISBN:
978-1-83916-850-5
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-78801-669-8
Special Collection:
RSC Popular Science eBook Collection
Product Type:
Popular Science
No. of Pages:
212
Publication date:
06 Dec 2018
Book Chapter
CHAPTER 3: Mining, Magnets and Making New Elements Check Access
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Published:06 Dec 2018
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Special Collection: RSC Popular Science eBook CollectionProduct Type: Popular Science
Page range:
20 - 30
Citation
The Rhubarb Connection and Other Revelations: The Everyday World of Metal Ions, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018, pp. 20-30.
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In this chapter find out why gas lights can emit ionising radiation, and how the chemical that gives rhubarb its distinctive tang is used in mining rare earth elements, platinum print photography, and the creation of Super Heavy Elements from materials retrieved from a nuclear reactor.
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