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The Rhubarb Connection and Other Revelations: The Everyday World of Metal Ions
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
Fantastic Metal Ions and How to Catch Them
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Published:06 Dec 2018
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Special Collection: RSC Popular Science eBook CollectionProduct Type: Popular Science
Page range:
1 - 8
Citation
The Rhubarb Connection and Other Revelations: The Everyday World of Metal Ions, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018, pp. 1-8.
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Starting with a short survey of the metal ions, their size, charge and place in the periodic table, this chapter introduces ligands and the concept of their binding to metals and metal ions. Discover lobsters with teeth and why chelating ligands are so much more efficient at fishing out metals.
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