The Periodic Table. Geoff Rayner-Canham
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THE PERIODIC TABLE
Past, Present, and Future
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About the Author
Geoff Rayner-Canham, FCIC, FRSC, has published widely on aspects of chemistry education, particularly inorganic chemistry. With Tina Overton, he is coauthor of Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry, which is currently in its 6th edition and which has been translated into six other languages. Geoff’s main research focus has been on the history of women in science — particularly chemistry. This research has been undertaken jointly with his partner, Marelene Rayner-Canham. In addition to many research papers, they have coauthored six books, the latest being Pioneering British Women Chemists: Their Lives and Contributions.
For 20 years, accompanied by some of his students, Geoff has taken chemistry outreach to remote and isolated schools in rural Newfoundland, Labrador, Nunavut, and coastal Quebec. He has also been coauthoring a series of articles with his Inuk student, Chaim Andersen, on Chemistry and Inuit Life & Culture.
With his colleague, Debbie Wheeler, Geoff codeveloped, and has been coteaching, the first online distance chemistry courses offered by Memorial University. One of the courses received a Canadian award for innovation in distance course technology. Students from as far away as Wuhan, China, and Sydney, Australia, have taken these courses. For his outreach and for excellence in chemistry teaching, Geoff has received the Chemical Institute of Canada, Chemical Education Award; the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada PromoScience Award; and a 3M Teaching Fellowship.
Geoff continues to teach and undertake research at the Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, Corner Brook, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, where he currently holds the rank of Honorary Research Professor.
Contents
Chapter 0The Periodic Table Exploration Begins!
Chapter 1Isotopes and Nuclear Patterns
The Cobalt–Nickel and Tellurium–Iodine Atomic Mass Anomalies
Nuclear Shell Model of the Nucleus
Chapter 2Selected Trends in Atomic Properties
Relativistic Effects on Atomic Properties
Chapter 3First Period Problems
Hydrogen Location: An Overview
Commentary
References
A History of the Debate
Commentary
References
Chapter 5Categorizations of the Elements