Periodic Table of the Elements Coloring Book

Book review: The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance

Superconductivity and the periodic table: from elements to materials.

Based on the normal-state electronic band structure, the necessary condition for a metal to become a superconductor is the simultaneous occurrence of flat and steep bands at the Fermi level. The sufficient condition at least for conventional superconductors is a strong enough coupling of the flat band states to the lattice, e.g. via phonons. Selected elements (Te) and compounds of the rare eart...

Concept of Interactive Coloring book

Coloring book programs are often simple and do not develop anything but mouse-move-and-click skills. The only task is to fill-in predefined regions by a selected color. This research exploits the possibilities offered by a computer to do more. Based on discussions with a clinical psychologist, we designed an interactive coloring book concept to help preschool children in development of creative...

The Periodic Electronegativity Table

The origins and development of the electronegativity concept as an empirical construct are briefly examined, emphasizing the confusion that exists over the appropriate units in which to express this quantity. It is shown how to relate the most reliable of the empirical scales to the theoretical definition of electronegativity in terms of the quantum potential and ionization radius of the atomic...

On the occurrence of metallic character in the periodic table of the chemical elements.

The classification of a chemical element as either 'metal' or 'non-metal' continues to form the basis of an instantly recognizable, universal representation of the periodic table (Mendeleeff D. 1905 The principles of chemistry, vol. II, p. 23; Poliakoff M. & Tang S. 2015 Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 373: , 20140211). Here, we review major, pre-quantum-mechanical innovations (Goldhammer DA. 1913 Dispe...